Data Centers & Powered Land Sourcing Lead

About this role

Lead sourcing for data center and powered land opportunities to support Baseten’s compute strategy. Build and manage relationships across providers, evaluate sites, and provide commercial analysis and market intelligence.

About the company

Baseten is an inference cloud that helps companies run and scale AI models in production with flexible infrastructure and developer tooling.

The team

G&A, Compute, Compute Supply

What you'll do

• Map data center and powered land opportunities, focusing on long-tail providers
• Manage sourcing relationships from outreach through ongoing relationship management
• Build relationships with neoclouds, hyperscalers, brokers, and independent operators
• Evaluate and prioritize sites and spaces
• Prepare business cases and cost analyses with Finance
• Maintain supplier, contract, and commercial-term records
• Share market pricing and developments with the Supply team

What we're looking for

• Experience sourcing data centers or land in a neocloud, hyperscaler, or brokerage environment
• Strong relationship and project lifecycle management skills
• Ability to independently evaluate and prioritize opportunities
• Comfort with commercial analysis, cost tracking, and supplier contract discussions
• Sound judgment and discretion in sensitive provider relationships

Nice to have

• Existing relationships in data center and powered land brokerage
• Familiarity with GPU and compute supply, power, and site availability
• Experience managing supplier contracts or commercial records across vendors or regions

Benefits

• Meaningful equity
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for U.S. employees and dependents
• Flexible PTO and company-wide winter break
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility and family-building stipend
• Company-facilitated 401(k) for U.S. employees