Business Development – Strategic Partnerships Manager, Data Centers
16 hours ago
New York
Job Description: Develop and maintain strong relationships with hyperscale clients, general contractors, trade partners, commissioning agents, and mission-critical stakeholders. Serve as a strategic point of contact for client engagement, escalation management, and partnership development. Conduct regular client meetings, project reviews, and operational check-ins to ensure alignment, transparency, and satisfaction. Collaborate closely with operations and project teams to ensure successful project delivery and exceptional client experience. Support client retention initiatives and identify opportunities for additional project scope, retrofits, phased expansions, and long-term partnerships. Identify and pursue new business opportunities across data center construction, commissioning, retrofits, maintenance, and operational support services. Develop and manage a pipeline of prospective clients, strategic partnerships, and market opportunities. Support proposal development, RFP responses, presentations, contract negotiations, and onboarding activities. Represent the organization at industry conferences, networking events, trade associations, and client meetings. Monitor market trends, emerging technologies, and competitive activity within the data center and mission-critical infrastructure sector. Collaborate with leadership to support geographic expansion, service diversification, and strategic growth initiatives. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field preferred. 5+ years of experience in client engagement, business development, account management, or strategic partnerships within the data center, construction, mission-critical, or infrastructure industries. Strong understanding of data center construction, commissioning, operations, or mission-critical environments preferred. Proven ability to develop relationships that lead to commercial growth and long-term partnerships. Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills. Experience supporting proposals, client presentations, and business growth initiatives. Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-growth operational environments. Benefits: Health and wellness plans (medical, dental, vision, life, disability) Flexible spending accounts Paid time off, holidays, and more Paid parental leave 401K plan with immediate match benefits Employee assistance programs Tuition reimbursement programs Employee discount programs