Site Strategy Lead - Powered-Land & Growth Deployments

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Site Selection Lead to define and execute the site-selection strategy for powered-land opportunities. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to determine what makes a site attractive, executable, and scalable, turning this rubric into portfolio choices and deployment plans.

You will convene teams across commercial, legal, finance, power, and development to shape terms, funding assumptions, and the path to deployment before deeper commitment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in site selection, infrastructure development, data center development, energy development, or related field.
• Strong strategic judgment on market intelligence, portfolio construction, site viability, counterparty credibility, and prioritization.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional organizations through ambiguous decisions and align technical, commercial, legal, and finance stakeholders.
• Commercial and financial fluency sufficient to connect site quality, deal terms, capital implications, schedule, and deployment risk.
• Experience building site funnels, screening frameworks, mapping or test-fit workflows, dashboards, and executive decision materials.

Responsibilities

• Own the site-selection strategy across priority geographies, including market maps, pipeline segmentation, source refreshes, live-location tracking, and portfolio prioritization.
• Convene cross-functional partners to define the shared rubric for a high-quality site.
• Translate rubric into clear screening criteria across power readiness, land control, timing, scale, cost, and environmental factors.
• Orchestrate teams to shape exclusivity, initial terms, site-control strategy, funding assumptions, and deployment path.
• Build a deployment plan for top candidates identifying capacity, sequencing, and risks.
• Lead conceptual site planning and test-fit screening with maps, buildings, substations, roads, parking, and load.
• Maintain a single decision-support view of pipeline stage, site health, and approvals.
• Present exec-ready recommendations with trade-offs and next steps; hand over to Development Lead.

Skills

Site selection strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Market intelligence

Strategic prioritization

Deal terms & capital implications

Tools

Dashboards

Mapping workflows

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Site Selection Lead to define and execute the site-selection strategy for powered-land opportunities. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to determine what makes a site attractive, executable, and scalable, turning this rubric into portfolio choices and deployment plans.

You will convene teams across commercial, legal, finance, power, and development to shape terms, funding assumptions, and the path to deployment before deeper commitment.