Data Center Site Acquisition Manager (LATAM) - San Jose

Data Center Site Acquisition Manager (LATAM) - San Jose at TikTok in San Jose, CA.

Responsibilities

To support the fast growth and manage the massive content on the platform, TikTok's infrastructure team is building hyper-scale data centers globally that host hundreds of thousands of servers. We are looking for a Site Acquisition Manager who will be responsible for leasing and acquiring datacenter capacity primarily in the Americas market. This role will drive communication with market to identify pipelines and develop significant hyperscale deal to enable global growth of our products. Additional responsibilities include performing analytics and conducting market research on targeted metros and regions, new countries, metros, and target locations, developing acquisition opportunities, and commercial terms with landlords and stakeholders, making executive proposals on acquisitions, and constructing and negotiating leases and related real estate agreements. The Site Acquisition Manager will work closely with our engineering, capacity planning, and operations teams as well as with various global teams and leaders.

We are looking for an experience data center acquisition expert to lead the initiative, your responsibilities will include:

• Work with stakeholders to understand capacity needs and site requirements in assigned metros/regions. Conduct data center market analysis, lead site acquisition strategy and drive executive decisions accordingly.
• Engage and bring qualified suppliers onboard and drive the end to end site acquisition / procurement process, including due-diligence and recommend lease deals.
• Manage existing lease portfolio and continuously drive a long term acquisition strategy for both cost efficiency and quality assurance.
• Work with cross-functional business partners to negotiate and prepare executable contracts.

We are looking for an experienced data center acquisition expert to lead the initiative, your responsibilities will include:

• Work with stakeholders to understand capacity needs and site requirements, identify and select pipelines for potential capacity growth opportunities
• Lead cross-functional teams to evaluate, select, negotiate and recommend leases for approval
• Lead cost analysis and collaborate the due-diligence process to qualify the site which meets TikTok's business needs, present deal summaries and lease abstracts to key decision-makers for financial approval
• Drive large cross-functional teams, including government relationships, compliance, legal, finance and engineering partners to complete the full evaluation and push deals to execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or other relevant fields; Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• Organizational, coordination and project management with proven experience leading complex initiatives to successful completion in a timely manner
• Proof track of record to lead significant data center deals to decision and execution. Deep insights in land development, various infra ownership and full life cycle management of infra deals.
• Strong analytical, communication and negotiation skills. Executive communication and engagement experience.
• High proficiency in Portuguese is required to communicate with stakeholders in Brazil

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant professional experience in tech infrastructure procurement, supply chain management, construction or facility management.
• Direct experience working in the LATAM market is a plus.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

About the Company

The Global Business Solutions (GBS) team is responsible for the revenue growth of the TikTok business, and our teams include Sales, Marketing, Ops, Account Managers, Agency and partnerships, as well as Marketing Science.

At TikTok, our Global Business Solutions (GBS) team plays a key role in generating revenue by promoting our advertising solutions, onboarding new clients, driving ad campaigns, and more. As the TikTok community grows at an unprecedented speed around the world, our GBS team leads groundbreaking projects that are changing the landscape of the advertising industry in real time.

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This role centers on client education, relationship growth, data analysis, and campaign success. You will provide strategic recommendations to both clients and internal teams, ensuring campaigns achieve business objectives while optimizing long-term partnerships. Success in this role requires strong data analytics skills, adaptability in a fast-paced environment, and a test-and-learn mindset to uncover the best solutions.

Additional Information

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.