About Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers is a leading wholesale data center provider in North America with campuses in six strategic markets: Silicon Valley; Northern Virginia; Phoenix, Arizona; Quincy, Washington; Montreal and Quebec City, Canada. Founded in 2010, Vantage has an unceasing commitment to provide major hyperscale, cloud and enterprise companies with reliable, efficient data center environments with outstanding service to help them achieve their business goals. We own and operate some of the most scalable data centers in the world with a meticulous focus on efficiency, operational excellence, reliability and sustainability. Vantage was founded on the principle that modern-day data center design should evolve in innovative ways that lead to dramatic gains in energy efficiency. Years later, weâre still leading that charge.
Position Overview
Vantage is looking for a senior executive to lead Corporate Development and Strategy for the company, responsible for prioritizing investment in existing markets and executing on market expansion in North America and internationally, through a combination of mergers & acquisitions, strategic partnerships, sale leaseback transactions and greenfield/brownfield development.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead M&A transactions, from sourcing and evaluation through all aspects of execution, including negotiations, diligence and financing.
- Lead strategic partnerships and sale leaseback efforts globally
- Evaluate and prioritize new markets for expansion in North America and internationally, in partnership with executive management team
- Evaluate and prioritize investment opportunities, including capacity expansion, new data center construction, new site acquisition across all existing Vantage markets and potential expansion markets
- Partner with Vantageâs New Development group to evaluate new greenfield/brownfield sites and develop business cases to support investment in existing and new markets
- Lead competitive analysis for Vantage in existing and expansion markets
- Identify emerging customer segments and prospects within existing customer segments, in partnership with sales and marketing
- Work with executive team to develop Board ready materials related to new investment opportunities (ie. M&A, strategic partnerships, sales leaseback transactions and greenfield/brownfield development)
Job Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in finance or equivalent experience required
- 10+ years of experience corporate development required, 15+ years preferred
- End-to-end leadership experience of M&A transactions required including ability to drive all aspects of diligence process and timeline
- Data Center experience is strongly preferred
- Strong negotiating and interpersonal skills
- Ability to build external partnerships and alliances with acquisition targets, the investment community, and others
- Ability to work on multiple initiatives simultaneously, including long-term projects as well as opportunistic transactions. Strong project management and organizational skills
- Outstanding analytical skills, including complex financial modeling and valuation concepts used in mergers and acquisitions
- Ability to weigh factors and make decisions in alignment with strategy and core values
- Strong understanding of financial markets and corporate finance, ability to develop and articulate compelling value propositions to investors, lenders and other external stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to influence and drive peers to execute and collaborate on work streams across levels, geographies, and departments. Ability to drive results through others
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams of excellence to include setting vision and direction
- Travel required, is expected to be ~25% but may increase over time as the business evolves
Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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