Responsibilities
- As a VP, Project Development, you will own everything that sits between site selection and construction.
- You will be embedded with a development team and local jurisdictions to take end-to-end ownership of getting each site shovel-ready as fast as possible.
- Build agency relationships before they are needed - not when you are already on the clock.
- Drive zoning, land use approvals, conditional use permits, and variances through local and state agencies.
- Identify and pursue parallel regulatory pathways to compress overall approval timelines.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Construction teams to ensure the most efficient path to shovel-readiness.
- Lead negotiations with power providers, water districts, and telecom utilities.
- Create and maintain detailed development schedules tracking every entitlement, utility, and permit milestone.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Planning, Construction Management, or related field.
- 10+ years delivering complex, multi-agency development or infrastructure projects, bonus points for experience in Energy or Data Center development.
- Demonstrated experience managing entitlements, permitting, and utility coordination simultaneously.
- Strong technical literacy - able to hold substantive conversations with civil, electrical, and structural engineers.
- Exceptional relationship-building skills with government agencies, utilities, and community stakeholders.
- Experience creating and managing detailed project schedules and critical path dependencies.
- Comfortable operating in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments with shifting priorities.
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in managing complex development projects from site selection to construction, with a strong focus on entitlements, permitting, and utility coordination. Proven ability to build relationships with government agencies and stakeholders while maintaining detailed project schedules in fast‑paced environments.
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