Remote AI Data Center Development Manager (Americas)

Hidden Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Hidden Jobs is seeking a Development Manager to lead AI data center developments across the Americas from site control through due diligence, entitlements, permitting and design to an FID.

You will coordinate external consultants and cross-functional teams, manage schedules, budgets, and risks, and strive to deliver shovel-ready, powered sites on time and within budget while balancing rapid deployment with stakeholder expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in data center, industrial, or large-load infrastructure development.
• Experience with site due diligence, entitlements, permitting, and utility coordination.
• Strong understanding of interconnection processes and total development cost management.
• Comfort presenting at public hearings and coordinating multiple consultants.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned AI data center development projects from site control through diligence, entitlement, permitting, utility coordination, and preconstruction design.
• Build and maintain development plans, schedules, and budgets with a focus on speed-to-power and speed-to-market, escalating risks and key decisions to senior leadership.
• Direct external consultants, engineers, and design partners, and coordinate workstreams across Energy and Power, Design, Preconstruction, and Sales.
• Develop entitlement and permitting strategies covering zoning, platting, hearings, and land-use counsel, and execute site due diligence across title, survey, geotechnical, environmental, zoning, and utility studies.
• Support land acquisition and site-control transactions including purchases, options, and ground leases, partnering with legal and external advisors.
• Track project milestones, costs, and risks, and contribute to standardizing development playbooks and reporting.
• Mentor associates and analysts while building relationships with landowners, developers, brokers, utilities, and local authorities.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Budgeting & cost control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Construction Management, Finance

Job description

Hidden Jobs is seeking a Development Manager to lead AI data center developments across the Americas from site control through due diligence, entitlements, permitting and design to an FID.

You will coordinate external consultants and cross-functional teams, manage schedules, budgets, and risks, and strive to deliver shovel-ready, powered sites on time and within budget while balancing rapid deployment with stakeholder expectations.