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About Verrus

Data centers should be valuable assets to their customers, the grid, and the local community such that we are able to give customers what they want, where they want it, while cities and utilities are actively seeking us to build in their region.

Verrus is a developer of next generation, greenfield hyperscale data centers that flexibly leverage its onsite energy infrastructure (i.e. large-scale BESS) through our proprietary technology. This allows Verrus to be a flexible resource to the grid, and provide grid services that facilitate interconnection and the effective procurement of power and carbon free energy, and balance traditional and variable uptime workloads (e.g., AI/ML).

Verrus builds and capitalizes its turnkey data centers deeply integrated with energy resources, providing significant advantages over traditional designs.

Verrus is led by industry veterans with experience at the largest data center development companies as well as power & utilities, delivering GWs of data center capacity across four continents in their careers (representing billions of investment). 

About Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners

Verrus is backed by Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners. With investment from Alphabet, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, and Stepstone Group, SIP is a consolidated holding company that builds innovative technology-enabled infrastructure companies and projects that deliver positive social and environmental impact at scale. SIP believes that technology-enabled infrastructure will help to solve some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

Following years of research and in collaboration with the Verrus management team, SIP formed Verrus to design, build, and operate the world’s most innovative data centers, leveraging unique technology to develop a scaled project portfolio that delivers significant financial, environmental, and innovation outcomes. 

Role

Verrus is seeking a Senior Transaction Manager to lead complex land acquisitions and transaction execution across its active development pipeline. You will own negotiations from LOI through closing, structure transaction frameworks aligned with entitlement and development milestones, and integrate incentive strategy and contractual risk management into each acquisition. 

You will play a critical role in ensuring that transactions are structured to support schedule certainty, development readiness, and long-term project success. You will work closely with Legal, Finance, Energy, and Engineering teams while reporting directly to the Head of Acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiation and execution of Letters of Intent (LOIs), Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSAs), amendments, and extensions across Verrus’ active pipeline.
• Structure deposits, outside closing dates, extension options, and milestone-based contingencies to align seller risk with internal delivery gates.
• Evaluate entitlement risk early in the acquisition process and translate that risk into contractual protections, contingencies, and extension frameworks.
• Coordinate cross-functional diligence workstreams (title, survey, environmental, zoning, utility, entitlement, and power interconnection) and provide clear risk mitigation guidance.
• Track acquisition milestones, develop transaction risk dashboards, and identify schedule or cost exposure for executive and leadership reporting.
• Align acquisition execution with entitlement, permitting, and interconnection milestones to support broader development and energy strategy.
• Support internal approvals, board materials, and cross-functional alignment on critical transaction hurdles.
• Provide expert guidance on contract interpretation and negotiation strategy in partnership with legal counsel.

Minimum Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience in commercial real estate transactions, land acquisition, or infrastructure development.
• Significant experience negotiating complex Purchase and Sale Agreements and Development Agreements.
• Demonstrated experience integrating entitlement strategy into transaction structuring.
• Experience evaluating diligence findings (environmental, title, survey, zoning, infrastructure) and translating risk into contractual protections, contingencies, and extension frameworks.
• Experience working with public entities on large-scale development projects with strong understanding of zoning, public approvals, and development sequencing.
• Ability to independently manage multiple concurrent transactions with institutional-level rigor.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data center, industrial, or large-scale infrastructure project acquisitions and development.
• Familiarity with economic development incentives on large-scale transactions.

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this position is $125,000–$160,000. Salary is only one part of Verrus’ comprehensive compensation package, which also includes a discretionary bonus, equity, general health benefits and paid time off. Compensation is determined by multiple factors, including market location, and may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  

How to Apply

If you are interested in consideration for this role, please apply through careers@verrusdata.com by submitting your resume with the job title in the subject line of your application email. Due to the amount of interest in Verrus’ work, we may not have the chance to follow up with you directly following your submission.

We are an equal opportunity employer. For us, this is more than legal boilerplate; it is reflective of a deeply held belief that our success depends on our willingness to recruit, hire, empower, compensate, reward, and promote the best and brightest individuals, of all backgrounds and characteristics.