Global VP, Economic Development & External Affairs

Volta; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Retirement/pension contributions

Health, wellbeing and insurance

Vacation days

Job summary

Volta seeks a strategic leader to own global economic development and external affairs for its data centre footprint across Europe and North America.

You will sculpt incentive packages, manage public-private agreements, and build relationships with government, utilities and communities to accelerate site development.

The role requires navigating complex regimes, shaping playbooks, and growing a high-autonomy team in a fast-growing AI infrastructure company.

Qualifications

• Experience leading economic development for data centre development at hyperscalers, developers or operators.
• Data centre experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Own Volta’s global economic development strategy across Europe and North America.
• Lead the structuring and negotiation of incentive packages and public-private agreements with legal, tax and finance teams.
• Build and manage relationships with national, state, regional governments, utilities and economic development agencies.
• Partner with site selection, power and real estate teams to assess markets and feed inputs into site decisions and financial models.
• Guide projects through entitlements, zoning, permitting and public consultation to keep approvals on the critical path.

Skills

Economic development

Public-private partnerships

Policy advocacy

Relationship management

Negotiation

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Job description

Volta seeks a strategic leader to own global economic development and external affairs for its data centre footprint across Europe and North America.

You will sculpt incentive packages, manage public-private agreements, and build relationships with government, utilities and communities to accelerate site development.

The role requires navigating complex regimes, shaping playbooks, and growing a high-autonomy team in a fast-growing AI infrastructure company.