Real Estate Development Manager - Data Centers Job at Confidential, Dallas, TX

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  • Confidential
  • Dallas, TX

Job Description

Real Estate Development Manager - Data Centers

📍 Location: Dallas, TX

🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time | In-Office

🌟 About the Role

We’re seeking an ambitious and execution-driven Real Estate Development Manager to manage the front-end development of ground-up hyperscale data centers across the United States. In this role, you will play a crucial role in the development and delivery of the company's data center portfolio by sourcing new opportunities, analyzing the suitability of data center sites, and managing land acquisitions by working with external stakeholders such as landowners, communities, and utility providers. This role will also facilitate the negotiation of land purchases through the drafting and execution of purchase and sale agreements, and lead completion of key site due diligence and predevelopment activities.

🧭 Key Responsibilities

  • 🏗️ Project Leadership & Execution
  • Analyzes feasibility of proposed projects in various markets; prepares market studies when necessary.
  • Managing land development and acquisition tasks, including site due diligence, regulatory approval process, permitting, surveying, and land use entitlements for all data center projects across multiple regions.
  • Executing and manage real estate acquisition agreements (e.g. LOIs and PSAs), and draft project memos and execution plans
  • Defining project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Developing detailed project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, and risk assessments.
  • Managing project schedules, budgets, and resources to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
  • Monitoring project progress, identifying potential issues, and implementing corrective actions.
  • Managing internal tracking of all development financials, including budgets, costs, and change orders.

🤝 Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with internal teams on capacity planning, infrastructure design, and operational readiness.
  • Align development timelines with business growth forecasts and global expansion strategies.

💰 Risk & Financial Management

  • Develop and manage project budgets, forecasts, and capital expenditure plans.
  • Identify and mitigate risks related to land use, construction delays, and regulatory hurdles.

🎯 Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Engineering, Architecture, or related field.
  • 3-5+ years of experience in commercial real estate land acquisition and development, with a focus on large-scale or hyperscale data centers or mission-critical facilities.
  • Proven track record of real estate development, including project management or support of due diligence and entitlements on multiple sites, and an understanding of cost, timeline, and contracts for large land transactions and development projects.
  • Understanding of site development milestones, land use and zoning approvals.
  • Experience negotiating other agreements critical to data center operation (e.g., water, sewer, incentives and development agreements).
  • Comfort working with and developing strong relationships with external stakeholders such as sellers, economic development contacts (municipal, county, state, and NGOs), utilities providers and SMEs / consultants.

🧰 Core Skills & Competencies

  • Entrepreneurial mindset and a results-driven approach.
  • A “big-picture” person with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity, the ability to quickly adapt to changes, and navigate complex situations.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present effectively to investors, partners, and public stakeholders.
  • Ability to work independently, managing multiple high-priority projects simultaneously.
  • Relentless drive for mastering the craft, demonstrating a curiosity and commitment to deepening expertise in industrial real estate development.

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office,

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