Power Developer

About this role

As a Power Developer on Intersect's Development team, you'll drive the strategy, commercial structuring, and execution of utility-scale clean energy, storage, natural gas, and large-load projects across key U.S. energy markets. You will own projects throughout their full lifecycle—from early-stage siting and commercial strategy through construction handover—by framing critical tradeoffs, managing project economics, and negotiating foundational agreements with external partners.

You will immediately spearhead a high-priority initiative to deploy on-site bridging power solutions across 25+ Google data center sites nationwide, alongside advancing Intersect's core power portfolio. Managing both commercial and technical integration efforts, you will develop natural gas pipeline, battery storage, and power-generation infrastructure that provides reliable alternatives to constrained grid interconnections. This role is planned to start on December 2026, with a training period of 4 weeks to reach full productivity by January 2027.

Team overview

This team plays a critical role in advancing Intersect's mission to accelerate the clean energy transition. The Development team acts as the central engine for growth, identifying high-value regional opportunities and transforming land, hyperscale load demand, and market signals into fully operational, utility-scale power infrastructure. Joining this team means taking end-to-end ownership of complex energy assets while collaborating with multidisciplinary industry experts in an agile, high-trust environment.

What you'll do

Execute On-Site Bridge Power and Portfolio Strategy

• Build and execute the on-site generation strategy across a nationwide fleet of 25+ data center sites, alongside supporting utility-scale solar, wind, battery storage, and natural gas projects from initial market entry to construction handover.

• Evaluate site-specific technical and commercial development risks across natural gas supply, BESS sizing, and behind-the-meter integration, framing actionable tradeoffs for senior leadership and investment committees.

Drive Commercial Structuring and Financial Valuation

• Own comprehensive financial and valuation models in Excel to evaluate project economics, fuel supply and pipeline cost profiles, equipment procurement, and M&A or commercial transaction structures.

• Lead commercial negotiations for key agreements and terms with gas utilities, midstream pipeline operators, power generation OEMs, offtakers, and local authorities.

Lead Technical Integration and Infrastructure Delivery

• Manage the commercial and technical convergence of natural gas pipelines, reciprocating engines or turbines, and battery storage systems to meet stringent data center reliability and ramp-rate standards.

• Partner with internal engineering teams and external EPCs/OEMs to de-risk behind-the-meter configurations and accelerate time-to-power.

Steer Cross-Functional Governance and Execution

• Coordinate multidisciplinary SME teams—including engineering, environmental permitting, gas origination, project finance, and external consultants—to keep aggressive development schedules on track.

• Manage day-to-day project budgets, critical-path schedules, and tracking tools to ensure operational discipline and seamless handover to construction.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience in project development within the natural gas, oil and gas, or power development sectors; or 3-5 years as a sales or project engineer with a major EPC or power systems OEM (or equivalent experience in energy consulting or investment banking).

• Demonstrated expertise building and managing complex project financial models in Excel, structuring commercial deals, and evaluating regional energy and fuel market dynamics.

• Working knowledge of natural gas pipeline interconnections, bridge power generation technologies, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and technical integration with large industrial or data center loads.

• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams through critical development milestones, tight timelines, and high-stakes commercial negotiations.

• An entrepreneurial, problem-solving mindset capable of navigating ambiguity and building repeatable processes across a multi-site national portfolio.

• Strong alignment with Intersect's core values of Equity, Humility, Authenticity, Long-run Value, and People Come First.