Clean Energy and New Technology Lead
Remote • US - Remote • FullTime
Posted 2d ago
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
The Clean Energy and New Technology Lead will own infrastructure clean energy and emerging energy technology strategy and execution, identifying and deploying scalable solutions that enable resilient, low-carbon compute and data center growth. The role will work closely with regulatory and policy teams to align infrastructure expansion with OpenAI’s long-term environmental and operational objectives. This is an individual contributor lead role that will evaluate where emerging energy technologies can materially improve reliability, cost, carbon, speed, or resilience; translate those options into practical deployment pathways; and help ensure OpenAI’s infrastructure growth remains aligned with sustainability considerations.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate emerging energy solutions such as clean firm power, advanced storage, grid flexibility, low-carbon backup power, heat reuse, water-related energy efficiency, and other scalable technologies.
- Identify pilot opportunities and deployment pathways for promising energy technologies.
- Translate technical options into clear implications for infrastructure decision-making regarding reliability, cost, schedule, carbon, regulatory, and operations.
- Partner with various teams (energy regulatory, policy, procurement, engineering, deployment, finance, legal, site-readiness) to align technology and sustainability choices with project needs.
- Track external market, policy, utility, and technology developments.
- Build repeatable evaluation frameworks, partner criteria, and execution playbooks for sustainability and emerging energy technology initiatives.
Requirements
- 15+ years in energy technology, infrastructure sustainability, clean energy procurement, power markets, data center energy strategy, utility programs, or related roles.
- Strong understanding of power systems, low-carbon energy, grid constraints, infrastructure reliability, and large-scale deployment requirements.
- Experience evaluating emerging technologies, structuring pilots, or moving early-stage solutions toward commercial implementation.
- Ability to balance sustainability objectives with reliability, cost, schedule, regulatory, and operational constraints.
- Proven cross-functional leadership across technical, commercial, policy, and executive stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical, written communication, and executive-summary skills.