Site Selection LeadLocation: Remote (US) / San Francisco, CA • Full-Time • Travel up to 50%The RoleAndromeda's infrastructure team designs, deploys, and operates large-scale GPU clusters for AI labs and compute providers. The Site Selection Lead finds, qualifies, and secures the data centers our clusters are deployed into. You own the full cycle from market screening through diligence, lease negotiation, and handoff to delivery. You report to the Head of Infrastructure.
What You'll Own- Market screening: Assessment of markets and inbound opportunities on power availability, scalability, cost, permitting, and tax.
- Pipeline: An accurate pipeline of sites, deal status, documentation, and milestones, with risks and delays flagged early.
- Diligence: Site-level diligence on power capacity and utility timelines, cooling (direct liquid cooling readiness, CDUs, facility water), structure, connectivity, zoning, andpermitting, including on-site evaluations.
- Lease negotiation: Negotiations with landlords and operators from LOI through execution, working with Legal and Finance.
- Relationships: Brokers, landlords, utilities, consultants, and development partners across markets.
- Handoff: A clean handoff into delivery, buildout, and operations, with technical requirements, commercial commitments, and timelines aligned.
What We're Looking For- Experience: 6+ years in data center site selection, infrastructure development, or commercial real estate with technical diligence.
- Market knowledge: Strong knowledge of US data center markets, utility infrastructure, and regional regulatory frameworks.
- Negotiation: You have led commercial lease negotiations and complex due diligence through to execution.
- Technical depth: You can read single-line diagrams and MEP drawings and spot gaps in power and cooling redundancy.
- High-density cooling: You understand liquid-cooled deployments at 100kW+ per rack.
- Judgment: You make clear recommendations from incomplete information and stand behind them.
Not A Fit- Brokerage only: Real estate experience without technical diligence.
Strong Candidates May Have- Power: Utility interconnection, power procurement, or behind-the-meter generation experience.
- International: Site work in Europe, the Middle East, or Asia.
- Credentials: PE license or equivalent engineering qualification.
Why You'll Love It Here- Set the site evaluation standard for every deployment
- Work across new AI data center capacity in multiple markets
- High talent density, high trust team shaping the compute market
- Comprehensive benefits for you and your dependents, including healthcare, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), and unlimited PTO
