Energy Strategy Lead – New Markets
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Director of Energy Strategy & Development at Rowan Digital Infrastructure, defining energy strategy for expanding data center portfolio. Collaborating across teams and leading market energy strategies and negotiations.
Responsibilities:
- Define, own, and deliver Rowan’s multi‑year new market energy strategy, ensuring alignment with company growth plans, customer requirements, and sustainability commitments.
- Set function‑wide priorities and guide market entry and expansion decisions across power markets
- Influence company‑level strategy by integrating energy availability, grid constraints, alternative power solutions, and regulatory considerations into siting and investment decisions.
- Originate, structure, and execute complex energy solutions to support large‑scale data center campuses, including grid interconnections, transmission upgrades, on‑site generation, storage, and renewable procurement.
- Lead negotiations with utilities, TSOs, regulators, and energy partners for interconnection, electrical service, and long‑term energy agreements.
- Develop creative, market‑specific solutions that accelerate timelines and mitigate constraints in capacity‑limited or highly regulated environments.
- Act as Rowan’s senior energy representative with utility executives, regulators, government agencies, and major customers
- Build deep partnerships across Development, Real Estate, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, and Business Development teams to ensure integrated decision‑making and execution.
- Build and own investment cases for energy infrastructure and commercial agreements; align executive leadership and the Board on risk, return, and execution strategy.
- Anticipate regulatory, market, and grid‑related risks; develop mitigation strategies for factors outside Rowan’s direct control.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (engineering, business, economics, construction management, real estate, or related discipline).
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- 15+ years of experience developing power infrastructure for large, energy‑intensive assets (e.g., data centers, industrial facilities, infrastructure projects),
- Demonstrated experience negotiating interconnection, transmission, and long‑term power agreements with utilities, TSOs, or renewable developers.
- Proven track record leading multi‑team, multi‑year initiatives with material business impact.
- Deep technical expertise in transmission and distribution infrastructure, with strong working knowledge of power market structures and regulatory frameworks.
- Experience working with hyperscale or large enterprise data center customers strongly preferred.
- Exceptional executive communication skills, including the ability to present complex topics clearly to senior leadership and Boards.
- Strong strategic judgment, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to operate effectively in fast‑moving, highly cross‑functional environments.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working environment
- Team building and educational opportunities
- Generous benefits package including robust health benefits and a 401(k) company contribution
- Unlimited PTO
- Competitive compensation and bonus plan
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