What are the responsibilities and job description for the Development Associate position at STACK Infrastructure?
Development Associate
THE COMPANY:
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meet or exceed the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.
STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.
THE POSITION:
At STACK, the Development Associate will report to the Director, Development to fully support the assigned regional portfolio and full Development team. The Development Associate is responsible for coordinating infrastructure development activities, including assisting in land transactions and supporting agreements, coordinating diligence and permitting efforts, supporting utility and network interconnections, working with design and construction teams, implementing project budgets, and participating in data center site location efforts. A Development Associate is also responsible for tracking portfolio level development projects and corporate priorities, including working with the Director to build cases for the identification of new sites and markets, network and energy procurement, and participating in product development and sales-support activities. The ideal candidate will have experience in program and project management functions related to large, complex development transactions and an ability to understand key stakeholder interests.
- Assist with evaluation and selection of existing data center assets and/or adaptive re-use and modernization for the purposes of acquiring and developing into a STACK data center property.
- Assist data center and infrastructure development efforts, including tracking of property diligence and permitting, site and facility design, utility interconnection, and participating in location strategy and land procurement.
- Assist with Request for Proposal development, bid analysis, and preparation of recommendations with the Director, Development
- Support data center land development transactions, including preparation of presentations, tracking market activity, and weekly and biweekly reports.
- Interface with internal and external partners, including finance, construction, design and engineering, sales, legal, tax, and consultative resources.
- Aid the preparation of business cases and recommendations for leadership approval
- Run point on budget discussions with STACK and construction teams.
- Act as liaison between the Development and Construction teams.
- Prepare and distribute monthly CIP reports to key clients; track associated budget models.
- Lead process improvement initiatives across the department.
THE DETAILS:
- Location: Northern Virginia (in person)
- Travel: Up to 20% domestically
- Compensation: $100,000 - $115,000 Bonus
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
- Must pass a comprehensive background screening
MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Associate’s degree in a business or technical discipline
- Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical discipline preferred
- Minimum 5 years of prior experience in commercial development, data centers or other mission critical facility functions
- Minimum 5 years' experience with complex transactions
- Experience leveraging existing infrastructure by modernizing legacy data centers or repurposing sites and buildings
- Strong analytical, detail-oriented, creative thinking, and communications skills
- Comfort creating process and implementing strategies and procedures that serve an organization
- Ability to execute, process, and prioritize tasks with minimal-to-no supervision
- Ability to manage multiple projects and collaborate with internal staff, external consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders
- Proficient in Microsoft Office product suite, or similar
THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:
- You’re a strong communicator, and you're persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
- You don’t get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
- You’re a teambuilder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
- You’re naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.
WHY STACK?
- We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.
- We foster a culture of appreciation, including monthly ASSEMBLY gratitude and recognition.
- Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, and barbecues.
- We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!
STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
