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Powered Land Developer, Development & Power Projects

OpenAI· Scaling
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Remote$223k - $385k + equityFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Role focused on advancing powered-land opportunities within OpenAI's portfolio, translating study and utility findings into schedule, budget, and risk implications for portfolio decisions, and leading day-to-day development execution across 1–3 active sites.

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

Required:Energy infrastructure and project developmentUtility coordination and interconnectionStakeholder management across multiple partiesSchedule and risk management

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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