Manager of Site Selection & Land Acquisition
Las Vegas, NV - USA
Job Summary
Job Overview
The Manager Site Selection & Land Acquisition owns the front door for CleanSparks inbound land and power opportunities. This role manages the intake and qualification of inbound site land and power leads from brokers landowners developers utilities and economic development organizations; directs land power utility and ownership feasibility research; and manages the teams opportunity pipeline.
The Manager develops raw leads from zero to 100 advancing unqualified inbound interest into structured diligence-ready opportunities and presents qualified deals to Corporate Development leadership for negotiation. This role manages two Development Associates and builds the playbooks processes and reporting that make origination repeatable and scalable. Success in this role requires disciplined qualification sound commercial judgment and the ability to manage a high volume of concurrent opportunities in a fast-paced environment.
- Serve as the primary intake point for inbound site land and power opportunities; own triage response and qualification against CleanSparks technical commercial and timeline criteria.
- Direct land power utility and ownership feasibility research including title and ownership zoning and entitlements utility service territory and capacity interconnection pathways water fiber and environmental considerations.
- Build and manage the opportunity pipeline; maintain CRM discipline and report pipeline health conversion and megawatts under evaluation to leadership.
- Develop raw leads from zero to 100 structuring and packaging opportunities into diligence-ready deals.
- Present qualified opportunities to Corporate Development leadership for negotiation; support letters of intent options purchase agreements and related documentation.
- Manage mentor and develop two Development Associates setting priorities reviewing work product and building repeatable qualification playbooks.
- Cultivate relationships with brokers landowners developers utilities municipalities and economic development organizations to strengthen inbound deal flow.
- Partner with Engineering Development Construction Finance and Legal to transition qualified opportunities into the development pipeline.
- Additional duties as assigned.
This role requires professionalism executive presence sound commercial judgment and the ability to effectively lead people and priorities across a collaborative fast-paced organization.
- Bachelors degree in Business Real Estate Engineering Urban Planning Geography or a related field preferred. Equivalent combinations of education professional experience industry training and/or a current real estate license will also be considered.
- Five to eight or more years of experience in land acquisition site selection commercial real estate energy origination or data center or industrial development.
- Demonstrated track record qualifying structuring and advancing land and power transactions.
- Working knowledge of utility service interconnection zoning and entitlement and title and ownership concepts.
- Experience building and managing deal pipelines and CRM systems.
- Strong analytical organizational negotiation and communication skills.
- Willingness to travel throughout the United States.
- Experience supporting hyperscale data center or large-load industrial siting.
- Direct people-management or team leadership experience.
- Experience with GIS CRM platforms mapping software or project tracking systems.
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About Company
CleanSpark responsibly develops infrastructure for Bitcoin, an essential tool for financial independence and inclusion. We use environmentally friendly techniques in mining.