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About the Role

Fleet Data Centers is seeking a senior-level business-minded VP, Corporate Counsel to provide legal guidance and support for data center leasing transactions with hyperscalers. This role will also support general corporate, governance and transactional matters, including joint ventures with our sister portfolio company. This is a high-impact, hands-on role for an attorney who can operate independently in a fast-paced environment with seasoned counterparties, draft and negotiate contracts, manage outside counsel efficiently, and collaborate across the business to drive projects to execution. You’ll sit at the center of the company’s most strategic customer relationships and help shape the contracting engine for a high-growth, world-class data center developer.

Responsibilities

Provide legal expertise for drafting and negotiations of data center agreements (hyperscale and enterprise data center leases, service agreements, change order forms, etc.).
Support deal structuring on critical terms including joint venture and land purchase agreements, as well as leasing terms including remedies, force majeure, change of control, security/audit rights, insurance, waiver of subrogation, indemnification and confidentiality provisions.
Partner cross-functionally across the enterprise, including with the Commercial Management team, to support all customer matters and align legal positions with delivery realities and business strategy.
Draft and negotiate related agreements (MSAs, ancillary site/customer documents, LOIs/terms sheets, NDAs, as needed).
Build scalable legal infrastructure: templates, playbooks, clause library, fallback positions, approval matrix, and negotiation process to improve speed and consistency.
Manage outside counsel with discipline: scoping, supervision, budgets, and practical deliverables.
Take on additional high-priority legal work as needed to help stand up a high-functioning, lean Legal Department (e.g., compliance and risk management activities, key vendor and operations agreements).

Requirements

J.D. from an accredited law school; active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (or ability to register as in-house counsel, as applicable).
10+ years of relevant experience, including a blend of large law firm and in-house roles.
5+ years of direct experience negotiating hyperscale and enterprise data center leases.
Direct experience with data center construction and lease contracts (powered shell/turnkey, phased delivery, capacity reservation, commissioning/acceptance).
Experience supporting multi-jurisdictional matters and coordinating local counsel.
Comfort with legal ops and process building (CLM exposure a plus).
Highest standards of professional integrity, sound judgment and personal accountability.
Demonstrated ability to run transactions with minimal oversight, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work product quickly.
Strong business judgment and clear, collaborative communication style.
Familiarity with data-center-specific operational terms (availability/SLA constructs, maintenance windows, security requirements, audit rights, change control, and service credits), commercial real estate and financings.

Skills

Data center leasing transactions
General corporate law
Governance
Transactional matters
Joint ventures
Contract drafting and negotiation
Outside counsel management
Cross-functional collaboration
Legal infrastructure building
Data center construction contracts
Lease contracts
Powered shell/turnkey delivery
Phased delivery
Capacity reservation
Commissioning/acceptance
Multi-jurisdictional matters
Legal ops
Process building
CLM exposure
Professional integrity
Sound judgment
Personal accountability
Transaction management
Priority management
High-quality work product delivery
Business judgment
Clear communication
Collaborative communication
Data-center-specific operational terms
Commercial real estate
Financings

Location

Seattle, WA
Denver, CO

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior-level
10+ years of relevant experience
5+ years of direct experience negotiating hyperscale and enterprise data center leases

Education Level

J.D. from an accredited law school
Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

Salary/Compensations

$240,000 – $300,000 + Discretionary Bonus

Benefits

100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance
401K program
Standard paid holidays
Unlimited PTO

About the Company

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses.
Fleet provides its customers with flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure.
Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scales and operations in the face of rising demand.
Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+.
This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers with a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation.
Fleet headquarters is in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA.

Equal Opportunity

Qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
If you need assistance applying for any of our open positions, please contact us at info@fleetdatacenters.com.