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Feasibility Development Manager

Ada Infrastructure
Seattle, USA
Full-time
Senior Level
Onsite
USD 140000-160000 yearly
Discovered 1 months ago

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Key Responsibilities

  • Manage technical and commercial evaluations of potential data center sites.
  • Support environmental, permitting, and utility assessments in partnership with internal SMEs and third-party consultants.
  • Analyze jurisdictional requirements for entitlements, environmental review, building permits, and timelines.
  • Identify permitting risks and recommend strategies to mitigate development delays.
  • Evaluate opportunities for incorporating alternative energy solutions such as solar, on-site generation, energy storage, or renewable PPAs.
  • Develop and maintain standardized feasibility reporting tools, dashboards, and trackers.
  • Research and analyze local market conditions, zoning, land use, and infrastructure to assess site suitability.
  • Participate in screening of sites presented by brokers, developers, or internal sources.
  • Coordinate with design and engineering teams to assess fit-for-purpose requirements (power, fiber, water, access, constructability, etc.).
  • Provide comparative analysis across markets and geographies to support prioritization.
  • Manage communication and collaborate with real estate, legal, energy, design, sustainability, delivery, and operations teams to support the end-to-end feasibility process.
  • Facilitate input collection and documentation to support investment memos and go/no-go decisions.
  • Assist in developing processes and standards to enable global consistency in feasibility analysis.
  • Manage timelines and deliverables across early-stage project workstreams.
  • Maintain clear records of feasibility inputs, assumptions, and outcomes for historical tracking and lessons learned.
  • Support senior members of the GDI team in preparing executive summaries and presentations.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, planning, real estate, environmental science, or a related field; advanced degree a plus.
  • 7–10 years of experience in infrastructure development, feasibility, site selection, or technical due diligence—experience in the data center or critical infrastructure highly space preferred.
  • Strong working knowledge of permitting processes including zoning, entitlements, CEQA/NEPA (or equivalent), and utility interconnection.
  • Familiarity with early-stage energy strategy, including renewable sourcing, utility negotiations, and sustainability evaluations.
  • Ability to manage and synthesize inputs from diverse technical teams and stakeholders.
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills.
  • Experience with tools such as GIS mapping, Excel modeling, Microsoft Project, or project management software.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present findings clearly.
  • Experience working with or supporting hyperscaler and enterprise data center clients is a strong plus.
  • Global experience is a plus.
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed (up to 20%).

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