Energy & Emerging Tech Strategy Lead

Slope; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Clean Energy and New Technology Lead to own infrastructure energy strategy and execution, focusing on scalable, low‑carbon compute and data center growth. The role works with regulatory teams to align expansion with environmental and operational goals.

This individual contributor role evaluates emerging energy technologies, translates options into deployment pathways, and ensures sustainability remains integral to OpenAI’s infrastructure growth.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in energy technology or related roles.
• Strong understanding of power systems and low-carbon energy.
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and piloting deployment.
• Proven cross-functional leadership with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate clean energy solutions for scalable deployment.
• Identify pilots and pathways moving tech from concept to deployment.
• Translate options into reliability, cost, carbon, and regulatory implications.
• Partner with regulatory, policy, procurement, engineering, deployment, finance, legal, and site-readiness teams.
• Track external market, policy, utility, and technology developments.
• Build evaluation frameworks and playbooks for sustainability initiatives.

Skills

Energy technology

Infrastructure sustainability

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical communication

Executive-summary skills

Grid constraints

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Clean Energy and New Technology Lead to own infrastructure energy strategy and execution, focusing on scalable, low‑carbon compute and data center growth. The role works with regulatory teams to align expansion with environmental and operational goals.

This individual contributor role evaluates emerging energy technologies, translates options into deployment pathways, and ensures sustainability remains integral to OpenAI’s infrastructure growth.