Power Land Development Lead - Infrastructure & Projects

OpenAI; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI in Seattle is seeking a Power Land Developer for Development & Power Projects to lead day-to-day advancement of powered-land opportunities across the portfolio. You will own utility applications, interconnection follow-through, study responses, schedule and risk management, and readiness handoff for opportunities moving toward deeper diligence or execution.

This individual contributor role translates study findings into clear implications for schedule, budget, and risk, coordinating with

Qualifications

• 6+ years in energy infrastructure or related project delivery roles.
• Strong understanding of utility coordination and interconnection processes.
• Experience managing multi-party workstreams across developers, utilities, consultants, and agencies.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day advancement of powered-land opportunities from intake through readiness.
• Own utility application and interconnection follow-through across active powered-land opportunities, including utility inputs, study responses, and queue milestones.
• Scope and manage external studies and consultant workstreams needed to validate readiness.
• Track development schedules, dependencies, risk registers, site-readiness milestones, and key budget implications.
• Translate technical findings into clear schedule, budget, and risk implications and escalate material blockers or trade-offs to the Development & Power Project Lead.
• Partner with land, environmental, economic development, and community affairs leads to align project advancement.
• Support expansion planning, infrastructure sequencing, and long-term power-risk mitigation.
• Define readiness criteria and prepare handoff packages for opportunities moving into deeper diligence or execution.
• Help build repeatable playbooks for powered-land development across geographies.

Skills

Project development

Stakeholder management

Communication

Schedule management

Job description

OpenAI in Seattle is seeking a Power Land Developer for Development & Power Projects to lead day-to-day advancement of powered-land opportunities across the portfolio. You will own utility applications, interconnection follow-through, study responses, schedule and risk management, and readiness handoff for opportunities moving toward deeper diligence or execution.

This individual contributor role translates study findings into clear implications for schedule, budget, and risk, coordinating with