AI Data Center Deployment Manager

Job Description:

• Build and manage a pipeline of candidate sites and AI Factory partners across North America
• Qualify sites based on power, time-to-energization, rack density, liquid-cooling readiness, fiber diversity and latency, and permitting risk
• Run technical and commercial due diligence on landlords, operators, and developers
• Make go/no-go recommendations aligned with customer demand and deployment roadmap
• Engage utilities and co-ops to secure load commitments and accelerate interconnection and energization
• Manage load studies, service agreements, and substation or transmission upgrade timelines
• Evaluate bridge and behind-the-meter power options
• Build relationships with fiber carriers, dark fiber providers, and network operators
• Secure diverse, high-capacity routes and negotiate connectivity agreements
• Own site delivery through operational readiness and customer handoff
• Drive construction firms, engineering partners, and integrators to meet power, cooling, network, and rack-ready milestones
• Manage schedules, budgets, risks, and critical-path dependencies across multiple sites
• Act as senior point of contact for site partners, utilities, builders, and local stakeholders
• Negotiate site, power, and connectivity agreements within delegated authority
• Lead executive-level conversations and coordinate with Sales and Customer teams
• Build a scalable site qualification and onboarding playbook
• Maintain pipeline, MW timelines, and partner-performance tracking
• Deliver executive reporting on readiness, risks, and forecasted capacity
• In the first 90 days, map the site pipeline and partner landscape, establish qualification tools, and advance at least two priority sites to go/no-go

Requirements:

• 8–12+ years in data center development, site selection, colocation or hyperscale infrastructure, or energy/utility project development
• Direct experience securing utility power for large-load sites, including interconnection, load studies, and service agreements
• Working knowledge of fiber networks and carrier provisioning
• Track record of delivering multiple concurrent infrastructure projects on aggressive timelines
• Strong negotiation skills with utilities, landlords, carriers, and contractors
• Comfort operating with ambiguity and real ownership in a fast-moving startup
• Clear, concise executive communication
• Preferred: experience delivering high-density GPU or AI deployments, including direct liquid cooling and NVIDIA reference architectures
• Preferred: existing network across utilities, developers, carriers, and data center operators in key North American markets
• Preferred: familiarity with permitting, zoning, land entitlement, and local incentives
• Preferred: exposure to site financing or capacity offtake structures
• Preferred: electrical or mechanical engineering, construction management, or energy background

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity