Development Manager (Energy & Infrastructure)
Paces · Brooklyn, NY · 1 wk ago
On-siteEngineering$140k–$170k/yrFull-time
What You’ll Achieve
- Lead development engagements from site origination through permitting and interconnection
- Site Origination: Run greenfield and acquisition workflows end-to-end: screening, landowner outreach, contract negotiation, and economic modeling.
- Interconnection: Manage utility coordination, power flow analysis, and interconnection applications across transmission and distribution projects.
- Permitting: Understand required permitting pathways, identify key stakeholders, and prepare and submit permit applications.
- Build automation systems that scale
- Build tooling and playbooks that reduce cycle time across site evaluation, diligence, and reporting
- Surface product roadmap inputs from frontline development delivery pain points
- Be the Voice of the Developer
- File actionable tickets, surface patterns across engagements, and participate in design and product reviews.
- Develop the team and codify knowledge
- Mentor Associate members of the team, build onboarding and project playbooks, and raise the bar on how Paces delivers at scale.
- Act as a domain expert within Paces to shape internal methodologies and educate other teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of exceptional experience in renewable energy development, data center infrastructure, or power project development.
- Relevant roles include Project Developer, Development Engineer, Data Center Origination Manager, Interconnection Analyst, Site Acquisition Manager, or Solutions Engineer at a developer, consultancy, or IPP.
- Proven track record of moving projects from siting through NTP: negotiating land agreements, driving interconnection applications, navigating permitting, and modeling project economics.
- Comfort with GIS, data analysis, AI coding tools, and utility planning portals.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage relationships across C-suite customers, utilities, offtakers, and internal technical teams simultaneously.
About You
- You wake up excited about grid infrastructure, climate tech, or the data-center energy arms race.
- You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and can translate complex utility or regulatory processes into actionable next steps.
- You think like a developer, not just a consultant.
- You care whether the project actually gets built, and you take ownership of outcomes.
- You thrive in ambiguity and find fulfillment in solving un-scoped problems while managing multiple concurrent work streams.
- You have a meticulous attention to detail and a passion for getting it right, whether that’s a zoning map, load flow model, or customer proposal.
Bonus Points
- Prior experience in project acquisitions or M&A diligence, sourcing deals, evaluating development-stage assets, reviewing data rooms, or supporting transaction execution.
- Experience at a high-growth startup, or in a client-embedded role where you were accountable to someone else's timeline and capital.
- Hands-on comfort with scripting tools, AI coding tools, and a passion to automate repetitive tasks.
- Deep knowledge of data center load profiles, large load interconnection, or energy procurement for hyperscale or co-location customers.
Cash and Benefits
- $140,000 - $170,000 annual compensation
- Competitive equity compensation
- 401(k) match
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- Paid company holidays & PTO
About Paces
- We are enabling the climate optimum use for all the world’s land and are thought leaders in the evolving data center and renewables markets.
- We have world class customers and are growing!
- We've raised +$18M led by Navitas Capital and Resolute Ventures and Y Combinator.
About Paces
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