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Director Strategic Transactions

300k – 390kNew York, NYSan Francisco, CAAustin, TXBusiness DevelopmentOnsite8+ YOE
Summary

Owns end-to-end commercial deal processes for large-scale infrastructure transactions, negotiating high-stakes deals and building repeatable workflows from LOI through signature and handoff.

About the role

Role Scope

  • Own how Fluidstack negotiates its deals and runs the commercial process behind them, getting the best terms while keeping the process tight and fast.
  • Own the deal lifecycle end to end, from kickoff through signature and handoff to delivery.
  • Build and maintain deal tracking, documentation standards, and workflows so nothing slips.
  • Create stage gates, readiness checklists, and escalation paths that make the process repeatable.
  • Work with legal to drive contracts to signature on aggressive timelines, and support commercial negotiations across the deal portfolio.
  • Report deal status and pipeline health to leadership clearly and concisely.

What We're Looking For

  • You've owned high-stakes commercial negotiations (M&A, leveraged finance, or complex infrastructure transactions) and closed large, multi-party deals under time pressure.
  • You build deal processes from scratch and operationalize them with high attention to detail across many concurrent workstreams.
  • You drive contracts to signature with legal on aggressive timelines.
  • You communicate clearly and directly with leadership, legal, internal teams, and external counterparts.
  • You report pipeline and deal health crisply to leadership.

Bonus

  • Background in banking, law, or corporate development.
  • Infrastructure, energy, or data center transactions.
  • Building a deal desk or commercial-ops function.

Salary & Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
  • Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.
  • The base salary range for this position is $350,000 - $500,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.
Skills
M&ALeveraged FinanceInfrastructure TransactionsDeal NegotiationContract ManagementDeal TrackingPipeline ReportingLegal CoordinationProcess BuildingMulti-party Deal Closing
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