Senior VP, Corporate Counsel — Hyperscale Data Centers

Fleet Data Centers; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-covered health, dental, and V

401(k) program

Job summary

Fleet Data Centers is seeking a senior-level VP, Corporate Counsel to guide data center leasing transactions with hyperscalers. You will draft, negotiate and structure complex agreements while coordinating with cross‑functional teams to align legal positions with business strategy.

You’ll sit at the center of strategic customer relationships, building scalable processes and overseeing outside counsel to accelerate execution in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active U.S. bar membership.
• 10+ years of relevant experience including large firm and in-house roles.
• 5+ years negotiating hyperscale and enterprise data center leases.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal expertise for drafting and negotiations of data center agreements (leases, service agreements, change orders).
• Support deal structuring including joint ventures, land purchases, and leasing terms with remedies, force majeure, change of control, security/audit rights, insurance, waiver of subrogation, and confidentiality.
• Partner across the enterprise to align legal positions with delivery realities and strategy.
• Draft and negotiate MSAs, ancillary site documents, LOIs/terms sheets, NDAs.
• Build scalable legal infrastructure: templates, playbooks, clause library, fallback positions, approval matrix, negotiation process.
• Manage outside counsel with scoping, supervision, budgets, and deliverables.
• Lead high-priority legal work to stand up a lean Legal Department (compliance and risk management, key vendor agreements).

Skills

Negotiation

Contract drafting

Cross-functional collaboration

Legal ops

Transactional due diligence

Business judgment

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

Tools

CLM tools

Job description

Fleet Data Centers is seeking a senior-level VP, Corporate Counsel to guide data center leasing transactions with hyperscalers. You will draft, negotiate and structure complex agreements while coordinating with cross‑functional teams to align legal positions with business strategy.

You’ll sit at the center of strategic customer relationships, building scalable processes and overseeing outside counsel to accelerate execution in a fast-paced environment.