The Role
Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Japan’s (APJ) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?
AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.
Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APJ region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…
Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.
A Snapshot
At AirTrunk, we’ve all come together to deliver data centres that meet and grow with the needs of our large cloud, content, and enterprise customers.
As a Site Selection & Acquisition Manager, you will report to the Site Selection Acquisition Director and work closely with the rest of the Technology team, making your mark in a number of ways:
As a Site Selection & Acquisition Manager, you will report to the Site Selection Acquisition Director and work closely with the rest of the Technology team, making your mark in a number of ways:
- You will work with the team to guide the expansion of AirTrunk facilities and services in new and existing countries throughout APAC and Japan.
- You will carry out market analysis to identify opportunities and site selection expansion potential.
- You will interface with customers, government entities, and private developers in the search for and assessment of new locations and the development of business opportunities.
- You will manage and coordinate a team of stakeholders to assess and draw conclusions from a wide range of real estate, engineering, construction, policy, planning, and business development considerations such as natural hazards, man-made risks, energy requirements, network connectivity, utility availability, land use, zoning, permitting, environmental and social impacts, design, demand, and incentives.
Your Day to Day
- Manage a team of engineers, consultants, and real estate professionals to carry out site selection due diligence and feasibility initiatives.
- Engage with key stakeholders to identify business development and planning opportunities.
- Carry out market analysis/opportunity mapping to identify real estate/site selection opportunities across the APAC region.
- Support the Site Selection Acquisition Director in preparing necessary materials and collecting market information to negotiate with landlords and brokers for potential deals.
- Review and facilitate contracts, non-disclosure agreements, letters of engagement, lease agreements, sales and purchase agreements, and other related documents for site selection.
- Work closely with the Business Development team on the cash flow model for the project.
- Manage the site selection due diligence budget.
- Evaluate management systems, current practices, and site conditions relative to risk appetite, enhancing understanding of exposures and guiding the implementation of processes to meet AirTrunk’s expansion.
- Work with the Technology team to carry out due diligence and produce consultants’ briefs to develop designs from the feasibility stage onwards, ensuring continuity of design philosophy and approach.
- Work closely with the Data Analyst using Google Analytics to map potential sites and customers’ AZs.
- Consolidate, quantify, and compare inputs; evaluate costs, design/build risks, and schedule implications; and select regions and sites for development.
- Represent the Site Selection team in project meetings and work cross-functionally to advance real estate deals.
- Support the Site Selection Acquisition Director in preparing presentation materials to provide routine updates to leadership regarding progress and roadblocks in acquiring or closing real estate deals.
Requirements
- You have 5+ years of experience in the real estate/project management sector, preferably with a background in the industrial/data centre sector.
- You have strong teamwork skills.
- Strong quantitative skills are a plus.
The AirTrunk Culture
Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact. Whilst you’re helping scale our region’s digital future, we’ll help you Grow@Hyperscale and unleash your full potential.
The pace in which we operate means you’ll feel an electric atmosphere at AirTrunk. We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day. We do this by living our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive.
Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter. We make sure you have everything you need to make your mark and thrive in a flexible and safe working environment, where everyone feels welcome. Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged.
Now’s your chance to Grow@Hyperscale.
**To all recruitment agencies: AirTrunk does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, AirTrunk employees or any other organisation location. AirTrunk is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.**
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The Company
What We Do
AirTrunk is an Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ) data centre company with a powerful purpose – to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future.
We do this by continuously redefining and delivering data centres that meet the needs of our customers, the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.
We opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, then set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APJ region.
Joining AirTrunk is your chance to Grow@Hyperscale. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and scale your impact. Certified as a Great Place to Work in Australia, Singapore and Japan and ranked #10 in Australia’s Best Workplaces™ for 2023, come and join the A-Team.
To learn more, go to https://airtrunk.com/about-airtrunk
