Director, Energy Development

At Rowan Digital Infrastructure, we are transforming data center delivery for speed and scale. Our mission is to deliver best-in-class data center solutions to hyperscale customers who share our commitment to sustainability, and to do so with an unwavering focus on quality.  Our data center solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and delivered by our exceptional end-to-end team. Rowan is assembling a strategic portfolio of data center sites in key markets across the United States, and we’re looking for incredible and passionate people to help us advance our company and our commitment to building the future of sustainable digital infrastructure.   

Rowan is owned and managed by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. 

 To apply for this role, please email your resume to people@rowan.digital.

Role Summary 

The Rowan team is looking for a self-starting energy professional to develop reliable and cost-effective infrastructure for our growing portfolio of data center locations. As the Energy Development Lead, you’ll support the delivery of Rowan’s power infrastructure solutions by working with leading utilities partners and partner with third party developers to negotiate and execute agreements for distributed energy projects meeting Rowan’s capacity, reliability, and sustainability objectives. You will also engage with hyperscale customers in developing bespoke commercial energy structures and associated offtake agreements. In this role, you will focus on interconnecting distributed, clean energy resources at project sites supporting data center load service across Rowan’s project pipeline. 

The successful candidate will have experience developing multiple large scale energy projects, including developing and contracting clean energy solutions such as solar (PV) and battery energy storage, possess a strong business development background, and a passion for renewable energy and sustainability. Internally, you will partner closely with site origination, development, finance, and legal teams to drive successful project energization. To succeed, candidates need to understand the technical nature of this work, effectively negotiate and execute energy development and project agreements, reliably deliver strategies and development opportunities in constrained and ambiguous environments, and tactfully escalate and report to organizational leaders and partners. 

Travel: Ability to travel up to (25%) for company gatherings, partner meetings and project site visits. 

Location: Denver, CO (hybrid in-office role) or Seattle, WA 

Compensation: $150-$200K - Offers Bonus

Essential Responsibilities  

• Lead overall resource development (distributed energy, grid connected, etc.) supporting a rapidly growing portfolio of hyperscale data center projects 

• Manage multiple third-party developers, contractors, and utilities to deliver energy resources and associated infrastructure 

• Negotiate and execute development agreements with third parties, contractors, and utilities.   

• Partner with customers to achieve energy-related sustainability goals via implementation of renewable technologies and solutions for a given data center project 

• Coordinate communication and deliverables between utility partners and internal stakeholders 

Education, Skills, and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., engineering or construction management)  

• 5+ years of experience working to develop electric grid infrastructure to power critical loads (e.g. data centers, refineries, military), working for a utility, energy project developer, design/consulting firm, construction firm or energy intensive consumer  

• 3+ years of experience negotiating interconnection or supply agreements on behalf of a large energy users or renewable energy developer  

• Technical expertise related to distributed energy projects and associated transmission and distribution infrastructure  

• Working knowledge of US energy markets, rates, and regulatory tariff structures 

• Experience working for or with hyperscale data center customers, including co-location and cloud companies (Preferred) 

• Experience managing multiple projects in development simultaneously, excellent communication and collaboration skills, strong organizational skills, comfort with ambiguity, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment.  

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