Director, Site Selection, Apac

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect, and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across five continents, 18 markets, 26 campuses, with 1.5 GW of power, 10M square feet - and growing, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Vantage’s business is growing exponentially through a combination of greenfield market expansion and acquisitions across North America, Europe and APAC.

Site Selection and Acquisitions Department

The Site Selection & Acquisitions team is responsible for delivering quality sites for Vantage’s data center development. The team sources, evaluates, pre-qualifies, and completes initial due diligence leading to site acquisitions that support Vantage’s data center business across APAC. The team collaborates with Sales, New Site Development, Design & Engineering, Construction, Operations, Legal, Finance and the Vantage Senior Leadership Team.

Ambitious growth of the core business has resulted in the Site Selection and Acquisitions team hiring top talent - internationally. Our headcount continues to increase, and this brings with it exciting Site Selection and Acquisition opportunities. Join our team and your career will accelerate on the back of your exposure to the kind of responsibilities and variety that come with being part of a growing business.

Position Overview

Essential Job Functions
- Deliver quality sites in identified markets within key performance indicators regarding timing, project schedule, costs, risks, and technical requirements.
- Manage various aspects of site selection, land use approvals, negotiations with landowners, developers, community outreach and entitlement process with local authorities having jurisdiction’s.
- Coordinate local efforts with the various city planners, city councils, utilities and other relevant stakeholders that are critical to a project’s success in the various local markets.
- Represent Vantage in the best light to local officials and effectively communicate the benefits and value of wholesale data center campuses in their vicinity.
- Execute near term and multi-year strategic plans for the portfolio in conjunction with the Company’s Strategy and Market Intelligence, Sales, Corporate Development teams.
- At the appropriate time, transition projects to the New Development Team.
- Maintain responsibility for Seller/ developer engagement for all sites through the Design/Build/Operate cycles for activities related to Site Selection responsibilities.

Duties
- Based on direction from Strategy & Market Intelligence and Energy Site Selection teams, deliver site selection options for new and existing markets within specified target areas.
- Down select sites, negotiate best-in-class commercial terms for transactions and manage acquisition through closing and title registration.
- Ensure all site data is stored, reported, and incorporated into Vantage plans-of-record.
- Provide support to the New Site Development, Design & Engineering, Construction and Operations teams from concept through shovel ready state.
- Coordinate with local real estate brokers/agents and consultants who will assist us in locating target properties.
- Ensure lessons learned are held and placed in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement.
- Report status of all projects progressing through due diligence (risks, schedule, quality, and budget) to management.
- Stay abreast of new technologies and opportunities to innovate build models and impact site selection methods, approaches, and criteria.
- Coordinate with Finance, New Site Development/Design & Engineering/Construction Management Teams to establish project budgets and analyze design impacts on build costs and submit approval packages to the Executive Team. Coordinate with local authorities, utilities, and government officials (with Executive support/approval).
- Carry out preliminary evalua