Job Description As our Head of Site Acquisitions, you’ll be responsible for identifying and acquiring land to expand NEXTDC’s Data Centre portfolio and MW capacity across Australia and internationally. You’ll work with our Engineering and Development teams to define site requirements for potential data centre locations and evaluate and screen candidate sites, in line with our customer’s expected needs recommending and guiding suitable sites into and through formal due diligence. The role is high visibility and coordinates with the NEXTDC executive, being key to the execution of our strategic plan. Your key responsibilities include: Maintaining deep expertise in real estate markets, linked to site suitability, high-voltage power and large-scale utility connection, and ultimately land parcel negotiation Driving the site acquisition recommendation process through to approved acquisition Operating somewhat autonomously as a senior individual contributor — working at the highest planning and commercial level, without direct team management responsibilities Ensuring that grid power viability for each prospective site is well understood, teaming with Energy and Water SMEs to ensure utility service providers and authorities are aligned Executing and evolving the site selection framework across the NEXTDC development vision, aligned to market changes, company policy and actual business needs Meeting and negotiating with Government departments, local councils, utility network operators, vendors, contractors, NEXTDC leaders and team members and any other applicable stakeholders to enable positive land acquisition outcomes, along with momentum for power and infrastructure conditions required for accelerated Development post approval We are happy for this position to be based in either Melbourne or Sydney
