• Work with internal and external commercial and technical teams to identify, define, and pursue new site selection projects and initiatives that will help meet the data center industry’s growth needs. • Lead the site selection process from start to finish, monitoring progress against objectives, providing regular status reports, tracking risks, outlining action items, and holding each stakeholder accountable to keep the project on schedule. • Manage communications with a variety of project stakeholders (landowners, utility company representatives, economic development officers, government officials, vendors, consultants, legal counsel, internal subject matter experts and executives, customers, etc.). • Manage engineering consultants to complete various stages of technical due diligence; understand the implications of the study results and be able to develop a commercial strategy, such as which risks can/should be mitigated, what are the appropriate action items to mitigate risks, and how much money should be spent to do so. • Lead the negotiation of a variety of contracts with a range of counterparties, including letters of intent, land purchase agreements, economic development incentives, power and water/sewer infrastructure and supply agreements, and other site-specific agreements. • Assess the entitlements process (rezonings, land use permitting, etc.), lead relationships with government officials, community stakeholders, etc., and work with colleagues and external consultants to complete entitlement work. • Evaluate economic development incentives, assess implications of taxation rates and regulations, and negotiate economic incentive packages with government officials. • Gather and organize a variety of financial metrics and run financial models for customers and investors. • Develop project summary and strategy presentations for internal executives, investors, and customers. • Support the development of processes, standards, and tools to implement a repeatable process for site selection, acquisitions, and contracting.