Development Manager

About the Organization

Colovore is the leader in ultra-high-density, liquid-cooled AI colocation data centers for the deployment of AI inference, Super Pod, and AI factory applications and solutions. With facilities featuring power densities of 17-500+ kilowatts per cabinet, we are expanding quickly and building a national footprint of modern, hyper-efficient, high-density data centers to serve F500 enterprises and startups. The company was acquired by King Street in 2024, who provides real estate development expertise and secured $925 million funding to accelerate its national expansion.

Join our team and play a critical role as we scale for rapid growth. You can be a game-changer at Colovore.

Colovore is the leader in ultra-high-density, liquid-cooled AI colocation data centers for the deployment of AI inference, Super Pod, and AI factory applications and solutions. With facilities featuring power densities of 17-500+ kilowatts per cabinet, we are expanding quickly and building a national footprint of modern, hyper-efficient, high-density data centers to serve F500 enterprises and startups. The company was acquired by King Street in 2024, who provides real estate development expertise and secured $925 million funding to accelerate its national expansion.

Join our team and play a critical role as we scale for rapid growth. You can be a game-changer at Colovore.

We are seeking an experienced site development professional to lead site development and pre-development for new and expanding data center campuses, from property acquisition through construction handoff. This role owns entitlements and permitting, off-site and civil infrastructure delivery, incentives and commercial negotiations, and the development budgets and cost models required to bring each site to construction readiness on time and on budget.

This role works cross-functionally with Site Acquisition, Utility, Design & Engineering, Construction, Finance, and Operations to ensure clear ownership and effective handoffs throughout the development lifecycle.

• Own each site from site control — handed off by Site Acquisition at close — through delivery of construction-ready parcels, aligned to power, design, construction, and customer requirements.
• Establish and manage development schedules, budgets, milestones, and critical-path activities.
• Coordinate the work streams that move each site toward construction readiness.
• Identify entitlement, permitting, infrastructure, cost, and schedule risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Hand a defined, funded scope to Preconstruction for construction estimating and GMP, and lead the transition of approved projects into Construction at construction readiness.

• Support Site Acquisition with entitlement, zoning, and CUP/SUP feasibility and risk during site screening and down-select; own entitlements and permitting after site control.
• Lead site-plan approvals, zoning, entitlements, and permitting — rezoning, CUP/SUP, platting, grading, SWPPP/stormwater, building, and environmental permits.
• Coordinate with planning departments, local jurisdictions, and regulatory agencies; manage public hearings, agency comments, approval conditions, and required submissions.
• Maintain accountability for securing approvals within the targeted development timeline.

• Plan, scope, and deliver off-site infrastructure — water/wastewater service extensions, roadway and access improvements, and fiber pathways.
• Direct civil site development — grading, stormwater systems, drainage/detention, utility corridors, and phased earthwork — supporting Design & Engineering with civil and site-design inputs.
• Secure…