What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Development position at Ward?
The company :
This opportunity is with a data centre developer that’s gone from zero to owning the 2nd largest privately owned data center portfolio globally.
They’re backed by a $235b asset manager and working on mega-projects across the USA and globe. The company's headcount has increased by 100% across the past 2 years and the Development team alone has more than doubled in size across the past year.
In this role, it comes with base bonus access to an incredibly lucrative commission pool.
The position :
This role focuses on managing infrastructure development activities for data center projects. The individual will be responsible for negotiating land transactions and supporting agreements, managing due diligence and permitting efforts, optimizing utility and network interconnections, collaborating with design and construction teams, developing and managing project budgets, and contributing to data center site selection efforts.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience negotiating large, complex development deals and an ability to align the interests of multiple stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities :
- Oversee data center and infrastructure development efforts, including property due diligence, permitting, site and facility design, utility interconnection, and finance, as well as taxes and incentives.
- Participate in site location strategy and land procurement processes.
- Negotiate data center development transactions, including the preparation and management of supporting legal agreements.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external partners, including finance, construction, design and engineering, sales, legal, tax, and consultative resources.
- Prepare detailed business cases and recommendations for leadership approval.
- Collaborate with the sales team to present and secure build-to-suit opportunities.
- Maintain strong relationships with regional stakeholders to support development activities.