Senior Vice President, Pre-Development

Who You Are: (Job Summary)

The Senior Vice President (SVP) PreDevelopment is responsible for leading QTSs enterprise predevelopment function with accountability for converting growth strategy and market demand into an investmentready derisked and executable development pipeline. This role oversees predevelopment activities across the full portfolio spanning land evaluation and diligence master planning entitlements and permitting readiness to support predictable delivery at scale. The SVP partners closely with Real Estate Investments Development Engineering Construction Finance Sales and Operations to ensure alignment across pipeline formation assetlevel business planning capital deployment and execution readiness. Serving as both a strategic leader and external representative of QTS this role engages directly with municipalities utilities regulators and economic development organizations to strengthen market positioning and accelerate development outcomes.

What You Will Do: (Job Responsibilities)

• Lead and execute QTSs enterprise wide pre development strategy aligning pipeline formation diligence entitlements and permitting with long range growth plans customer demand and capital allocation.
• Build and lead high performing internal teams and external partners while continuously improving processes governance and reporting to support scale.
• Provide executive oversight of a multi market multi campus pre development portfolio ensuring consistent governance risk management and readiness forecasting.
• Oversee pre development efforts spanning new pipeline development and execution of approved business plans supporting continuity from land evaluation through delivery readiness.
• Partner with Real Estate and Investments to evaluate new land opportunities governing full diligence efforts including environmental studies site feasibility surveys title review and regulatory assessments.
• Ensure diligence outputs support asset level business plan development including development concepts entitlement strategies capital estimates schedules and risk profiles.
• Partner with Design & Construction teams to drive creation and continuous refinement of campus master development programs integrating site wide design solutions infrastructure strategies and capital budgeting.
• Lead establishing entitlements across the portfolio including rezoning efforts land development approvals wetland mitigation utility coordination (water/sewer/fiber) and building permits in conjunction with key teams (power government relations community relations connectivity etc.).
• Develop maintain and report entitlement and permitting timelines for future data center development; evaluate alternative sequencing to meet business priorities or working directly with jurisdictions to improve approval timelines and predictability.
• Coordinate closely with Engineering and Construction teams on required permit dates and ensure a disciplined transition from pre development into execution.
• Lead monthly executive level pre development reviews providing consolidated updates on portfolio readiness risks schedule confidence and capital exposure.
• Monitor and manage pre development budgets to maintain cost predictability and effective cash flow management.
• Develop scopes of work and lead vendor evaluations cost leveling and selection for planners engineers and consultants.
• Consistently and continuously evaluate and support updates to site planning schedules providing capacity plans for each multi phased campus aligning with overall development program including power entitlement permit and construction workstreams.
• Support Sales teams in site specific deal structuring by providing early development schedules aligning with entitlement strategies capacity assumptions and supporting investments underwriting.
• Represent QTS in critical engagements with AHJs municipalities economic development organizations and community stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need to Be Successful: (Required Qualifications Education Experience Certifications)

• Bachelors degree in Real Estate Engineering Urban Planning Construction Management or related field
• 15 years of progressive experience in real estate development land development or largescale infrastructure
• Demonstrated expertise in predevelopment activities including diligence zoning land use entitlements environmental review and permitting
• Proven experience leading multiproject or multimarket portfolios and managing internal teams and consultant ecosystems
• Experience in data center hyperscale industrial or mission critical infrastructure development
• Experience with largescale multiphase campus development
• Experience in land acquisition specifically LOI and PSA negotiations
• Strong financial acumen with experience supporting capital planning budgeting and investment decisionmaking
• Executivelevel communication negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to travel up to 4050%

Nice to Have: (Preferred Qualifications Education Experience Certifications)

• MBA or Masters degree in Engineering Real Estate Urban Planning or related discipline
• Familiarity with publicprivate partnerships economic development negotiations and utility coordination
• Experience operating within a private equitybacked or highgrowth development platform

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