Site Selection Lead

Jobtailor

California (MO)

On-site

USD 130,000 - 210,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior site selection leader to own geographies, develop screening criteria, and coordinate cross-functional teams across Power, Land, Development, Engineering, Environmental, and Finance to prioritize sites.

You will translate complex criteria into actionable screening workflows, build deployment plans, and present strategic recommendations to executives for deployment decisions.

Qualifications

6+ years in site selection, infrastructure development, data center development, energy development, commercial real estate, or a related field.
Strong strategic judgment on market intelligence, portfolio construction, site viability, counterparty credibility, and prioritization.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional organizations through ambiguous decisions and align technical, commercial, legal, and finance stakeholders.
Commercial and financial fluency sufficient to connect site quality, deal terms, capital implications, schedule, and deployment risk.
Experience building site funnels, screening frameworks, mapping or test-fit workflows, dashboards, and executive decision materials.
Ability to work from the US office three days per week
Authorization to work in the country where the job is located

Responsibilities

Own the site-selection strategy across priority geographies, including market maps, pipeline segmentation, source refreshes, live-location tracking, and portfolio prioritization
Convene Power, Land, Development, Engineering, Construction, Environmental, Community, Commercial, Legal, and Finance partners to define the shared rubric for a high-quality site
Translate the rubric into screening criteria across power readiness, land control, timing, scale, cost, community risk, environmental constraints, AHJ path, budget, schedule, and counterparty credibility
Orchestrate Commercial, Legal, Finance, Power, and Development teams to shape exclusivity, initial terms, site-control strategy, funding assumptions, and the path to deployment
Build deployment plans for top candidates identifying capacity, sequencing, capital implications, critical-path approvals, risks, owners, and stage-gate decisions
Lead conceptual site planning and test-fit screening using boundaries, map layers, buildings, substations, roads, parking, laydown, stormwater, utility corridors, acreage, and estimated load
Maintain a single decision-support view of pipeline stage, site health, power readiness, finance review, maps, project evidence, outstanding source data, owners, deadlines, and escalations
Present executive-ready advance, defer, or stop recommendations with clear trade-offs, resource asks, and next steps
Hand qualified sites to the Development Lead with a complete screening record

Skills

Site Selection

Cross-Functional Leadership

Commercial Fluency

Financial Fluency

Dashboard Development

Test-Fit Screening

Tools

Mapping Software

Dashboards

Decision Support Tools

Job description

Own the site-selection strategy across priority geographies, including market maps, pipeline segmentation, source refreshes, live-location tracking, and portfolio prioritization
Convene Power, Land, Development, Engineering, Construction, Environmental, Community, Commercial, Legal, and Finance partners to define the shared rubric for a high-quality site
Translate the rubric into screening criteria across power readiness, land control, timing, scale, cost, community risk, environmental constraints, AHJ path, budget, schedule, and counterparty credibility
Orchestrate Commercial, Legal, Finance, Power, and Development teams to shape exclusivity, initial terms, site-control strategy, funding assumptions, and the path to deployment
Build deployment plans for top candidates identifying capacity, sequencing, capital implications, critical-path approvals, risks, owners, and stage-gate decisions
Lead conceptual site planning and test-fit screening using boundaries, map layers, buildings, substations, roads, parking, laydown, stormwater, utility corridors, acreage, and estimated load
Maintain a single decision-support view of pipeline stage, site health, power readiness, finance review, maps, project evidence, outstanding source data, owners, deadlines, and escalations
Present executive-ready advance, defer, or stop recommendations with clear trade-offs, resource asks, and next steps
Hand qualified sites to the Development Lead with a complete screening record

Requirements

6+ years in site selection, infrastructure development, data center development, energy development, commercial real estate, or a related field
Strong strategic judgment on market intelligence, portfolio construction, site viability, counterparty credibility, and prioritization
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional organizations through ambiguous decisions and align technical, commercial, legal, and finance stakeholders
Commercial and financial fluency sufficient to connect site quality, deal terms, capital implications, schedule, and deployment risk
Experience building site funnels, screening frameworks, mapping or test-fit workflows, dashboards, and executive decision materials
Ability to work from the US office three days per week
Authorization to work in the country where the job is located

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in site selection and infrastructure development, with a strong focus on strategic judgment, cross-functional leadership, and commercial fluency. Capable of building comprehensive deployment plans and screening frameworks while effectively collaborating with diverse stakeholders.

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