A repeatable data center acquisition system that turns credible supply into signed capacity. * A qualified pipeline with clear views of location, capacity, timing, provider, commercial status ...
A repeatable data center acquisition system that turns credible supply into signed capacity. * A qualified pipeline with clear views of location, capacity, timing, provider, commercial status ...
Head of Data Center Acquisition
Sunnyvale, CA · On-site
$142K/yr
A repeatable data center acquisition system that turns credible supply into signed capacity. * A qualified pipeline with clear views of location, capacity, timing, provider, commercial status ...
Head of Data Center Acquisition
Sunnyvale, CA · On-site
$142K/yr
A repeatable data center acquisition system that turns credible supply into signed capacity. * A qualified pipeline with clear views of location, capacity, timing, provider, commercial status ...
A repeatable data center acquisition system that turns credible supply into signed capacity. * A qualified pipeline with clear views of location, capacity, timing, provider, commercial status ...
A repeatable data center acquisition system that turns credible supply into signed capacity. * A qualified pipeline with clear views of location, capacity, timing, provider, commercial status ...
Data Center Site Acquisition Manager (LATAM) - San Jose
San Jose, CA · On-site
$115K - $288K/yr
Conduct data center market analysis, lead site acquisition strategy and drive executive decisions accordingly. - Engage and bring qualified suppliers onboard and drive the end to end site acquisition ...
Data Center Site Acquisition Manager (LATAM) - San Jose
San Jose, CA · On-site
$115K - $288K/yr
Conduct data center market analysis, lead site acquisition strategy and drive executive decisions accordingly. - Engage and bring qualified suppliers onboard and drive the end to end site acquisition ...
Data Center Site Selection Manager
Bellevue, WA · On-site
$170K - $238K/yr
Responsibilities Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations • Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc • Manage supplier ...
Data Center Site Selection Manager
Bellevue, WA · On-site
$170K - $238K/yr
Responsibilities Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations • Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc • Manage supplier ...
Data Center Site Selection Manager
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$170K/yr
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Data Center Site Selection Manager
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$170K/yr
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Data Center Site Selection Manager
Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$170K/yr
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Data Center Site Selection Manager
Menlo Park, CA · On-site
$170K/yr
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
Lead data center acquisition and lease contracting negotiations * Perform technical due diligence and validate site viability across energy, land, etc * Manage supplier relationships and best ...
ABOUT YOU The ARCO Recruiting Team is growing and we're hiring a Talent Acquisition Manager to join our team in Kansas City (Riverside) or Cincinnati (Blue Ash) to identify and engage top Data Center ...
ABOUT YOU The ARCO Recruiting Team is growing and we're hiring a Talent Acquisition Manager to join our team in Kansas City (Riverside) or Cincinnati (Blue Ash) to identify and engage top Data Center ...
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... Acquisition Manager to join our team in St. Louis (Richmond Heights), Cincinnati, Boston or Kansas City (Riverside) to identify and engage top Data Center talent. Ready to experience a better way to ...
... Acquisition Manager to join our team in St. Louis (Richmond Heights), Cincinnati, Boston or Kansas City (Riverside) to identify and engage top Data Center talent. Ready to experience a better way to ...
Data Center Development & Site Acquisition: Expertise in identifying and acquiring sites for large-scale data centers, including market research, land acquisition, zoning compliance, and feasibility ...
Data Center Development & Site Acquisition: Expertise in identifying and acquiring sites for large-scale data centers, including market research, land acquisition, zoning compliance, and feasibility ...
Data Center Development & Site Acquisition: Expertise in identifying and acquiring sites for large-scale data centers, including market research, land acquisition, zoning compliance, and feasibility ...
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| Aspect | Data Center Acquisition | Data Center Operations Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Focus | Securing and negotiating data center facilities and real estate | Managing daily operations and maintenance of data centers |
| Required Skills | Real estate, negotiation, project management | Operations management, technical knowledge, team leadership |
| Work Environment | Office-based, site visits, negotiations | Data center facilities, team coordination, troubleshooting |
| Certifications | Real estate, project management certifications | ITIL, facilities management certifications |
Data Center Acquisition focuses on securing physical space and negotiating leases or purchases, while Data Center Operations Managers oversee the ongoing management and maintenance of data center facilities. Both roles are essential in the data center industry but differ in their core responsibilities and skill sets.
Job description
Demand for Cerebras inference is high and climbing. We need ever-more power-ready data center capacity to meet demand for the world's fastest inference solution. Project facts often change as providers work through power, site, capital, design, security, and schedule issues. This work shapes customer delivery, capital use, and risk for years. The job demands a hands-on deal leader who can separate real capacity from optimistic claims and keep priority transactions on track.
Role at a glance- Own the data center capacity pipeline across North America, Europe, and other priority markets.
- Source and evaluate data center providers, developers, colocation sites, expansion projects, and partner-led capacity.
- Lead commercial work from first qualification through diligence, internal approval, customer review, signature, and handoff.
- Diligence power, site control, permits, design, security, operations, financing, and schedule claims.
- Ensure compliance with regional regulations, permitting requirements and mitigate reputation risk.
- Accountable for aligning business functions (legal, finance, procurement, etc.), internal delivery teams (networking, infrastructure, operations, security, etc.), executive, and customer teams to qualify and execute partnerships.
- Build a team to execute at "the speed of light"
- A repeatable data center acquisition system that turns credible supply into signed capacity.
- A qualified pipeline with clear views of location, capacity, timing, provider, commercial status, diligence status, and risk.
- Diligence standards that test provider claims before Cerebras commits company time or capital.
- Executive and customer deal summaries that state the facts, risks, decisions, and next steps.
- Term and negotiation standards that give teams a shared baseline.
- Assets and rituals that expose blockers early and keep owners accountable.
- Deal evaluation framework and metrics (inclusive of total cost of ownership) enabling high velocity decision making
- Market coverage: Build relationships with data center providers, developers, infrastructure partners, power partners, and other sources of capacity.
- Opportunity qualification: Decide which opportunities deserve company time, technical review, legal work, customer review, and capital.
- Commercial work: Lead negotiations and contract work with clear business goals, risk tradeoffs, and timelines.
- Diligence: Collect facts from internal experts and outside parties across power, site, design, security, operations, finance, legal, and customer requirements.
- Risk calls: Identify the risks that matter, ask providers to prove their claims, and make clear recommendations.
- Customer review: Prepare summaries, surface open issues, manage review cycles, and make sure customer requirements shape the deal before signature.
- Path to close: Maintain owner-based close plans, move decisions through the company, and prevent stalled deals.
- Executive updates: Give concise answers on what is real, what blocks signature, who owns the next step, and what requires a decision.
- Cerebras has a current, prioritized, and trusted view of all active capacity opportunities.
- Priority deals have owners, open issue lists, close plans, and escalation paths.
- Cerebras signs strong opportunities and pauses or kills weak ones based on facts.
- Providers prove power, site, financing, technical, security, and schedule claims before Cerebras commits.
- Internal and customer reviews move faster because deal materials state the facts, risks, and decisions.
- Teams reuse diligence standards and negotiation standards across deals.
- Cerebras can forecast capacity by site, region, provider, and delivery window.
- Leaders know which capacity is real, which deals will close, and which risks need action.
- We want a data center deal leader with infrastructure judgment, commercial skill, and a bias for facts. You have closed complex infrastructure transactions and can work credibly with data center, power, finance, legal, technical, security, operations, and customer teams.
- 10+ years of relevant experience in hyperscale data center acquisition, cloud infrastructure sourcing, colocation leasing, site selection, data center development, infrastructure business development, power or site acquisition, strategic sourcing, or infrastructure finance.
- You have led high-value data center, cloud infrastructure, or critical infrastructure transactions.
- Strong grasp of data center capacity drivers: power, cooling, network, site readiness, permits, security, operations, provider credibility, and delivery timing.
- Credibility with legal and finance leaders on complex commercial risk.
- Credibility with technical, security, and operations experts. You can turn their input into business decisions.
- Clear executive communication. You can summarize a complex deal in one page, name the decision, and recommend the path.
- Strong ownership. You create structure, assign owners, escalate early, and close loops without perfect process.
- Sound risk judgment. You know when to push, when to slow down, and when to walk away.
- Experience at a hyperscaler, AI infrastructure company, cloud provider, data center developer, wholesale colocation provider, infrastructure investor, or power infrastructure company.
- Experience with AI, GPU, HPC, or other high-density compute environments.
- Familiarity with North American and European data center markets.
- You have assessed utility power, interconnection status, temporary power, backup power, or power-constrained markets.
- You have worked on deals that require customer review, confidentiality controls, or public-company disclosure discipline.
- You have built acquisition processes, diligence workflows, executive reports, or commercial standards from scratch.
- CDCDP or similar data center credentials.
In-person at Cerebras headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Expect travel to sites, data center providers, developers, partners, and customer meetings.
About Cerebras Systems
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Industry
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
Company size
201 - 500 Employees
Headquarters location
Sunnyvale, CA, US
Year founded
2015