Vice President, Data Center Site Selection & Power Strategy

Macdonald & Company; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Macdonald & Company collaborates with a well-funded real estate investment firm to launch a powered land platform for data centers in the United States. The VP/SVP will lead from strategy to market selection and partner development, starting a new business line with no existing team.

The role focuses on powered land, site control, and utility engagement rather than construction. You will define high-potential markets and build relationships with utilities, landowners, brokers, and developers to

Qualifications

• Direct experience in data center site selection, powered land, site acquisition, or utility engagement.
• Early-stage development experience is a plus.
• Strong negotiation, relationship-building, and financial underwriting skills.

Responsibilities

• Find and assess powered land and early-stage data center sites across the US.
• Target markets where the firm can secure meaningful power capacity for future development.
• Build relationships with utilities, landowners, brokers, developers, and consultants.
• Structure and negotiate land deals: acquisitions, options, and other tools that lock in site control while power and approvals move forward.
• Run utility engagement: power availability, capacity, timing, infrastructure needs, and the steps required to get service to a site.
• Underwrite capital requirements, risk, and return on each opportunity.
• Manage early due diligence, entitlements, and engineering work that de-risks a site.
• Build the exit: sell approved, de-risked sites to data center developers, operators, and other buyers.
• Bring opportunities and recommendations to senior leadership and take part in capital decisions.
• Set up the processes and market intelligence that turn this into a standing business line.

Skills

Data center site selection

Power utility engagement

Negotiation

Financial underwriting

Relationship building

Strategic leadership

Job description

Macdonald & Company collaborates with a well-funded real estate investment firm to launch a powered land platform for data centers in the United States. The VP/SVP will lead from strategy to market selection and partner development, starting a new business line with no existing team.

The role focuses on powered land, site control, and utility engagement rather than construction. You will define high-potential markets and build relationships with utilities, landowners, brokers, and developers to