Senior Manager, Land Development

Fervo Energy • Salt Lake City, UT

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Fervo Energy is seeking a Senior Manager, Land Development to develop the company’s land portfolio strategy and integrate it into long-range planning as the company scales its geothermal power plant development. The role reports to the Sr. Director of Land, Environmental and Permitting and works extensively with senior management and executive teams.

The position partners with internal stakeholders to develop and execute lease development strategy, align the lease portfolio with the corporate long-range plan, guide land-related investment decisions, and develop lease portfolios across federal, state, and fee lands and emerging markets. The role calls for deep asset-management expertise, analytical and executive-communication skills, and the ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations while building alignment across teams.

The position is preferred to be based in Fervo’s Salt Lake City, Utah office and follows a hybrid schedule, with employees expected to work in the office three days per week. Travel of up to 25% is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in land management, strategy, corporate planning, or business development, preferably in energy.
• Demonstrated experience executing asset acquisition, development, or deployment strategies that support enterprise and long-range planning.
• Track record presenting executive-level recommendations to C-suite executives, Boards of Directors, investors, and other stakeholders.
• Extensive experience evaluating acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures.
• Strong financial acumen in acreage valuation, economic modeling, and capital allocation, with the 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 Business, Engineering, Economics, or a related discipline (MBA, MS, JD, or equivalent).
• Direct experience in geothermal, power generation, upstream energy, renewables, or capital-intensive infrastructure, including geothermal-specific considerations such as resource rights, unitization, and the Geothermal Steam Act.
• Experience in high-growth environments and building processes while scaling organizations.
• Success building market intelligence or analytics capabilities and using modelling, 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 and lease strategy and valuation for the annual long-range plan, setting priorities and evaluating leasing, acquisition, and relinquishment tradeoffs to maximize enterprise value; develop integrated outlooks and present strategic recommendations.
• Lead portfolio optimization and high-grading using economic models and scenario and sensitivity analysis; partner with Finance and Operations to prioritize capital deployment, including bonus payments, rentals, and acquisition spend, based on acreage economics, risk, and commercial structure.
• Develop leasing and acquisition strategies across BLM, SITLA, and fee lands; identify domestic geothermal growth positions; lead new-market assessments and acquisition and partnership due diligence; and support negotiations of leases, surface agreements, and joint ventures.
• Build the company’s land market intelligence capability by monitoring competitor activity and policy developments, benchmarking land positions and costs against competitors, and translating findings into strategic recommendations and executive updates.
• Prepare executive and investor presentations.
• Lead cross-functional land initiatives across Land Administration, Legal, 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 stock option grants and bonus opportunities for eligible roles.

What This Job Offers

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