Director of Solar & Storage Land Development

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials seeks a Director, Powered Land Development to build and lead our land development function for solar and storage deployments across targeted markets. You will source and diligence sites, manage entitlements, and coordinate with landowners, officials, and consultants to advance bankable projects.

The role requires 10+ years in energy or real estate development, strong modeling skills, and the ability to travel extensively while navigating complex permitting processes and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in real estate development, engineering, business, planning, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in energy project development, real estate development, or land acquisition, ideally including utility-scale solar, storage, or data center site development.
• Demonstrated experience navigating local and county-level permitting, zoning, and entitlement processes.
• Track record independently sourcing and negotiating site control agreements with landowners and land agents.
• Working knowledge of financial and valuation modeling to evaluate project economics.
• Experience engaging and building relationships with local government officials and community stakeholders.
• Ability to independently build processes and tools for a function with limited existing infrastructure.
• Ability to travel extensively to support site visits, diligence, and stakeholder engagement across target markets.

Responsibilities

• Source, screen, and evaluate prospective sites for Redwood Energy's solar and storage deployments across target markets, including land use, zoning, and site-level fatal-flaw analysis.
• Lead entitlement and permitting strategy, engaging local, county, and state officials, community stakeholders, and land agents to advance project feasibility.
• Support government affairs and community relations efforts tied to prospective sites.
• Negotiate and secure site control (leases, easements, options, and related agreements) with landowners and land agents.
• Represent Redwood with landowners, brokers, customers, and state and local officials throughout the site-selection process, including leading and negotiating agreements for local economic development, tax, and community agreements.
• Develop and own financial and valuation models to evaluate site economics, development costs, and project returns.
• Build and maintain tracking tools for land inventory, pipeline status, budgets, and schedules across active development sites.
• Manage site-identification tasks against budgets and schedules, including coordinating internal and external technical support such as environmental consultants, engineers, and outside legal counsel.
• Maintain disciplined pipeline tracking and reporting to keep leadership informed of site status, risk, and timeline.

Education

Bachelor's degree in real estate development, engineering, business, planning, or a related field

Tools

Financial and valuation modeling

Job description

Redwood Materials seeks a Director, Powered Land Development to build and lead our land development function for solar and storage deployments across targeted markets. You will source and diligence sites, manage entitlements, and coordinate with landowners, officials, and consultants to advance bankable projects.

The role requires 10+ years in energy or real estate development, strong modeling skills, and the ability to travel extensively while navigating complex permitting processes and