Data Center Site Acquisition Manager (Americas) - San Jose

  • San Jose, CA
  • Posted 60+ days ago | Updated 2 hours ago

Overview

On Site
USD 112,000.00 per year
Full Time

Skills

Data Centers
Servers
Analytics
Market Research
Capacity Management
Market Analysis
Quality Assurance
Acquisition
Cost-benefit Analysis
Due Diligence
Regulatory Compliance
Legal
Evaluation
Finance
MBA
Collaboration
Project Management
Analytical Skill
Negotiations
Communication
Procurement
Supply Chain Management
Facility Management
Insurance
Life Insurance
Management
Information Technology
Video
LOS
Recruiting

Job Details

Responsibilities

To support the fast growth and manage the massive content on the platform, the infrastructure team is building hyper-scale data centers globally that host hundreds of thousands of servers. We are looking for a Site Acquisition Manager who will be responsible for leasing and acquiring datacenter capacity primarily in the Americas market. This role will drive communication with markets to identify pipelines and develop significant hyperscale deals to enable global growth of our products. Additional responsibilities include performing analytics and conducting market research on targeted metros and regions, new countries, metros, and target locations, developing acquisition opportunities, and commercial terms with landlords and stakeholders, making executive proposals on acquisitions, and constructing and negotiating leases and related real estate agreements. The Site Acquisition Manager will work closely with our engineering, capacity planning, and operations teams as well as with various global teams and leaders. We are looking for an experienced data center acquisition expert to lead the initiative. Your responsibilities will include: Responsibilities: - Work with stakeholders to understand capacity needs and site requirements in assigned metros/regions. Conduct data center market analysis, lead site acquisition strategy and drive executive decisions accordingly. - Engage and bring qualified suppliers onboard and drive the end to end site acquisition / procurement process, including due-diligence and recommend lease deals. - Manage existing lease portfolio and continuously drive a long term acquisition strategy for both cost efficiency and quality assurance. - Work with cross-functional business partners to negotiate and prepare executable contracts. We are looking for an experienced data center acquisition expert to lead the initiative, your responsibilities will include: - Work with stakeholders to understand capacity needs and site requirements, identify and select pipelines for potential capacity growth opportunities - Lead cross-functional teams to evaluate, select, negotiate and recommend leases for approval - Lead cost analysis and collaborate the due-diligence process to qualify the site which meets ByteDance business needs, present deal summaries and lease abstracts to key decision-makers for financial approval - Drive large cross-functional teams, including government relationships, compliance, legal, finance and engineering partners to complete the full evaluation and push deals to execution.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or other relevant fields; Master's degree or MBA preferred. - Organizational, coordination and project management with proven experience leading complex initiatives to successful completion in a timely manner - Proof track of record to lead significant data center deals to decision and execution. Deep insights in land development, various infra ownership and full life cycle management of infra deals. - Strong analytical, communication and negotiation skills. Executive communication and engagement experience. Preferred Qualifications: - 5 years of relevant professional experience in tech infrastructure procurement, supply chain management, construction or facility management.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency]Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $112000 - $324000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

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