Global Data Center Power & Site Acquisition Lead

Bytedance; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance is seeking a passionate project manager to support power and energy functions for data center expansion across the Americas and EMEA. You will collaborate with Strategy, Data Center Engineering, Operations, Capacity Planning and Global Supply Chain to manage complex construction and service projects.

The role requires leading power due diligence, identifying markets with available power, and supporting energy management across greenfield, brownfield, and power shell models.

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Power/energy knowledge

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Policy, Law, Economics, Business, or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

Power shell

Job description

ByteDance is seeking a passionate project manager to support power and energy functions for data center expansion across the Americas and EMEA. You will collaborate with Strategy, Data Center Engineering, Operations, Capacity Planning and Global Supply Chain to manage complex construction and service projects.

The role requires leading power due diligence, identifying markets with available power, and supporting energy management across greenfield, brownfield, and power shell models.