Senior Manager, Investment Management, NA

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world's well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Commercial Department

The Commercial Team directs the full lifecycle of Vantage's assets-from initial evaluation through long-term performance-serving as the central owner of strategy, pricing, and commercial decision-making. The team leads cross-functional analysis to guide investment choices, develops data-driven pricing and deal structures, and manages all major customer proposals and negotiations to ensure disciplined, value-accretive outcomes. Commercial also maintains comprehensive visibility into asset readiness, financial performance, market dynamics, and portfolio trends, providing leadership with clear insights that shape capital allocation and long-term growth strategy. By integrating analytics, governance, and execution, the Commercial Team drives consistent, high-quality commercial results and positions the organization for scalable, transparent growth.

Position Overview

This position will be based on-site at our office in Denver, CO. in alignment with our flexible work policy. (3 days on site required, 2 days flexible).

The Senior Manager, Investment Management is responsible for asset-level commercial ownership for post-acquisition projects in North America-supporting the transition from land acquisition through major commitments and into lease execution. This role serves as a single accountable owner for turning cross-functional inputs into clear, decision-ready recommendations through standardized processes and durable "single source of truth" artifacts.

This role partners closely with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Market Development, Energy, Construction, Sales/SE, Capital Markets, Corp Dev, Public Policy, Finance, Legal, and Operations) to validate assumptions, surface key risks/commitments, and frame executive-ready decisions that protect returns and drive consistent capital outcomes.

Essential Job Functions

Investment Decision Materials & Approval Enablement (Post-Acquisition)

• Own the quality and consistency of investment decision materials for assigned projects (e.g., investment memos / approval packages), ensuring they clearly present key assumptions, capital commitments, return implications, and principal risks/mitigations.
  
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs and convert raw data into clear, decision-ready recommendations that advance opportunities through the company's approval process.
  
• Maintain a structured cadence for major commitments (e.g., capital releases, project-level scope changes, and other high-impact decisions), including meeting preparation and executive-level readouts.
  

Lease Negotiation & Execution

• Participate in lease negotiations and execution activities in partnership with Sales, Solution Engineering, and Legal, serving as a representative of the business to support commercially sound outcomes.
  
• Ensure proposed terms, commitments, and concessions remain consistent with approved underwriting-explicitly identifying where economics, scope, schedule, or risk transfer deviates and proposing practical mitigations or alternatives.
  
• Help drive internal alignment and decisioning on negotiation positions by translating customer asks into clear tradeoffs (risk, return, schedule, and deliverability) and preparing concise, executive-ready summaries.
  

Complex Modeling, Underwriting & Return Integrity

• Provide analytical leadership for complex modeling projects and underwriting updates that support leasing strategy, joint venture / partnership considerations, and major investment decisions.
  
• Build and maintain scenarios and sensitivity analyses to quantify the impact of key variables (e.g., pricing, capex, schedule, power/utility assumptions, monetization scenarios, and financing terms) and translate outputs into clear recommendations.
  
• Ensure recommendations explicitly frame risk/return tradeoffs, scenario impacts, and key sensitivities, and that they align to standardized underwriting expectations and risk discipline.
  

Pipeline, Inventory Visibility & Comparable Insight

• Support disciplined visibility into project pipeline and owned inventory by building and maintaining dashboards and recurring reporting that informs prioritization and capital allocation.
  
• Foster relationships with market participants to support the collection and organization of comparable data (market comps) used in underwriting and strategic positioning
  

Cross-Functional Influence & Risk Mitigation

• Serve as a single accountable point within Commercial for synthesizing partner-team inputs into cohesive recommendations-surfacing risks, capital commitments, and decision implications clearly.
  
• Drive alignment across stakeholders by ensuring decisions are grounded in consistent, data-driven evaluation and appropriately documented for transparency and repeatability.
  

Leadership & Team Development

• Mentor analysts and junior team members by setting priorities, coaching analytical rigor, and raising the bar on executive communication and structured problem solving.
  
• Additional Duties as assigned by management
  

Job Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Real Estate, Economics, or a related field required.
  
• Advanced degree (MBA, MS-Finance) a plus but not required.
  

Experience:

• 6-8+ years of experience in real estate/infrastructure, investments, asset/portfolio management, corporate finance, or related analytical roles with increasing responsibility in capital intensive environments.
  
• Demonstrated track record driving cross functional diligence and producing executive ready decision materials that support governance and approvals.
  
• Experience supporting lease negotiations and closing activities (in partnership with Sales/Legal), with demonstrated ability to translate underwriting into negotiation positions and risk mitigations.
  
• Experience with data centers, digital infrastructure, or large scale commercial real estate is strongly preferred.
  
• Additional duties as assigned by Management
  

Skills:

• Strong analytical judgment; ability to synthesize cross-functional inputs into clear recommendations and compelling commercial narratives.
  
• Advanced financial modeling capabilities, including scenario and sensitivity analysis; strong comfort translating model outputs into executive insights.
  
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in structured approval environments and enforce consistent, comparable decisioning.
  
• Strong negotiation support capability-ability to evaluate customer asks, quantify impacts, and recommend positions that align economics and risk posture.
  
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint required; experience building templates/playbooks and reporting dashboards strongly preferred.
  
• Strong stakeholder management across functions; ability to operate in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
  
• Travel required is expected to be up to 10% but may increase over time as the business evolves
  

Physical Demands and Special Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Additional Details

• Salary Range: $165,000-175,000 Base + Bonus (this range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations)
  
• This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.
  
• Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including your qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience and may fall outside of the range shown.
  

#LI-SM2

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other's strengths and respecting each other's weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers.

We'll be accepting applications for at least one week from the date this role is posted. If you're interested, we encourage you to apply soon-we're excited to find the right person and will keep the role open until we do!