Head of Real Estate, Edge AI Stealth Co

Montauk Capital•New York, NY

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Co-Founder, you will hold strategic and operational ownership of Edge AI's physical footprint and energy layer, and will create and execute the strategy that identifies and qualifies sites, and will oversee build-out and ongoing maintenance of our modular, metro-edge AI capabilities. This is a mission-critical role where you will define the global real estate strategy and manage the P&L for all physical infrastructure, directly reporting to the CEO. You will be personally responsible for forging and maintaining essential, high-level partnerships with owners, technicians, and contractors to ensure our rapid, city-by-city expansion strategy is executed flawlessly. You will lead all aspects of deal origination, negotiation, and execution, transforming prospective sites into revenue-generating compute nodes. This requires a proven leader with deep expertise in both strategic real estate deployment and complex infrastructure operations, possessing the commercial acumen and relationship skills necessary to accelerate our market penetration.

Requirements

Founder-Level Strategic Leadership: Proven ability to define and execute a complex, high-growth global infrastructure strategy and manage a multi-million-dollar P&L.
National Scale Deployment Experience: Decades of project experience leading major building or infrastructure projects, preferably across multiple US metros, with a background in real estate development, building operations, or complex infrastructure deployment.
Technical Authority and Execution: Deep technical legitimacy across real estate, sustainability, MEP, energy systems and energy efficiency. Can not only work credibly with owners but also direct and oversee specialized technicians and contractors during complex build-outs and critical maintenance.
Established Commercial Network: An existing, scalable network across the CRE ecosystem (owners, brokers, operators, facilities teams) in NYC and a clear plan for rapidly building similar networks in new expansion markets.
Full-Stack Real Estate Acumen: Mastery in assessing commercial properties, understanding building constraints, infrastructure gaps, and accurately estimating full lifecycle cost and timing implications for both qualification and long-term maintenance.
Relationship and Deal Instincts: Exceptional relationship instincts to open high-level doors, build immediate trust with key partners, and navigate commercial negotiations and deployment issues to accelerate company growth.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the multi-year physical infrastructure and real estate strategy, ensuring alignment with Perimeter's rapid global expansion goals and financial targets.
Assume full ownership of the entire deployment lifecycle, from initial market mapping and site selection through final commissioning and long-term maintenance protocols.
Own the real estate and infrastructure budget (P&L), making critical capital allocation decisions and driving cost-optimization across all build-out and operational activities.
Direct end-to-end site acquisition, qualification, and build-out, turning Letters of Intent into fully operational compute nodes with maximum speed and efficiency.
Rapidly evaluate prospective sites and partners, establishing the technical and operational fit, quantifying the cost and timing implications of upgrades, and defining the prioritization schedule.
Oversee the seamless integration of Edge AI's infrastructure across building facilities, energy systems, and all mechanical room requirements, acting as the ultimate decision-maker on site readiness.
Build, manage, and scale the ecosystem of mission-critical partnerships including high-level relationships with building owners and operators, as well as the critical network of technicians and contractors required for national build-out and ongoing maintenance.
Establish and own the standard operating procedures for all ongoing site operations, facilities management, and preventative maintenance, ensuring 24/7 uptime and SLA-guaranteed performance.
Serve as the final expert authority on power, cooling, waste heat reclamation, and all deployment blockers, rapidly solving complex, high-stakes infrastructure issues.