Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
About the role
The Site Selection Lead sets the site-selection strategy for powered-land and greenfield/brownfield opportunities. This role defines, with cross-functional partners, what makes a site attractive, executable, and scalable, then turns that shared rubric into portfolio choices and deployment plans. Own the site-selection strategy across priority geographies, including market maps, pipeline segmentation, source refreshes, live-location tracking, and portfolio prioritization.
What they're looking for
- 6+ years in site selection, infrastructure development, data center development, energy development, commercial real estate, or a related field
- Strong strategic judgment on market intelligence, portfolio construction, site viability, counterparty credibility, and prioritization
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional organizations through ambiguous decisions and align technical, commercial, legal, and finance stakeholders
- Commercial and financial fluency sufficient to connect site quality, deal terms, capital implications, schedule, and deployment risk
- Experience building site funnels, screening frameworks, mapping or test-fit workflows, dashboards, and executive decision materials
More about this role
OpenAI is building the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Site Readiness & Development team owns the upstream diligence and development work required to convert powered-land opportunities into executable infrastructure options.
The Site Selection Lead sets the site-selection strategy for powered-land and greenfield/brownfield opportunities. This role defines, with cross-functional partners, what makes a site attractive, executable, and scalable, then turns that shared rubric into portfolio choices and deployment plans.
Own the site-selection strategy across priority geographies, including market maps, pipeline segmentation, source refreshes, live-location tracking, and portfolio prioritization.
Convene Power, Land, Development, Engineering, Construction, Environmental, Community, Commercial, Legal, and Finance partners to define the shared rubric for a high-quality site.
Translate that rubric into clear screening criteria across power readiness, land control, timing, scale, cost, community risk, environmental constraints, AHJ path, budget, schedule, and counterparty credibility.
Orchestrate Commercial, Legal, Finance, Power, and Development teams to shape...
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