Site Selection Manager
Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA$200k - $238kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Lead site procurement and due diligence for Fluidstack's US data center portfolio, sourcing powered land, negotiating leases, and ensuring rapid progression from lease to live power at scale.
Responsibilities
- Lead the site procurement strategy for the US data center portfolio, sourcing and evaluating powered land for large-scale development and negotiating leases with data center operators.
- Conduct site due diligence: evaluate utility and behind-the-meter power at 200MW+ scale, and assess buildability through title docs, surveys, geotechnical reports, and environmental studies.
- Understand permitting requirements at each site and their implications for the construction schedule.
- Maintain relationships with brokers, landowners, and developers so a valid site is never missed, and run vendor due diligence including on-site audits with specialist engineers.
- Work directly with DC Design to keep sites matched to the latest technical requirements, and own capacity planning and forecasting across clients and regions.
- Partner with Finance on multi-year infrastructure investment and cost structures, and lead commercial negotiations with landowners and developers.
Qualifications
- You've worked in real estate with a focus on data centers or other large industrial projects, and you've closed large, complex deals.
- You assess land viability for data center development fast and rigorously: power, buildability, and permitting.
- You bring a customer-centric mindset, strong ownership, and proactive problem-solving.
- You align stakeholders across diverse internal and external teams, and you'll travel 20%+ as projects require.
Skills
Required:Site acquisition and leasingDue diligence and permitting
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
- Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.
Last updated Sep 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Fluidstack
Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI
Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI, delivering gigawatts of compute in 6 months. We're leading the deployment of Anthropic's $50B compute build out.
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