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Sciforium is an AI infrastructure company developing next-generation multimodal AI models and a proprietary high-efficiency serving platform, backed by multi-million-dollar funding and direct sponsorship from AMD.
You will own data center capacity end-to-end, from sourcing space and power to delivering operational facilities ready for GPU deployment. This is a high-impact role requiring you to source candidate sites through brokers and landlords nationwide, run technical and commercial diligence, negotiate leases, and coordinate facility readiness across multiple workstreams.
Key responsibilities include:
**Site Acquisition & Real Estate:** Build and manage a nationwide network of commercial real estate brokers, landlords, and owners to source space-and-power opportunities (powered shell, industrial conversions, existing data center capacity). Travel across the US to tour candidate facilities and lead on-site diligence. Lead commercial negotiations end-to-end (LOIs, term sheets, lease agreements) with landlords, partnering with legal counsel and finance on rent structure, tenant improvements, power terms, expansion rights, and local incentives. Build comparative site economics and present go/no-go recommendations to leadership.
**Technical Diligence & Deployment Fit:** Run technical diligence on candidate sites including utility capacity and interconnection status, electrical infrastructure (transformers, medium-voltage step-down, switchgear, busways, PDUs, UPS, generators), cooling and water availability, structural and floor loading, fiber connectivity, zoning and permitting posture, and expansion potential. Coordinate with OEM and hardware partners to validate that target facilities meet future deployment requirements before commitment.
**Facility Conversion & Build Execution:** Coordinate directly with electrical infrastructure partners on power distribution and cooling build-out scope. Scope and manage facility improvement projects with general contractors, engineering firms, utilities, municipalities, and equipment vendors. Own permitting and AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) coordination. Drive design and engineering review cycles across electrical, mechanical, and structural workstreams. Coordinate procurement of long-lead equipment. Manage relationships with server/GPU hardware vendors on rack infrastructure and delivery schedules. Manage the master project schedule across parallel tracks and sites, identifying critical path items and escalating risks early.
**Stakeholder Management & Reporting:** Serve as the primary point of contact for all external partners (brokers, landlords, electrical infrastructure partner, engineering firms, contractors, utilities, hardware vendors) and internal stakeholders. Track and report pipeline and project status, risks, and decisions needed to leadership on a regular cadence.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives operating with urgency, is comfortable traveling extensively across the United States (up to 50%, often on short notice), can make sound judgment calls under time pressure, and can hold multiple vendors accountable to aggressive timelines.
**Requirements:**
- 5+ years in data center development, site selection, or large-scale infrastructure/construction project management, ideally spanning both deal-making and build execution
- Demonstrated experience sourcing industrial or data center properties through broker networks and direct landlord relationships
- Experience negotiating commercial real estate transactions (LOIs, leases), ideally for industrial or mission-critical facilities, working alongside legal counsel
- Willingness to travel extensively across the United States (up to 50%, often on short notice) for tours, diligence, and site oversight
- Working knowledge of data center power and cooling systems (utility service, transformers and step-down distribution, switchgear, busways, PDUs, UPS, CDUs, liquid cooling) sufficient to have informed technical conversations with vendors and engineers
- Experience with permitting and AHJ processes for industrial or commercial construction projects
- Experience coordinating electrical contractors, engineering firms, general contractors, and major equipment vendors
- Strong project scheduling skills (critical path method, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar tools)
- Strong analytical skills for site comparison, deal modeling, and CapEx budgeting
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and vendors under aggressive timelines; excellent written and verbal communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders
**Nice-to-Haves:**
- Prior experience with AI/HPC data center builds or GPU cluster deployments
- Direct utility coordination experience: capacity studies, interconnection agreements, or tariff discussions
- Familiarity with liquid cooling infrastructure (direct-to-chip, CDUs) and high-density power distribution (480V, 415V step-down systems)
- Experience with facility conversions (brownfield) rather than greenfield builds
- Background at a colocation provider, hyperscaler, or data center developer
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, real estate, or a related field; PMP certification
