VP Energy & Power Infrastructure

Alfa AI; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa AI is seeking a senior leader to develop and execute a global power strategy, enabling the deployment of large-scale AI infrastructure. This role demands expertise in power capacity management and negotiations with utilities, ensuring the company scales effectively across North America and Europe.

The candidate will navigate complex energy procurement processes while partnering with various teams to optimize infrastructure solutions and make strategic investment decisions.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in power, energy, or infrastructure strategy.
• Direct experience with large-scale data centers or infrastructures.
• Demonstrated track record of securing hundreds of MWs to multiple GWs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's global power strategy.
• Build and manage a multi-gigawatt power capacity roadmap.
• Evaluate new markets based on power availability and infrastructure.

Skills

Power and energy strategy

Infrastructure experience

Negotiation with utilities

Energy procurement knowledge

Strong stakeholder engagement

Job description

Location: Flexible – North America or Europe

We are partnering with a confidential AI infrastructure platform building the next generation of industrial-scale AI factories. Power is the foundational layer of the company's strategy, and this role will be instrumental in enabling multi-gigawatt infrastructure deployment globally.

This is not a traditional data center operations, facilities, sustainability, or energy procurement role. It is a senior infrastructure leadership position responsible for securing and scaling power capacity across a global AI infrastructure platform.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's long-term global power and energy strategy.
• Build and manage a multi-gigawatt power capacity roadmap supporting AI infrastructure expansion.
• Evaluate new markets based on power availability, infrastructure readiness, and economics.
• Establish and maintain relationships with utilities, transmission operators, ISOs, and regulatory bodies.
• Lead grid access, interconnection, and power delivery strategies.
• Negotiate utility agreements and capacity solutions.
• Support powered land acquisition, site selection, and campus activation activities.
• Assess infrastructure constraints, transmission availability, and power timelines.
• Partner with development and real estate teams to optimize location decisions.
• Lead energy procurement and generation partnership strategies.
• Evaluate PPAs, behind-the-meter generation, microgrids, energy storage, and alternative power solutions.
• Develop resilient and scalable energy solutions for high-density AI compute environments.
• Collaborate with engineering, finance, legal, real estate, and development teams.
• Support investment decisions, infrastructure economics, and project risk assessments.
• Represent the company externally with utilities, governments, regulators, investors, and strategic partners.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in power, energy, or infrastructure strategy.
• Direct experience with data centers, hyperscale infrastructure, AI infrastructure, digital infrastructure, or large industrial power users.
• Demonstrated track record securing hundreds of MWs to multiple GWs of capacity.
• Deep understanding of grid access, interconnection, transmission, and power delivery pathways.
• Experience negotiating with utilities and managing strategic energy relationships.
• Strong knowledge of energy procurement, PPAs, and infrastructure economics.
• Experience supporting powered land development, site selection, and campus activation.
• Ability to operate across both strategy and execution.
• Strong executive presence with experience engaging senior stakeholders.
• Experience working with investors, governments, regulators, and strategic partners.

Preferred Experience

• Global or multi-regional experience, particularly across North America and Europe.
• Background with hyperscalers or leading digital infrastructure platforms.
• Experience with generation partnerships, energy storage, and behind-the-meter solutions.
• Exposure to infrastructure investment, project finance, and large-scale development programs.

Target Backgrounds

Digital Infrastructure Platforms

Utilities and Energy Infrastructure

The ideal candidate understands that power is the critical constraint and strategic advantage in AI infrastructure and brings a combination of deep power and grid expertise, hyperscale infrastructure judgment, commercial capability, and the ability to integrate power, land, capital, and compute into a unified infrastructure strategy. This is a confidential search for a transformative leadership opportunity at the forefront of next-generation AI infrastructure development.