Head of Development (Remote)

Job Description Manager, Corporate Development
Location: UK or US (Remote)
Start: ASAP
Contract: Full-Time / Permanent
Travel: International (as required)

At Rubix, we design and deliver end-to-end AI data center infrastructure — from site origination and development through to long-term operations. We partner with customers to scale AI with speed, efficiency, and sustainability, backed by secured land, power access, and accelerated delivery models. Rubix is part of the Submer Group, delivering the infrastructure and platforms AI runs on.
The Manager, Corporate Development supports the evaluation and execution of Rubix's land acquisitions, whether structured as a direct real estate transaction or as the acquisition of an entity that holds the land. The role builds the financial analysis behind each opportunity and prepares the business case on which leadership and investors base their capital decisions.
Reporting to the Director, Underwriting & Investment Analysis, the Manager owns the deal model and the investment narrative for each opportunity and leads the financial diligence that tests both. The role works closely with Land Acquisition, Legal, Tax, and external advisors throughout each transaction.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role, with a path to building and leading a small analyst team as deal volume grows.
Financial modelling (primary focus)
Model acquisition economics end to end: acquisition price, financing, holding costs, development phasing, and the path to a built, revenue-generating asset.
Model power and interconnection economics alongside the land: power purchase agreements, grid connection terms and queue position, and the deposits or milestone payments tied to securing power. On a data center site, power terms can move the answer as much as the land price.
Run sensitivity and scenario analysis on the assumptions that move the answer most: land and build cost, power price and availability, financing terms, and timing.
Build downside and stress cases so leadership sees the floor, not just the base case.
Turn each model into a clear go / no-go business case with a stated recommendation, not a data dump.
Write the investment papers and build the decision materials for the Director, executive leadership, and investors.
Translate technical and legal inputs (engineering costs, power contracts, deal structure, tax) into financial assumptions a non-specialist can follow.
Lead with the answer: what we should do, what it costs, what could go wrong, and why the return justifies the risk.
Run the financial workstream of due diligence on target land and target entities: quality of earnings, liabilities, tax exposure, and contract review alongside advisors.
For entity acquisitions, dig into the company behind the land: what else sits on its balance sheet, what we inherit, and how the deal should be structured.
Assess entitlement and permitting risk: zoning, planning approvals, and grid connection status, and how those gates affect deal timing and staged payments.
Support negotiation with the numbers behind price, structure, and key terms.
Cross-functional partnership Work closely with:
Land Acquisition & Energy for site and power inputs
Legal & Tax for deal structure, risk allocation, and diligence
6 to 8 years in corporate development, investment banking, private equity, transaction services, or infrastructure / project finance.

• Strong financial modelling skills. Useful, not required: exposure to data centers, energy / power, real assets, or other capital-heavy sectors; understanding of project finance and how risk is shared across development, construction, and operations; Direct exposure to high-value infrastructure projects at the forefront of AI growth
• Opportunity to work across the full lifecycle of assets—from origination through operations
• Rubix offers competitive compensation including base pay, performance incentives, and benefits.

The actual base pay is dependent on a number of factors, such as transferable skills, location, work experience, business needs and market demands.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.