Data Center Site Acquisition Manager (Americas) - Seattle

ByteDance; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 151,050 - 273,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays and sick days

Job summary

A global tech company is seeking a Site Acquisition Manager based in Seattle, Washington, to manage datacenter leasing and capacity acquisition. This role involves analyzing market needs, preparing contracts, and negotiating leases. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business, strong negotiation and analytical skills, and a track record in tech infrastructure procurement. Competitive salary range of $151,050 - $273,600 annually, with benefits including insurance and paid leave.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in tech infrastructure procurement.
• Proven track record in leading significant data center deals.
• Strong executive communication and engagement experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage leasing and acquisition of datacenter capacity.
• Conduct data center market analysis.
• Lead cost analysis and due-diligence process.
• Negotiate and prepare executable contracts.

Skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Master’s degree or MBA preferred

Job description

Responsibilities

To support the fast growth and manage the massive content on the platform, ByteDance's 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 market 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.

• 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 on board 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.
• Lead cross‑functional teams to evaluate, select, negotiate and recommend leases for approval.
• Lead cost analysis and collaborate in 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.
• Organizational, coordination and project management with proven experience leading complex initiatives to successful completion in a timely manner.
• Track 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.
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life – a mission we work towards every day.
As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an “Always Day 1” mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

Job Information

For Pay Transparency
Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $151,050 - $273,600 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.