Gigaenergy
Land Acquisition Manager
Houston · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 29 days ago
NegotiationFinancial ModelingResearchUnderwriting
About the role
- If you've been bored somewhere else, you won't be here. - The Impact: Every person at Giga touches the work that matters.
- No layers, no waiting for approval chains.
- You'll see your fingerprints on what we ship. - The Team: A team of operators defining the future of AI infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- As Land Acquisition Manager at Giga, you will own the land acquisition, surface rights negotiation, and lease analysis that drives some of the most critical real estate decisions in AI infrastructure.
- This is a high-visibility role where your work directly shapes where and how Giga builds.
- Track and manage an active pipeline of real estate and land opportunities, maintaining deal status, key milestones, and financial summaries across multiple concurrent transactions
- Lead financial modeling and underwriting for land acquisitions, ground leases, and build-to-suit developments across Giga's site pipeline
- Support site selection by synthesizing zoning, entitlement risk, infrastructure constraints, and financial feasibility into clear investment recommendations
- accompany teams to the field as needed to support site assessment and due diligence
- Collaborate with legal, development, and operations teams to review LOIs, PSAs, surface use agreements, and lease agreements, ensuring economic terms align with underwriting assumptions
- Maintain accurate land and lease records, deal documentation, and pipeline reporting
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate and draft land agreements, surface use agreements, ROW/easements, or similar instruments
- Strong working knowledge of real estate and land fundamentals: lease structures, title, surveys, permits, access rights, development economics, and contract interpretation
- Experience reviewing and analyzing complex contractual language, identifying key obligations and risk provisions
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize large amounts of data and present clear, actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Proficiency in Microsoft & Google suites
- Experience in data center, industrial, or energy development
- Familiarity with power infrastructure, utility coordination, or site feasibility analysis for high-load facilities
Benefits
- Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
- Equity (options) in a rapidly growing startup
- Parental leave
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Commuter benefits
Company info
- A team of operators defining the future of AI infrastructure.
- We recruit A-players from the most innovative companies in the world, and they choose Giga because the work here means more.
- We are an in-office culture - velocity matters when you're building physical infrastructure, and the best decisions happen in the room.
- We're not looking for perfect; we're looking for people who get things done.
Equal opportunity
- Employer Statement
- Giga Energy is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Giga Energy complies with all applicable labor laws, including the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and other relevant state and federal regulations. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and encourage applicants who require accommodations during the hiring process to contact us.
- Giga Energy is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.
- We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
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