Manager, Land Portfolio

Fervo Energy • Salt Lake City, UT

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

Fervo Energy is seeking a Manager, Land Portfolio to lead the company’s land portfolio maturation strategy and integrate it into long-range planning as the business scales geothermal development. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Land, Environmental and Permitting, this role works extensively with senior management and individual contributors across the company.

The position partners with internal and external stakeholders to develop and execute land resource portfolio strategy throughout the development lifecycle, including site evaluation, acquisition, access, permitting, drilling, construction, interconnection, and long-term operations. It focuses on preparing and developing Fervo’s geothermal energy production land portfolio through strategic planning, capital allocation, market intelligence, and cross-functional leadership. The preferred location is the Salt Lake City, Utah office, with an expected in-office presence three days per week; the role follows a hybrid schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 7 years of progressive experience in land management, strategy, corporate planning, or business development.
• Demonstrated experience executing asset acquisition, development, or deployment strategies that support enterprise and long-range planning.
• Track record presenting executive-level recommendations and extensive experience evaluating acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
• Strong financial acumen, including acreage valuation, economic modeling, and capital allocation, and ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in highly matrixed organizations.
• Ability to make high-quality decisions in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Energy Development, Land Development, Business, Economics, or a related discipline, such as an MBA, MS, or JD.
• Direct experience in oil and gas, geothermal, power generation, upstream energy, renewables, or capital-intensive infrastructure.
• Prior experience in subsurface energy and renewable energy land development, permitting, and entitlements.
• Success building market intelligence or analytics capabilities and using modeling or automated tools or processes to improve strategic decision-making.
• 10+ years of experience at a senior management level with a publicly traded energy company.
• Success developing growth strategies based on market intelligence for a portfolio of projects.
• Experience presenting progress updates and strategic plans to executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead land portfolio development preparation and strategy to meet annual and long-range plan goals.
• Set priorities and evaluate priority infill and access acquisition.
• Analyze and manage efforts to secure pathways to interconnection, construction water, and ancillary land-use agreements.
• Lead portfolio land budget optimization and provide allocation recommendations based on near-, mid-, and long-term portfolio preparation feasibility and estimated timelines.
• Assess capital-allocation tradeoffs across early- and advanced-development portfolios, develop integrated spending outlooks, and present strategic recommendations.
• Partner with Land Title and Contracts and Land Acquisitions to prioritize capital deployment while accounting for rentals, bonus payments, and land-use fees, and develop acquisition strategies across BLM, SITLA, and fee lands.
• Partner with Land Business Managers to develop and communicate land market intelligence, monitor competitor activity and policy developments, establish strategic relationships, benchmark land position and costs, and translate insights into recommendations.
• Identify domestic geothermal growth positions, lead new-market assessments, and support negotiation of leases, surface agreements, and joint ventures.
• Prepare executive and investor presentations.
• Lead cross-functional land initiatives involving Land Administration, Acquisitions, Business Development, Title and Contracts, Legal, Commercial Development, Engineering, Drilling, Operations, Commercial, Finance, and Policy.
• Drive continuous improvement using GIS, analytics, and AI-enabled tools.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options.
• Employer-paid basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) plan with up to 6% match.
• Flexible paid time off and paid parental leave.
• Family-building, fertility, hormonal health, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting support through Carrot.
• Dependent care FSA for eligible child and elder care expenses.
• Annual Lifestyle Spending Account for eligible wellness expenses, including fitness, financial planning, pet insurance, and pet care.
• Employee ownership opportunities through the Employee Stock Purchase Program, as well as LTI and bonus opportunities for eligible roles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager