Director, Strategy & Development

Soluna Computing, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Soluna Computing, Inc. seeks a Director, Strategy & Development to drive partnerships, M&A, and greenfield data-center development across North America. You will own the full execution cycle from deal structuring to integration, working with senior leadership to expand Soluna's platform.

This high-visibility role blends corporate development, project finance, and strategic planning. You will build financial models, lead negotiations, evaluate site opportunities, and coordinate with engineering,

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of experience in investment banking, corporate development, project finance, or strategy within energy, infrastructure, or data centers.
• Strong command of financial modeling, valuation, and transaction structuring.
• Proven ability to independently manage complex deal processes from analysis through execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; capable of engaging directly with senior leadership and external partners.
• Curiosity about both renewable energy and AI infrastructure, and a desire to work where those two worlds meet.
• MBA, CFA, or similar credential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate commercial structures for customer partnerships and joint ventures, taking ownership of deal terms and economic outcomes.
• Lead negotiations with counterparties and coordinate with legal and technical teams through closing.
• Build and maintain financial models to assess transaction economics and risk across a range of deal structures.
• Drive financial and strategic analysis for M&A, asset acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Build DCF, precedent, and comparable transaction models independently, with limited oversight.
• Coordinate diligence, prepare investment memos, and lead integration planning.
• Originate and evaluate new site opportunities for modular data centers across North America.
• Assess interconnection, permitting, and market conditions to inform go/no-go decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and power marketing teams to optimize project design and returns.

Skills

Investment banking

Corporate development

Project finance

Strategy

Financial modeling

Valuation

Transaction structuring

Diligence

Negotiation

Executive communication

Education

MBA

CFA

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Soluna is on a mission to solve one of renewable energy's biggest challenges: wasted power. Our data centers convert excess solar, hydro, and wind energy into productive computational work, such as Bitcoin mining, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. By co-locating with renewable power sources, we bring demand directly to the source, helping power plants increase revenue while contributing more megawatts to the grid.

We are looking for a Director, Strategy & Development to join our world-class team.

This is a high-visibility, mission-critical role that sits squarely at the intersection of Corporate Development, Project Development, and Strategic Finance. You will work closely with senior leadership to own the full execution cycle: evaluating and structuring strategic partnerships, acquisitions, and new build opportunities. You must bring both analytical rigor (robust modeling, diligence, and valuation) and creative dealmaking (structuring and negotiation) to the table, directly influencing the geographic footprint and technological diversification of Soluna's platform.

Soluna is entering an unprecedented phase of accelerated growth, strategically expanding our pioneering platform across North America through aggressive joint ventures, high-impact M&A, and greenfield development. This role puts you at the epicenter of that expansion, with the independence to drive complex initiatives from analysis through execution.

What You'll Do

Partnerships & Commercial Structuring

• Develop and evaluate commercial structures for customer partnerships and joint ventures, taking ownership of deal terms and economic outcomes.
• Lead negotiations with counterparties and coordinate with legal and technical teams through closing.
• Build and maintain financial models to assess transaction economics and risk across a range of deal structures.

M&A & Asset Transactions

• Drive financial and strategic analysis for M&A, asset acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Build DCF, precedent, and comparable transaction models independently, with limited oversight.
• Coordinate diligence, prepare investment memos, and lead integration planning.

Project Development

• Originate and evaluate new site opportunities for modular data centers across North America.
• Assess interconnection, permitting, and market conditions to inform go/no-go decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and power marketing teams to optimize project design and returns.

What You Bring
Required

• 6–9 years of experience in investment banking, corporate development, project finance, or strategy within energy, infrastructure, or data centers.
• Strong command of financial modeling, valuation, and transaction structuring.
• Proven ability to independently manage complex deal processes from analysis through execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; capable of engaging directly with senior leadership and external partners.
• Curiosity about both renewable energy and AI infrastructure, and a desire to work where those two worlds meet.

Preferred

• MBA, CFA, or similar credential.
• Experience in greenfield project development, including permitting and interconnection.

Why Join Soluna?

We are a diverse, driven team of entrepreneurs, energy experts, private equity leaders, storytellers and engineers. We are passionate about making the world greener and we have conviction about how we will bring change on a global scale.

We are equally as zealous about championing our teams, relentless about developing our people, and believe strongly that Soluna's goals and commitment to our mission are strengthened by our employee's voices.

We are a diverse, driven team of entrepreneurs, energy experts, private equity leaders, storytellers and engineers. We are passionate about making the world greener and we have conviction about how we will bring change on a global scale.

We are equally as zealous about championing our teams, relentless about developing our people, and believe strongly that Soluna’s goals and commitment to our mission are strengthened by our employee’s voices.