Clean Energy and New Technology Lead

Responsibilities

• ▹Own clean energy and emerging energy technology strategy and execution for infrastructure growth
• ▹Evaluate emerging energy solutions such as clean firm power, advanced storage, grid flexibility, low-carbon backup power, and heat reuse
• ▹Identify pilot opportunities and deployment pathways from concept to commercially credible execution
• ▹Translate technical options into reliability, cost, schedule, carbon, regulatory, and operational implications
• ▹Partner with regulatory, policy, procurement, engineering, deployment, finance, legal, and site-readiness teams
• ▹Track external market, policy, utility, and technology developments
• ▹Build repeatable evaluation frameworks, partner criteria, and execution playbooks

Requirements

• ▹15+ years in energy technology, infrastructure sustainability, clean energy procurement, power markets, or data center energy strategy
• ▹Strong understanding of power systems, low-carbon energy, grid constraints, and infrastructure reliability
• ▹Experience evaluating emerging technologies and structuring pilots toward commercial implementation
• ▹Ability to balance sustainability objectives with reliability, cost, schedule, and regulatory constraints
• ▹Proven cross-functional leadership across technical, commercial, policy, and executive stakeholders
• ▹Excellent analytical, written communication, and executive-summary skills

Soft skills

About the company

OpenAI, in close collaboration with its capital partners, is building the world's most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Industrial Compute team sits at the center of this mission, from site selection through buildout.