VP Power & Energy

Alfa AI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa AI is seeking a seasoned professional to develop and execute its global energy strategy to support AI infrastructure initiatives. With a focus on building strong relationships with utilities and key stakeholders, the candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the company maintains a scalable and resilient energy platform.

The ideal applicant will possess over 15 years of experience in power and energy strategy, with a proven track record of managing high-capacity projects. This position is confidential and offers the opportunity to contribute to one of the leading AI infrastructure platforms.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in power, energy, or infrastructure strategy.
• Proven track record securing and managing power capacity measured in hundreds of megawatts to multiple gigawatts.
• Strong experience supporting powered land and site selection.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's global power strategy for AI infrastructure.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with utilities and energy stakeholders.
• Represent the company with governments and regulators.

Skills

Power and energy strategy

Utility engagement

Energy procurement

Site selection

Executive communication

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's global power and energy strategy to support a multi-gigawatt AI infrastructure pipeline.
• Lead utility engagement, grid access, interconnection strategy, and power delivery planning across multiple markets.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with utilities, transmission operators, regulators, and key energy stakeholders.
• Drive powered land, site selection, and campus activation decisions in partnership with development and real estate teams.
• Lead generation partnerships, energy procurement, and evaluation of PPAs, behind‑the‑meter solutions, microgrids, and energy storage strategies.
• Assess power availability, transmission constraints, infrastructure economics, and market attractiveness for future expansion.
• Partner closely with engineering, finance, legal, development, and executive leadership teams to support infrastructure investment decisions.
• Represent the company with governments, regulators, utilities, infrastructure investors, and strategic partners.
• Ensure the company maintains a scalable, resilient, and cost‑effective energy platform capable of supporting high‑density AI compute environments.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in power, energy, or infrastructure strategy.
• Experience within hyperscale infrastructure, data centers, AI infrastructure, digital infrastructure, or large industrial power users.
• Proven track record securing and managing power capacity measured in hundreds of megawatts to multiple gigawatts.
• Deep understanding of utility relationships, grid access, interconnection, transmission, distribution, and power delivery pathways.
• Experience with energy procurement, PPAs, generation partnerships, and infrastructure economics.
• Strong experience supporting powered land, site selection, campus development, or large‑scale infrastructure programs.
• Ability to operate across both strategy and execution, with ownership of complex infrastructure initiatives.
• Experience working with senior external stakeholders, including utilities, regulators, governments, investors, and strategic partners.
• Strong commercial acumen and executive‑level communication skills.
• Global or multi‑regional experience, ideally across North America and Europe, is preferred.

Preferred Backgrounds

• Hyperscale cloud providers and infrastructure platforms.
• Utilities, transmission operators, IPPs, and energy infrastructure companies.
• Infrastructure developers and investment‑backed platforms with significant power and capacity requirements.

The ideal candidate understands that power is the critical constraint and strategic advantage in AI infrastructure and brings the ability to integrate power, land, capital, and compute into a unified infrastructure strategy. This is a confidential opportunity to help build one of the next generation's leading AI infrastructure platforms.