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At Prologis, we don't just lead the industry-we define it with a 1.3 billion square foot portfolio and an annual throughput of approximately $3.2 trillion. We create the intelligent infrastructure that powers global commerce, seamlessly connecting the digital and physical worlds. From agile supply chains to energy solutions, our ecosystems help your business move faster, operate smarter and grow sustainably. With unmatched scale, innovation and expertise, Prologis is a category of one-not just shaping the future of logistics but building what comes next.
Job Title:
Director, Data Center Investments
Company:
Prologis
A day in the life
The Director, Data Center Investments will lead the strategy for unlocking data center, edge, and inference opportunities across Prologis' infill portfolio, with a focus on converting strategically located real estate into viable powered capacity in supply-constrained markets. This role will build repeatable models for traditional infill data centers, edge deployments, and warehouse retrofit opportunities by working across real estate, energy, customer strategy, technology, investment, and regional teams. The Director will also develop strategic relationships with hyperscalers and other priority customers to understand evolving infrastructure and inference needs and translate those priorities into portfolio opportunities. The role will help establish disciplined frameworks for investment, energization, customer-backed development, and speculative capacity decisions.
Key responsibilities include:
• Lead the identification and prioritization of infill properties and markets where Prologis' existing footprint can support differentiated data center, edge, or inference opportunities, using consistent site evaluation criteria across power, time-to-power, connectivity, zoning, infrastructure, customer demand, economics, and execution complexity.
• Develop repeatable warehouse retrofit, edge capacity, and underwriting playbooks, including decision frameworks that balance speculative development with build-to-suit commitments and identify opportunities to aggregate nearby assets into larger infrastructure, power, or network solutions.
• Diagnose barriers to energizing priority sites and partner with the Prologis Energy team to evaluate alternative power solutions, including onsite generation, storage, microgrids, private infrastructure, and emerging technologies, while building investment cases for required infrastructure expenditures.
• Develop strategic relationships with hyperscalers and other priority data center customers to understand long-term infrastructure requirements and assess how AI inference, edge computing, latency, power density, and evolving technology architectures may shape demand over the next 5-10 years.
• Translate customer priorities into actionable opportunities across Prologis' land, warehouse portfolio, and development pipeline, supporting executive-level customer engagement and identifying when to create capacity ahead of demand versus alongside committed requirements.
• Partner with Prologis Ventures to evaluate technologies, business models, emerging companies, pilots, partnerships, joint ventures, acquisitions, and other commercial structures that could accelerate or differentiate data center and edge infrastructure delivery.
• Coordinate across Data Centers, Ventures, Development, Investment, Energy, Operations, Capital Deployment, and regional teams to develop financial and strategic business cases and move opportunities from concept through execution using repeatable standards and decision frameworks.
Building blocks for success
Required:

• A minimum 7 year track record of acquiring and developing commercial real estate with a focus on industrial and complex projects. Data center development experience preferred.
• Ability to develop financial and strategic business cases for data center, edge, warehouse conversion, infrastructure, and customer-backed investment opportunities.
• Ability to evaluate real estate opportunities using factors including power, time-to-power, connectivity, zoning, infrastructure requirements, customer demand, economics, and execution complexity.
• Ability to develop and manage strategic relationships with hyperscalers and other priority data center customers.
• Ability to coordinate complex opportunities across real estate, energy, investment, technology, operations, development, and regional stakeholders.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Management, Architecture, Engineering, Economics, or related field.
• Experience evaluating data center, edge computing, inference, or warehouse retrofit opportunities.
• Experience assessing power and infrastructure solutions for supply-constrained sites.
• Experience evaluating partnerships, joint ventures, acquisitions, emerging technologies, or other commercial structures that support infrastructure delivery.
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrates willingness and capability to leverage emerging technology, automation, and AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and speed. Exercises sound judgment, creative thinking, and accountability for outcomes.

Hiring Salary Range of: $155,000 - $200,000. Salary and whole compensation package (bonus target & LTI) to be determined by the candidate's location, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
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People First
Each of us working at Prologis plays an essential role in the enduring success of our company. We value people who are decisive, courageous and adaptable. While we are one company, locations and departments operate with autonomy and accountability. Individuals take the initiative here.
When you join Prologis, you work shoulder to shoulder with some of the top talent in the industry to do the best work of your career. Every employee belongs. Every employee contributes. Employees advance their careers here.
As a successful global enterprise, Prologis has never lost sight of what matters most, our strong belief that our people are the most important part of our business. And because of that, we provide a generous total rewards package and take a lot of time to focus on quality management and leadership development. People come first here.
All full-time roles in the US come with a robust benefits package which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents. Prologis also offers several other wellness, financial, and work/lifestyle-specific benefits. Our 401(k) retirement plan has a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation. We also offer generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year in addition to paid holidays and volunteer time.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of background verification. Prologis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Employment Type:
Full time
Location:
San Francisco, California
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