Director, Digital Infrastructure
Key details
- Location
- United States
- Work style
- Remote
- Level
- Lead / Staff+
- Job type
- Full-time
- Function
- Operations & Strategy
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 4h ago
Skills
About the role
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Digital Infrastructure based in the United States.
We are seeking an experienced digital infrastructure leader to drive the strategic development and expansion of data center projects across the United States. In this senior role, you will shape the organization's data center strategy, oversee commercial partnerships, and advance projects from initial opportunity identification through development and operational readiness. Working closely with executive leadership and multidisciplinary teams, you will connect energy infrastructure capabilities with the growing demands of the data center industry. You will lead negotiations with hyperscalers, colocation providers, utilities, developers, and strategic partners while evaluating investment opportunities and project economics. The position combines business development, infrastructure planning, financial analysis, and team leadership in a rapidly evolving market. This is an opportunity to help build and scale a growing digital infrastructure business while contributing to the development of responsible and sustainable energy solutions.
Accountabilities:
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Develop and lead the data center strategy in collaboration with executive leadership, defining target markets, customer segments, partnership structures, ownership models, and capital investment approaches.
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Establish the operating model for the digital infrastructure function, including processes, responsibilities, and decision-making frameworks across development, engineering, finance, legal, interconnection, and external affairs teams.
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Monitor industry developments, regulatory changes, utility tariffs, power market trends, and large-load interconnection requirements, translating insights into strategic recommendations.
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Promote responsible data center development practices, considering community engagement, energy consumption, water use, and environmental sustainability.
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Represent the organization at industry events, conferences, site visits, and stakeholder meetings while developing relationships with utilities, brokers, and strategic partners.
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Supervise, coach, and develop direct reports, establishing performance objectives and supporting professional growth.
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Coordinate internal stakeholders and manage external consultants, advisors, and brokers to ensure high-quality deliverables and effective resource utilization.
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Serve as the internal subject-matter expert on data center development, creating templates, playbooks, and best practices to strengthen organizational capabilities.
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Identify future staffing and resource requirements as the project pipeline and business operations expand.
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Identify and develop relationships with hyperscalers, colocation providers, data center developers, and other potential customers and partners.
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Lead commercial negotiations and structure complex agreements, including joint ventures, co-development arrangements, powered-land transactions, colocation agreements, and energy supply partnerships.
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Evaluate opportunities for on-site and behind-the-meter power solutions to support data center energy requirements.
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Prepare commercial presentations, site packages, investment proposals, and recommendations for executive leadership and investment committees.
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Collaborate with finance teams to assess project economics, investment returns, financing structures, and potential development and capital partners.
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Manage data center development budgets and monitor expenditures against project milestones.
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Lead the advancement of data center development opportunities across existing energy infrastructure projects, new development pipelines, and potential acquisitions.
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Coordinate with regional development and interconnection
- Data Center Strategy & Leadership
- Team Leadership & Development
- Commercial & Partnership Development
- Data Center Development & Project Execution
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