Project Developer Manager or Director
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Description
You will own large-load data center development projects from concept through commercial operation. You will drive land control, interconnection, engineering, entitlements, diligence, and deal execution; manage schedules and external stakeholders; and resolve blockers to deliver projects on time, on budget, and to quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Drive data center development projects from site identification through commercial operation
- Manage critical paths, remove blockers, and coordinate development stages
- Drive land control, acquisition and lease negotiations, landowner relationships, surveys, and title coordination
- Support resolution of easements, rights-of-way, mineral and surface issues, title defects, and other encumbrances
- Drive interconnection processes, utility coordination, and electrical infrastructure planning for large-load facilities
- Translate interconnection study results and constraints into siting and commercial decisions
- Lead technical, financial, permitting, environmental, and real-estate diligence
- Organize data rooms, issue lists, and project-management tracking
- Manage external partners including buyers, sellers, contractors, landowners, and county officials
- Collaborate with executives, engineering consultants, sales, and operations to align priorities and resolve challenges
Requirements
- 5+ years of utility-scale energy, energy storage, or data center project development experience for Manager level, or 8+ years for Director level
- Demonstrated ownership of projects from early stage through commercial operation or close
- Experience personally managing critical paths on live projects
- Development experience across land, interconnection, engineering, and deal execution
- Experience managing enterprise customers, utilities, engineering firms, and landowners
- Knowledge of power infrastructure, interconnection processes, utility coordination, and electrical systems for large-load facilities
- Experience with land acquisition, permitting, environmental review, and project entitlements
- Communication and negotiation skills
Benefits
- Bonus plan
- 401k
- Equity participation
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Phone and internet stipend
- Home office stipend
- Flexible PTO
- Company gatherings
