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OpenAIOpenAISeattle, WA

Power Land Developer, Development & Power Projects

Individual contributor role advancing powered-land opportunities for AI infrastructure by managing utility interconnections, studies, schedules, risks, and readiness handoffs for 1-3 sites. Requires 6+ years in energy or data center project development with strong utility coordination experience.

185k – 285k/yr
Remote6+ YOEOther

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Manage day-to-day advancement of powered-land opportunities from intake through readiness.
  • Own utility application and interconnection follow-through across active powered-land opportunities, including utility inputs, study responses, and queue milestones.
  • Scope and manage external studies and consultant workstreams needed to validate readiness.
  • Track development schedules, dependencies, risk registers, site-readiness milestones, and key budget implications.
  • Translate technical findings into clear schedule, budget, and risk implications and escalate material blockers or trade-offs to the Development & Power Project Lead.
  • Partner with land, environmental, economic development, and community affairs leads to align project advancement.
  • Support expansion planning, infrastructure sequencing, and long-term power-risk mitigation.
  • Define readiness criteria and prepare handoff packages for opportunities moving into deeper diligence or execution.
  • Help build repeatable playbooks for powered-land development across geographies.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in energy infrastructure, energy project development, site development, data center development, or related project delivery roles.
  • Strong understanding of utility coordination, interconnection processes, and development scheduling.
  • Experience managing multi-party workstreams across developers, utilities, consultants, and agencies.
  • Ability to track multiple complex sites concurrently and translate uncertainty into clear actions.
  • Strong communication and documentation skills.

Skills

energy infrastructureproject developmentutility coordinationinterconnection processesdevelopment schedulingRisk Managementconsultant managementdata center development

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