Data Center Site Acquisition Manager - Infrastructure Power & Energy

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 115,200 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Short-term and long-term disability coverage

Life insurance

10 paid holidays per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time

Job summary

A leading technology company in San Jose is seeking a project manager to support power and energy functions in massive data centers. This role involves managing due diligence for utility agreements, assessing energy supply for both short- and long-term needs, and optimizing budget structures. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in infrastructure development and a strong understanding of energy markets, along with excellent project management skills. The position offers comprehensive benefits and a competitive salary package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in real estate/tech infrastructure development.
• 3+ years managing utility agreements and energy-oriented projects.
• Familiarity with grid reliability and large electric load management.

Responsibilities

• Lead utility and power due diligence for existing and future data centers.
• Manage energy supply and identify power availability markets.
• Support lifecycle power management from application to reliability monitoring.

Skills

Project management

Power and utility evaluation

Partnership building

Energy market familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Policy, Law, Economics, Business

Master's degree in a related field

Job description

Location: San Jose

Team: Infrastructure

Employment Type: Regular

Job Code: A151689

Responsibilities

To support the fast growth and manage the massive content on the platform, ByteDance's infrastructure team is building Global Energy Expertise on hyper‑scale data centers around the world that host hundreds of thousands of servers. We are looking for a passionate and structured project manager to support key power and energy functions, including power availability analysis and power reliability due diligence for site expansion. You will work closely with Strategy, Data Center Engineering, Operations, Capacity Planning and Global Supply Chain teams to manage complex construction and service projects in the Americas and EMEA regions. The ideal candidate should be comfortable with managing complex projects and building constructive partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Lead utility and power due diligence for existing and future data center portfolios in support of site acquisition and operation.
• Manage data center energy supply, and identify markets with power availability that meet short‑term and long‑term demands.
• Support lifecycle power management process from power reservation application, interconnection permitting, energization to reliability monitoring in greenfield, brownfield and/or power shell data center models.
• Conduct energy cost analysis and drive initiatives to optimize the budget structure.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Policy, Law, Economics, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years+ Experience in real estate/tech infrastructure development, evaluation, and acquisition with a focus on power and utility.
• 3 years+ Experience managing utility agreements and energy‑oriented projects.
• Experience in the Americas or EMEA energy market, familiar with grid reliability, interconnection, and large electric load management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Working knowledge of data centers or large power infrastructure, including technical and commercial solutions.
• Experience in power shell, greenfield/brownfield development of data centers or similar projects with large electrical loads.
• Willing to travel domestically and abroad as needed.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $115200 - $288000 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

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.

EEO and Equal Opportunity

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:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
• Exercising sound judgment.

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