Investments Associate

LightEdge Solutions is developing the IT solutions that will propel businesses forward over the next 10 years. Using a combination of shared and private/dedicated platforms, LightEdge has been successful in offering businesses alternatives that streamline operations, improve reliability and reduce costs.

If you are passionate about creating real solutions that help businesses with cutting-edge technology, want to be challenged to think out of the box and be in a position where you can impact change on a daily basis, then LightEdge can offer you a dynamic corporate environment built on teamwork and personal responsibility.

Lightedge is seeking an Investments Associate to lead the review of site acquisitions and development projects. The Investments Associate reports to Vice President of Strategic Finance and plays a key role in Lightedge’s five-year plan to deliver 20MW of IT capacity per year across the portfolio. This role owns the financial modeling and underwriting behind new sites and expansions and prepares the investment materials for senior management and the Board of Directors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the review of site acquisitions and development projects in support of Lightedge’s five-year plan to deliver 20MW of IT capacity per year across the portfolio
• Work with internal stakeholders and third parties to qualify and disqualify potential acquisitions and development projects
• Lead financial modeling and underwriting for land and asset acquisitions, greenfield development and in-place capacity expansions
• Build and maintain project-level and consolidated return models, including IRR, NPV and yield-on-cost, with sensitivity and scenario analysis on power, cost, timing and absorption
• Review and own project budgets from initial underwriting through construction completion, tracking committed spend, actuals and forecast-to-complete against approved capital
• Create investment memos for board approval of projects, including transaction summary, market analysis, underwriting assumptions, returns, key risks and mitigants
• Build and maintain relationships with brokers in target markets to generate a steady pipeline of site acquisition and development opportunities
• Support monthly and quarterly board reporting on the development pipeline, capital deployment and project performance versus underwriting
• Coordinate due

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📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):

• 1. Hand-waving infrastructure reliability metrics or failing to understand the cost of downtime
• 2. Lack of enterprise-grade security rigor for hybrid cloud architectures
• 3. Inability to communicate complex technical infrastructure trade-offs to non-technical business buyers

✨ Recommended Role Alignment Hook:

I design and scale ultra-reliable hybrid cloud architectures that guarantee zero-downtime compliance for mission-critical enterprise workloads.