Energy Lead

Fluidstack•Austin, TX

1d•$200,000 - $350,000

About The Position

Fluidstack is seeking an Energy Lead to own commercial relationships with utilities, energy suppliers, and market operators across every active US data center market. This role involves shaping energy supply outcomes by participating in regulatory and rate-making processes, engaging with ISOs, policymakers, and utilities. The Energy Lead will negotiate retail power agreements, PPAs, and behind-the-meter offtake deals, structuring terms for fungible capacity options and running scenario analyses. This position requires partnering with the site acquisition team to assess energy requirements for prospective locations and with legal to refine commercial arrangements. The role also involves quarterbacking across design, construction, finance, sustainability, and on-site operations on all energy workstreams, and distilling technical, market, and regulatory developments for leadership.

Requirements

Managed large-load interconnection processes from application to executed agreement at a utility, developer, or industrial operator, and know what can go wrong at each step.
Read and modeled from utility tariff filings, rate schedules, and service agreements well enough to build power cost estimates that hold up through project finance and final deal terms.
Maintained working-level relationships with utility project managers and engineers across multiple active projects simultaneously, and know how to keep a queue item from going dormant.
Catch schedule risks and cost exposure before they surface to leadership, and document project status with enough precision that someone else could pick up a file mid-process without losing context.
Quarterback across development, legal, engineering, and finance on site-specific energy questions, and be the person who knows exactly where each site stands in the interconnection process at any given moment.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience across multiple ISO/RTO markets (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, WECC).
Background at a utility, ISO, or energy developer.
Familiarity with substation design, service entrance requirements, or transmission cost allocation studies.
International utility experience in UK or EU markets.

Responsibilities

Own commercial relationships with utilities, energy suppliers, and market operators across every active US data center market, from initial engagement through long-term agreement execution.
Shape energy supply outcomes by actively participating in regulatory and rate-making processes, engaging ISOs, policymakers, and utilities before constraints land on the build pipeline.
Negotiate retail power agreements, PPAs, and behind-the-meter offtake deals with commercial counterparties, structuring terms that create fungible capacity options and running scenario analyses to extend the shelf life of existing options or accelerate delivery of new ones.
Partner with the site acquisition team to assess energy requirements for prospective locations before lease commitments, and with legal to structure and refine commercial arrangements for existing facilities.
Quarterback across design, construction, finance, sustainability, and on-site operations on all energy workstreams, and distill technical, market, and regulatory developments into clear decisions for leadership.