Director, Asset Management

Digital Realty, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Digital Realty in New York is seeking the Director, Hyperscale Leasing & Development to lead lease negotiations, deal structuring, and development oversight for hyperscale projects across their lifecycle.

You will partner with leasing, development, acquisitions, capital markets, and legal teams to ensure on-schedule, on-budget delivery aligned with commercial objectives. This is a non-construction business/asset-management leadership role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience across data center development, commercial real estate development, asset management, or industrial/infrastructure development.
• Experience overseeing large-scale, complex development projects.
• Experience with lease negotiations and deal structuring preferred.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and complex transactions.
• Ability to operate effectively across leasing, development, and investment functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support lease negotiations with hyperscale customers.
• Structure commercial terms, including phasing, delivery schedules, and development commitments.
• Partner with leasing and customer teams to advance transactions and develop creative deal solutions.
• Serve as the business lead for assigned hyperscale development projects from acquisition through delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to align commercial agreements with development execution.
• Oversee development progress relative to schedule, budget, and underwriting assumptions.
• Identify risks and drive issue resolution related to permitting, utilities, infrastructure, and customer requirements.
• Support development budgeting, scope changes, and phasing decisions.
• Drive value creation and performance across assigned hyperscale opportunities.

Skills

Data center development

Commercial real estate development

Asset management

Industrial or infrastructure develop.

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Location:

New York, NY

Your role

The Director, Hyperscale Leasing & Development serves as the business lead for assigned hyperscale development projects, with responsibility for lease negotiation, deal structuring, and development oversight. This role focuses on driving successful commercial outcomes across the full lifecycle of complex hyperscale developments.

Partnering closely with leasing, development, acquisitions, capital markets, and legal teams, this individual ensures projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and aligned with commercial and ownership objectives. This role does not perform construction or project management, but provides leadership, coordination, and accountability from a business and asset management perspective.

What you’ll do

• Lead or support lease negotiations with hyperscale customers
• Structure commercial terms, including phasing, delivery schedules, and development commitments
• Partner with leasing and customer teams to advance transactions and develop creative deal solutions
• Serve as the business lead for assigned hyperscale development projects from acquisition through delivery
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to align commercial agreements with development execution
• Oversee development progress relative to schedule, budget, and underwriting assumptions
• Identify risks and drive issue resolution related to permitting, utilities, infrastructure, and customer requirements
• Support development budgeting, scope changes, and phasing decisions
• Drive value creation and performance across assigned hyperscale opportunities

What you’ll need

• 10+ years of experience across one or more of the following areas:
  • Data center development
  • Commercial real estate development
  • Asset management
  • Industrial or infrastructure development
• Experience overseeing large-scale, complex development projects
• Experience with lease negotiations and deal structuring preferred
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and complex transactions
• Ability to operate effectively across leasing, development, and investment functions

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. You’ll collaborate across business areas, challenge the way we do things, and put your ideas into action—while building a rewarding, long-term career with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data are essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners, and our customers. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards contributions aligned to the company’s goals and values.

Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. Total compensation may also include cash bonus and other incentives.

Compensation range:

$160,000 - $180,000 annually

Benefits:

Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company match, disability benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, wellness and education benefits, and more.

NOTES:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled. All applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or other status protected by law or Company policy.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

Please do not forward unsolicited resumes to any employee of Digital Realty and its subsidiaries. Digital Realty is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited referrals.