# Data Center Site Selection & Development Manager at Crux

- Company: Crux
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.cruxdata.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Palo Alto
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/crux/231749d2-9dc4-401f-92ae-b79c22f4fd14
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/crux-data-center-site-selection-and-development-manager/

## About the role

You will find and secure the sites Crux’s capacity roadmap runs on — through both channels: third-party capacity (powered shells, build-to-suits, colo blocks, and turnkey partner deals) and first-party greenfield development (land, power, incentives, entitlements). You will run a live pipeline of opportunities, screen fast and kill fast, and take the survivors through diligence, negotiation, and internal approval.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years in site selection, land acquisition, or infrastructure development for data centers or comparable capital projects, with hands-on negotiation of purchases, leases, incentives, and utility agreements
- Experience on both sides of the market — evaluating third-party developer/colo offerings and running first-party greenfield development — or deep enough on one side to speak the other’s language credibly
- Track record representing a demanding counterparty to utilities, economic development agencies, and local governments, and managing complex multi-party negotiations to close
- Hyperscale data center site selection experience, or development experience at a major colo/developer platform (QTS, Vantage, CyrusOne, Aligned or similar)
- Working knowledge of interconnection processes and wholesale power markets across multiple US regions
- Experience negotiating economic incentive packages (tax abatements, sales tax exemptions, infrastructure grants)

Tags: Development