Director, Powered Land Development

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Identify, assess, and analyze potential sites for Redwood Energy's solar and storage projects in targeted markets, focusing on land use, zoning, and site-specific fatal-flaw assessments.

• Drive the entitlement and permitting strategy by collaborating with local, county, and state officials, community stakeholders, and land agents to enhance project viability.

• Assist with government affairs and community relations initiatives related to potential sites.

• Negotiate and obtain site control, including leases, easements, options, and associated agreements with landowners and land agents.

• Act as the representative for Redwood in dealings with landowners, brokers, customers, and state and local officials throughout the site selection process.

• Lead negotiations for local economic development, tax, and community agreements.

• Create and manage financial and valuation models to assess site economics, development costs, and project returns.

• Develop and sustain tracking tools for land inventory, pipeline status, budgets, and schedules across active development projects.

• Oversee site-identification tasks in alignment with budgets and timelines, coordinating both internal and external technical support, including environmental consultants, engineers, and external legal counsel.

• Maintain structured pipeline tracking and reporting to keep leadership updated on site status, risks, and timelines.

• Establish and lead Redwood Materials' land development function in collaboration with Engineering, Finance, and Legal teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in real estate development, engineering, business, planning, or a related discipline.

• Over 10 years of experience in energy project development, real estate development, or land acquisition, preferably including utility-scale solar, storage, or data center site development.

• Proven experience navigating local and county-level permitting, zoning, and entitlement procedures.

• Successful track record of independently sourcing and negotiating site control agreements with landowners and land agents.

• Proficient in financial and valuation modeling to assess project economics.

• Experience in engaging with and developing relationships with local government officials and community stakeholders.

• Capability to independently establish processes and tools for a function with minimal existing infrastructure.

• Willingness to travel extensively for site visits, due diligence, and stakeholder engagement across target markets.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation will be aligned with experience.

• Full-time position.