5-7 years of experience in energy negotiations, specifically behind-the-meter PPAs and tolling agreements.
Proven track record in negotiating gas supply agreements with a focus on fixed-price and index exposure.
Experience in conducting due diligence on gas-fired sites, including pipeline access and air permitting.
Strong analytical skills in comparing generation technologies based on heat rate and reliability.
Ability to build and defend techno-economic models to stakeholders including lenders and executives.
Excellent communication skills to translate technical details into actionable insights for leadership.
Bonus: Familiarity with multi-market power systems (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, WECC) and experience in plant dispatch.
Responsibilities
Negotiate PPAs, tolling agreements, and heat rate options for large-scale data center projects.
Secure gas supply and transport agreements to ensure fuel price stability before construction.
Conduct thorough diligence on potential gas sites, assessing pipeline access and permitting risks.
Evaluate generation equipment options and provide clear recommendations based on performance metrics.
Lead cross-functional teams through the project lifecycle, from site selection to contract execution.
Identify and communicate cost and schedule risks to leadership throughout the project.
Facilitate clear decision-making by distilling complex technical issues into concise summaries.
Benefits
Commitment to pay equity and transparency in compensation practices.
Full Job Description
Role Scope
Negotiate behind-the-meter PPAs, tolling agreements, and heat rate options with generation owners and developers for multi-hundred-megawatt data center campuses.
Negotiate gas supply, transport, and basis arrangements that lock in fuel price and deliverability for each behind-the-meter site before the build starts.
Diligence prospective behind-the-meter gas sites for pipeline access, fuel constraints, air permitting, and power delivery risk before we commit to a lease.
Evaluate generation equipment (for example turbines and reciprocating engines) on heat rate, availability, lead time, emissions, and delivered cost, and turn it into a clear recommendation for leadership.
Quarterback development, engineering, legal, and finance from site selection through executed supply contracts to energization, and flag cost and schedule exposure before it reaches leadership.
What We're Looking For
The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
You've personally negotiated behind-the-meter PPAs, tolls, or heat rate options where the economics had to hold through project finance and final deal terms.
You've negotiated gas supply agreements and managed fixed-price, index, and basis exposure, and you know which fuel constraints break a plant's dispatch.
You've diligenced a gas-fired site from pipeline access and fuel deliverability through air permits and power delivery, and you know what kills a site early.
You've compared generation technologies on heat rate, spark-spread economics, and reliability, and your analysis drove an equipment decision.
You've built the techno-economic models behind these deals and defended the sensitivities to lenders, investors, or executives.
You quarterback across engineering, legal, finance, and operations, and you write clearly enough to distill a technical question into a decision and a next step for a CEO.
Bonus: Multi-market power experience (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, WECC). Plant dispatch and fuel optimization (generator, asset manager, or trading desk). Large-load and utility interconnection. Pipeline capacity and midstream contracting.
