Originator

Intersect; San Francisco, New York, Denver, Austin (CA, NY, CO, TX); On-site; CAD 198,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Health coverage

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Mental health support

Food stipend

Cell phone allowance

Pet insurance

Home office setup

UrbanSitter credits

Job summary

Intersect, a Google-backed energy and infrastructure company, is seeking an Originator to support power and natural gas origination, structuring, and execution of long-term off-take contracts. You will work across two primary workstreams, partnering with Strategy, Development, and Modeling teams to turn market opportunities into financeable transactions with a November 2026 start.

This role offers exposure to cross-functional teams and a pathway to leadership in cleantech energy, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years in clean energy, commodity origination, energy investment banking, or management consulting.
• Experience structuring, negotiating, and closing clean energy off-take agreements.
• Understanding of power and natural gas markets and standard agreements (ISDA, NAESB).
• Strong financial modeling and Excel skills; proficient in presenting results (Google Workspace).
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, multi-workstream environment.

Responsibilities

• Support Power Off-Take Structuring and PPA Execution.
• Lead responses to customer solicitations and build financeable off-take structures.
• Support natural gas origination initiatives; evaluate firm transportation, storage, and gas supply contracts.
• Establish and cultivate relationships with major counterparties and manage master agreements.
• Collaborate with project modeling teams to price and model off-take structures, revenues and risk.

Skills

Financial modeling

Excel

Presentation skills

Independent work

Cross-functional collaboration

Market understanding (power & gas)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related quantitative field

Tools

Excel

Google Workspace

Job description

We’re a team of friends bound together by a mission to preserve our planet for future generations through innovative energy solutions and modern infrastructure. Intersect develops, constructs, and operates the most ambitious power and data center infrastructure in the country by co-locating industrial demand with dedicated gas and renewable power generation.

Intersect was acquired by Google in March 2026 and operates as an independent subsidiary. We are developing and constructing multiple gigawatts of energy and data center projects in the U.S., enabling more data center and generation capacity to come online faster. We’re on an aggressive growth trajectory and looking for people hungry to tackle the largest energy challenges on the planet.

Location & Team Gatherings

Intersect has been a fully flexible workplace since its founding in 2016. We’ve been very intentional about the way we do things. We are not work-from-home, hybrid, or in-office - we are any and all of those options! Deepening social connections and offering shared experiences is a cornerstone of the way we work. We connect as a team at our Team Week experiences four times a year and at our recently established Hub locations - SF Bay Area, NYC Metro Area, NY; Denver, CO; Austin, TX; Calgary, AB; and Toronto, ON.

We are currently looking for candidates located within 60 miles of any of the listed hubs to foster more in-person connections while maintaining our flexible remote culture.

About this role

As an Originator on Intersect's Origination and Trading team, you'll help support the marketing, structuring, and execution of energy off-take contracts. You will operate across two primary workstreams, with your time split between our power and natural gas origination and initiatives. In power origination, you will help support negotiating and closing long-term clean energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), BESS, and Gas tolls for grid and off-grid projects. For the natural gas workstream, you will help support negotiating and closing pipeline firm transport and gas supply contracts. Partnering closely with Strategy, Development, and Modeling teams, you will navigate market ambiguities to turn complex opportunities into financeable, high-value transactions. This role is planned to start in November 2026.

Team overview

This team plays a critical role in advancing Intersect's mission to accelerate the clean energy transition. The Origination and Trading group is responsible for the sales, structuring, and execution of power and gas product agreements for the project pipeline, as well as managing merchant energy exposure for the operating fleet. Joining this team means shaping commercial strategy, driving high-stakes counterparty deals, and growing alongside collaborative experts focused on long-run infrastructure value.

What you'll do

Support Power Off-Take Structuring and PPA Execution

• Drive the negotiation, structuring, and execution of long-term clean energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Gas tolls and BESS tolls for grid and off-grid projects.
• Lead responses to customer solicitations and build financeable off-take structures tailored to utility, corporate, and industrial counterparties.

Support Natural Gas Infrastructure and Supply Strategy

• Support natural gas origination initiatives, evaluating firm transportation, storage arrangements, and gas supply contracts with producers and marketers.
• Assess natural gas market dynamics and infrastructure opportunities to complement power off-take strategies for complex projects.

Build Counterparty Relationships and Enable Master Agreements

• Establish and cultivate relationships with major commodity counterparties, financial institutions, and power and gas marketers.
• Facilitate and manage standard industry trading frameworks, including ISDA master agreements and NAESB contracts.

Drive Cross-Functional Valuation and Commercial Strategy

• Partner with project modeling teams to evaluate, price, and model off-take structures, revenues, and risk profiles in financial models.
• Synthesize power and gas market research into impactful deliverables and presentation materials for internal leadership and external counterparties.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 3+ years of experience in clean energy development, commodity origination, energy investment banking, or management consulting.
• Demonstrated experience structuring, negotiating, and closing clean energy off-take agreements or power purchase contracts.
• Understanding of power and natural gas markets, physical/financial hedging, and standard industry agreements (ISDA, NAESB).
• Expert proficiency in financial modeling and quantitative analysis using Excel, paired with strong visual presentation skills in Google Workspace.
• Proven capability to operate independently in a fast-paced, iterative environment with multiple parallel workstreams.
• Commitment to technical rigor, collaborative execution, and long-term value creation, aligned with Intersect's values of Equity, Humility, Authenticity, Long-run Value, and People Come First.

Total Rewards

• Total Compensation: USD $133,000 - $154,000, CAD $198,320 - $221,313 (total compensation includes base salary + bonus)
• Equity: Beyond your salary, you’ll receive an Equity Grant, giving you a meaningful stake in our parent company.
• Health & wellness: 100% premium coverage for you and your dependents on medical, dental, and vision
• Time to recharge: Unlimited PTO, plus two company-wide breaks (Fourth of July & end of year)
• Family support: Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus 6 additional weeks for birth parents; access to family planning and family care support through Carrot and Maven
• Mental health: Free access to Spring Health, including 5 free therapy and psychiatry sessions, plus a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation through our physical health vendor, Wellhub+
• Perks & extras: $150 monthly food stipend, $150 monthly reimbursement for cell phone and internet, pet insurance allowance, full home office setup, free access to UrbanSitter with $625 in quarterly company-paid credits, ActiveHero, and One Medical

Intersect maintains a work environment free from discrimination, one where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling Intersect's commitment to equal employment opportunity. Intersect does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by and consistent with applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline.