Remote Powered-Land Developer for Data Center Projects

OpenAI; Seattle, San Francisco (WA, CA); Hybrid; USD 223,000 - 385,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Powered Land Developer to drive the development of powered-land opportunities across its datacenter portfolio, reporting to the Development & Power Project Lead. This individual contributor role will manage 1–3 active sites, coordinating utility applications, interconnection studies, and schedule/risk management through readiness handoff.

The role translates study findings into actionable budgets and timelines for portfolio decisions, partnering with land, environmental, and

Qualifications

• 6+ years in energy infrastructure, energy project development, site development, data center development, or related project delivery roles.
• Strong understanding of utility coordination, interconnection processes, and development scheduling.
• Experience managing multi-party workstreams across developers, utilities, consultants, and agencies.
• Ability to track multiple complex sites concurrently and translate uncertainty into clear actions.
• Strong 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 elevate 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

Energy infrastructure

Project development

Utility coordination

Interconnection processes

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Powered Land Developer to drive the development of powered-land opportunities across its datacenter portfolio, reporting to the Development & Power Project Lead. This individual contributor role will manage 1–3 active sites, coordinating utility applications, interconnection studies, and schedule/risk management through readiness handoff.

The role translates study findings into actionable budgets and timelines for portfolio decisions, partnering with land, environmental, and