Senior Manager, Data Center Site Acquisition

TransGrid Energy; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TransGrid Energy is seeking a Manager, Site Acquisition Lead to drive the identification, evaluation, acquisition, and development of strategic data center sites across the United States. You will oversee land control, power availability, and infrastructure feasibility to support a growing energy infrastructure pipeline.

With 8+ years in land acquisition and data center development, you will negotiate terms, manage a cross-functional team, and collaborate with utilities, brokers, and local

Qualifications

• Approximately 8+ years in site selection, land acquisition or related fields.
• Proven record of closing land transactions (LOIs, options, leases, purchase agreements).
• Experience sourcing sites for data centers or large-scale infrastructure.
• Experience working with utilities on interconnection, capacity, and timelines.
• Knowledge of zoning, permitting, environmental constraints, and local processes.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate potential data center sites based on power availability, interconnection, land characteristics, zoning and constraints.
• Lead land acquisition from outreach through LOIs, options, leases, and purchase agreements.
• Negotiate terms with landowners, brokers, developers, and stakeholders to secure site control.
• Own power procurement and utility due diligence with engineering teams.
• Coordinate with utilities to understand capacity, interconnection requirements, timelines and costs.
• Drive zoning, entitlements, permitting, and local development strategy with internal/ external teams.
• Maintain a pipeline of land and power opportunities with high development potential.
• Develop feasibility views including developable MW, land and power costs, and schedule-to-power.

Skills

Site selection

Land acquisition

Real estate development

Data center development

Energy infrastructure

Power procurement

Utilities coordination

Zoning & permitting

Negotiation

Stakeholder relations

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

TransGrid Energy is seeking a Manager, Site Acquisition Lead to drive the identification, evaluation, acquisition, and development of strategic data center sites across the United States. You will oversee land control, power availability, and infrastructure feasibility to support a growing energy infrastructure pipeline.

With 8+ years in land acquisition and data center development, you will negotiate terms, manage a cross-functional team, and collaborate with utilities, brokers, and local