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# Development Manager, Data Centers

- **Company:** NorthPoint Development
- **Location:** Creve Coeur, MO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Computer Network Operations
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/development-manager-data-centers-saint-louis-mo--2494ffb9-59fe-44fd-a504-43ebf0404898

## About the Role

Network Operations Center, Network Operations Center, Mentoring, Team Player, Vision Plan, Dental Insurance, Scholarship, Reimbursement, Cellular Telephone, Healthcare Reimbursement, * Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Real Estate, or a related field

 * 5+ years of experience in land entitlement, site selection, or predevelopment, ideally with data center, industrial, or utility-scale infrastructure experience
 * Working knowledge of power/utility infrastructure - transmission, substations, interconnection processes - is strongly preferred
 * Deep understanding of the land entitlement process, including zoning, subdivision, due diligence, and infrastructure coordination
 * Comfort building and interrogating financial models and proformas
 * Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple sites/markets simultaneously and prioritize under shifting deadlines
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including comfort presenting to public bodies and internal stakeholders
 * Energetic, resourceful, and able to operate with ambiguity - many decisions will be made before end-user requirements are fully known
 * Ability to travel as required to support site evaluation and business needs

## Description

* Lead site selection and market evaluation strategy, identifying and screening land opportunities that meet data center power, fiber, and infrastructure requirements
 * Evaluate sites for feasibility through test fits, title/survey review, environmental reports, geotechnical studies, and identification of development constraints
 * Assess power availability, capacity, and timeline as a primary site selection driver - including utility coordination, substation and transmission access, and interconnection queue positioning
 * Build and refine repeatable site evaluation frameworks and scoring criteria to compare opportunities across markets

Entitlement, Power, and Business Strategy

 * Develop and support the entitlement strategy for each site, including zoning approach, platting, and the permitting pathway with the relevant authorities
 * Build and support the power strategy for each site, coordinating with utilities and power consultants to understand capacity, cost, and timeline to energization
 * Represent the company in public hearings before planning commissions, city councils, and other governmental bodies as needed
 * Maintain detailed predevelopment schedules and budgets, tracking entitlement and power milestones against project timelines
 * Build and maintain detailed proformas for prospective and active sites, including land acquisition costs, predevelopment budgets, and return assumptions

End-User & Flexibility Planning

 * Maintain a working understanding of data center end-user requirements (hyperscale, colocation, enterprise) - including power density, redundancy, expansion capacity, and connectivity needs - and how they evolve
 * Evaluate sites and building/land plans for the flexibility to accommodate a range of unknown future user requirements, avoiding decisions that foreclose optionality