Sr. Utilities Contract Manager

Digital Realty; New York (NY); On-site; USD 132,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Realty is seeking a Sr Manager, Utility Contracts to lead negotiation and execution of utility-facing agreements for large-scale data center projects. You will collaborate with development, acquisitions, legal, energy, and operations teams to align contract terms with project timelines and power path requirements.

You will manage schedules, track obligations, and communicate commercial, legal, and risk provisions to leadership, building strong relationships with utilities and external

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Energy Management, or related field.
• 5-8 years of experience negotiating and managing energy/utility contracts.
• Direct experience with utility service agreements, interconnection agreements, PPAs or similar.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. electricity markets, ISO/RTO, and NERC standards.
• Ability to interpret and communicate provisions in complex agreements.
• Excellent project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with data center or digital infrastructure projects preferred.
• Knowledge of FERC, PUC processes; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiation and execution of utility-facing agreements (utility service, interconnection, amendments, and related contracts).
• Coordinate utility-related activities across acquisition, development, energy, and infrastructure teams.
• Organize discussions with stakeholders to identify risks, dependencies, opportunities, and decision points.
• Manage contract timelines, deliverables, approvals, and execution milestones.
• Communicate key commercial, operational, legal, credit, and risk provisions to leadership.
• Track open issues, obligations, dependencies, and action items; escalate risks.
• Maintain records of utility agreements, amendments, compliance, milestones, and commitments.
• Monitor changes in interconnection processes, utility requirements, and regulatory developments.
• Build and maintain relationships with utility providers, consultants, and partners.
• Drive continuous improvement of templates, negotiation strategies, approval workflows, and tools.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder management

Project management

Communication

Energy market knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business/Energy

Job description

Sr Manager, Utility Contracts Location: Either Dallas, TX, Austin, TX, New York, NY, or Boston, MA

Job Description

Your Role

As a Manager, Utility Contracts, you will play a critical role in supporting the growth of large-scale data center infrastructure by leading utility-related contract negotiations and managing key agreements through execution. Working closely with development, acquisitions, legal, energy, and operational teams, you will help drive utility strategies that support project timelines, reduce risk, accelerate speed to market, and ensure successful coordination with utility providers and other external stakeholders.

What You'll Do

• Lead the negotiation and execution of utility-facing agreements, including utility service agreements, interconnection agreements, amendments, and other related commercial contracts.
• Coordinate utility-related activities and stakeholder input across acquisition, development, energy, and infrastructure teams to support investment and site selection decisions.
• Organize and facilitate discussions with internal and external stakeholders to identify critical risks, dependencies, opportunities, and key decision points.
• Manage contract timelines, deliverables, approvals, and execution milestones to support project schedules and path-to-power requirements.
• Communicate key commercial, operational, legal, credit, and risk provisions to leadership and project stakeholders.
• Track open issues, contractual obligations, dependencies, and action items while escalating risks and driving timely resolution.
• Maintain accurate records of utility agreements, amendments, compliance requirements, milestones, and ongoing contractual commitments.
• Support utility and energy infrastructure projects by monitoring changes in interconnection processes, utility requirements, and regulatory developments.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with utility providers, consultants, and other external partners.
• Drive continuous improvement of contract templates, negotiation strategies, approval workflows, reporting tools, and contract management processes.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Energy Management, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of experience negotiating and managing contracts within the energy, utility infrastructure, power generation, or related sectors.
• Direct experience with utility service agreements, interconnection agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), energy service agreements, or similar utility-related contracts.
• Strong understanding of U.S. electricity markets, utility operations, ISO/RTO market structures, and NERC reliability standards.
• Knowledge of large-load interconnection processes and the regulatory environment affecting utility and energy infrastructure projects.
• Ability to interpret and communicate commercial, operational, legal, credit, and risk provisions within complex agreements.
• Excellent project management, organizational, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders and present information to leadership teams.
• Experience supporting data center, hyperscale, digital infrastructure, or large energy-intensive projects preferred.
• Knowledge of FERC regulations, state Public Utility Commission (PUC) processes, and an existing network of utility industry relationships preferred; advanced degree preferred.

A Bit About Us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter .

A Bit About Our Team

Operations

Our Operations team keeps our customers’ infrastructure running safely and securely. We get plenty of opportunities to take on a variety of tasks and develop our technical skills. From overseeing electrical power to cooling and fire suppression systems, our team plays a vital role in making sure everything in our data centers operates as it should.

What We Can Offer You

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. Moreover, an employee’s total compensation package varies by role and may include salary, cash bonus or commissions, and equity awards not quantified below.

Compensation range: $132,000 - $165,000 annually. This compensation range represents the Company’s good faith belief as to what it will pay as a base salary for this position at the time of this posting.

Benefits: For this role, Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401k match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more.

Qualifications

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