Senior VP, Hyperscale Data Center Legal & Deals

Fleet Data Centers; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K program

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Fleet Data Centers, headquartered in Denver with Seattle and Arlington offices, seeks a senior-level VP, Corporate Counsel to lead legal guidance for hyperscale and enterprise data center leases and related transactions.

This role will also support general corporate, governance and transactional matters, including joint ventures with our sister portfolio company. You’ll draft and negotiate contracts, manage outside counsel, and build scalable legal processes for rapid execution.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 10+ years of relevant experience including large law 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 (hyperscale and enterprise data center leases, service agreements, change order forms, etc.).
• Support deal structuring on joint venture and land purchase agreements, as well as leasing terms including remedies, force majeure, change of control, security/audit rights, insurance, waiver of subrogation, indemnification and confidentiality provisions.
• Partner cross-functionally across the enterprise, including with the Commercial Management team, to support all customer matters and align legal positions with delivery realities and business strategy.
• Draft and negotiate related agreements (MSAs, ancillary site/customer documents, LOIs/terms sheets, NDAs, as needed).
• Build scalable legal infrastructure: templates, playbooks, clause library, fallback positions, approval matrix, and negotiation process to improve speed and consistency.
• Manage outside counsel with discipline: scoping, supervision, budgets, and practical deliverables.
• Take on additional high-priority legal work as needed to help stand up a high-functioning, lean Legal Department (e.g., compliance and risk management activities, key vendor and operations agreements).

Skills

Negotiation

Cross‑functional collaboration

Independent transaction management

Business judgment

Clear communication style

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

Job description

Fleet Data Centers, headquartered in Denver with Seattle and Arlington offices, seeks a senior-level VP, Corporate Counsel to lead legal guidance for hyperscale and enterprise data center leases and related transactions.

This role will also support general corporate, governance and transactional matters, including joint ventures with our sister portfolio company. You’ll draft and negotiate contracts, manage outside counsel, and build scalable legal processes for rapid execution.