Data Center Site Acquisition Manager - San Jose

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance is seeking a DC Site Acquisition Manager to drive end-to-end data center deals in the US and LATAM. You will gather market options, secure capacity, and coordinate with legal, tax, and finance teams to support timely investments.

Responsibilities include energy cost analysis, budget optimization, and rightsizing initiatives, with emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and executive communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering, business, supply chain, finance or related field.
• Proven ability to lead complex data center deals end-to-end.
• Strong analytical, communication and negotiation skills.
• Portuguese proficiency to engage with Brazil stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Gather and evaluate market options and secure data center capacities.
• Provide commercial aircover to the delivery team for timely capacity delivery.
• Collaborate with legal, tax, finance, GR and other teams for investment decisions.
• Support operational-related needs with commercial oversight.
• Conduct energy cost analysis and drive budget optimization.
• Lead rightsizing and optimization initiatives as needed.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical thinking

Executive communication

Portuguese proficiency

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or other relevant fields

Master’s degree or MBA preferred

Job description

Responsibilities

To support the fast growth and manage the massive content on the platform, TikTok's infrastructure team is building hyper-scale data centers globally that host hundreds of thousands of servers.

The Datacenter Development team is responsible for site selection, acquisition and delivery. Our team is responsible for the end-to-end commercial activities of our data centers in US and LATAM, spanning from early due diligence to operational support.

As the DC site acquisition manager, you will be responsible for the following:

• Gather and evaluate market options, conduct investigations on key resources, devise strategies and eventually secure data center capacities to meet business demand.
• Provide commercial aircover to our delivery team to ensure timely delivery of capacity to our businesses.
• Work with cross‑functional colleagues, such as legal, tax, finance, GR, to make informed recommendations to top management for data center investment, backed by our thorough investigation.
• Provide commercial aircover to support operational‑related needs.
• Conduct energy cost analysis and drive initiatives to optimize the budget structure.
• Conduct rightsizing and optimization initiatives as and when required.

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
• 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.
• High proficiency in Portuguese is required to communicate with stakeholders in Brazil

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in tech infrastructure procurement, supply chain management, construction or facility management.
• Direct experience working in the LATAM market is a plus.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short‑form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is 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 bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

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. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. 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

TikTok 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 TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. 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.

TikTok Accommodation

TikTok 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 $159000 - $360000 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.