OpenAI
Powered Land Developer, Development & Power Projects
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 8 weeks ago · Added 4 days ago
Been open since 8 weeks ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
$223,000–$385,000
Location
United States only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Software
Published by the employer
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "US - Remote, Seattle, San Francisco, Remote"
- Job description states: "US-based"
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- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
About the Team
OpenAI is building the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Site Readiness & Development team owns the upstream diligence and development work required to convert powered-land opportunities into executable infrastructure options.
About the Role
The Powered Land Developer will support the advancement of powered-land opportunities across the portfolio, reporting to the Development & Power Project Lead. This is an individual contributor lead role and does not have direct reports initially. This role will own day-to-day development execution across approximately 1–3 active sites depending on complexity, including utility applications, interconnection requests, study follow-through, queue milestones, consultant workstreams, schedule and risk management, and readiness handoff for opportunities advancing to deeper diligence, commercial commitment, or execution.
The role translates study and utility findings into clear schedule, budget, and risk implications for portfolio decisions.
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 escalate 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.
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.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
Requirements
- ·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.
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at OpenAI, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked today. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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