Director, Data Center Power Procurement

Prologis • Dallas, TX

5d • $151

About The Position

Prologis is committed to becoming a global leader in data center development by utilizing its extensive real estate assets, strategic utility relationships, and scalable infrastructure to support the increasing demand for digital infrastructure. As the Director of Data Center Power Procurement, you will be leading strategic engagement with utilities and energy partners throughout North America to secure scalable, cost-effective power solutions across multiple markets. You’ll collaborate closely with customer lead development, legal, and finance teams to evaluate interconnection pathways, negotiate special contracts, and support project planning from early-stage feasibility through execution. Your work will include tracking regulatory developments, guiding infrastructure planning for data center campuses, and representing Prologis in discussions with utilities to enable large campus style deployments. This is a dynamic, cross-functional role that plays a critical part in positioning Prologis as a leader in data center development. In addition to supporting greenfield development, you’ll be instrumental in identifying and advancing opportunities to convert Prologis’ existing real estate portfolio into high-performance urban data center assets. This includes working with the broader energy and data center teams to assess power capacity, power availability, and infrastructure readiness at strategically located buildings in major cities. From early-stage screening through detailed execution planning, your insights and leadership will help transform existing assets into mission-critical digital infrastructure.

Requirements

• 7+ years of electric utility experience in transmission planning, substation development / engineering, distribution system planning, interconnection of large load projects.
• Must have experience analyzing energy projects and negotiating interconnection agreements and related contracts with utilities and contractors.
• Able to travel up to 40% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline like engineering, applied science, economics, or statistics.
• Expertise with electric utility grid planning, operations, interconnections, substation development costs/timelines across key data center markets.
• Experience successfully negotiating new tariff rates, power purchase agreements and/or energy infrastructure contracts in regulatory regimes
• Proven ability to evaluate new energy markets, utility tariffs, policies, power contracts, or evaluating new energy sourcing opportunities and technologies
• Familiar with data center development, knowledge of key markets and demand patterns.
• Strong understanding of electricity market design, federal and state regulatory rules and incentives around tariff structures energy supply and large load interconnection process.
• Strong understanding of Independent System Operator (ISO),regulated and de-regulated wholesale markets in North America.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive utility strategy for Prologis data center projects in North America
• Lead complex negotiations with utilities, energy providers, and key stakeholders to secure favorable terms for power procurement, interconnection agreements, and tariffs, leveraging strong negotiation skills to align technical requirements with commercial objectives.
• Manage utilities, EPC firms, and Owner’s Engineers to deliver high-voltage and medium-voltage power infrastructure, including leading contract negotiations and overseeing the execution of key agreements.
• Develop a multi-year pipeline of data center projects by aligning Prologis’ real estate assets with grid power availability and fiber network access.
• Assess the reliability and cost-effectiveness of onsite temporary power solutions, such as fuel cells, gas turbines, catalyzers, and co-location with new or existing generation assets to support timely power delivery.
• Support data center development initiatives across Prologis’ existing building and land bank assets, as well as new site acquisitions, by evaluating infrastructure feasibility and aligning energy strategy with development goals.
• Perform the necessary financial modelling to understand project economics.
• Manage contractual relationships and coordinate with legal, as needed, to assist with contract negotiations and to resolve programmatic needs/requirements.
• Support the marketing team in data center lease or sale transactions.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with regional internal and external stakeholders including utility executives, consultants, designers, and equipment vendors to deliver power to projects efficiently, consistently, and on schedule.
• Follow key energy regulatory issues and assess the impact of potential technology and regulatory changes on existing projects and pipeline.
• Work with utility regulators to develop policies and guidelines that enable broader Prologis strategies and objectives.

Benefits

• All full-time roles in the US come with a robust benefits package which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Prologis also offers several other wellness, financial, and work/lifestyle-specific benefits.
• Our 401(k) retirement plan has a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation.
• We also offer generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year in addition to paid holidays and volunteer time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees