Data Center Strategy - Edge

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, or New York, United States

Annual salary: $166,000–$271,000 for Bay Area hires; $158,000–$257,000 for New York or Seattle hires. Compensation may vary by work location.

Company

hirify.global operates a global network that protects and accelerates Internet applications and supports millions of websites and Internet properties.

What you will do

• Define regional vendor strategy for data centers and support the growth of hirify.global’s colocation and PoP footprint.
• Own end-to-end deals for new and existing data center vendors and sites, including planning, RFPs, commercial negotiations, and execution.
• Work with legal, operations, capacity planning, network strategy, and security teams to align requirements and timelines.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships through QBRs and other partner-management activities.
• Represent hirify.global with external partner senior management and at industry conferences and events.
• Contribute to data center budgeting, cost benchmarking, spend reviews, and invoice approvals.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience planning and managing data center footprints within an enterprise technology, cloud services, software, or colocation company.
• Experience managing complex projects across multiple teams and geographies while meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated commercial negotiation, relationship management, and communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to solve problems and operate with minimal supervision while managing multiple priorities.
• Experience with rack, site power, white-space planning, network concepts, budgeting, financial analysis, or Jira is advantageous.

Nice to have

• Sale-leaseback, joint venture, PPA, or power-procurement experience.
• Relationships with developers, wholesale operators, brokers, or utilities.
• Experience with high-density or liquid-cooling site constraints, fiber diversity, latency, or meet-me rooms.
• Experience with government incentives or economic-development agreements.
• Multilingual experience or experience conducting business in another country.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven environment focused on building a better and more secure Internet.
• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, commuter, fertility, family-forming, and mental health benefits.
• 401(k), employee stock participation, life and accident insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave, plus parental, medical, pregnancy health, and bereavement leave.
• Offer-stage candidates may be asked to attend an in-person interview at a hirify.global office or hub.

Hiring process

• Offer-stage candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at a hirify.global office or hub.
• Employment may be conditional on authorization to receive technology controlled under U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.