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With over a decade of experience delivering high-quality, utility-scale energy projects across North America, Hanwha Energy USA has evolved into a comprehensive energy solutions provider. Our portfolio now spans utility-scale renewables, natural gas generation, retail electricity, and strategic partnerships that power America’s growing data center industry.\nOur expertise covers the entire energy value chain-from project development and engineering to construction, operations, and maintenance. By integrating advanced technologies, proven processes, and strong partnerships, we deliver reliable, customized solutions that meet the dynamic needs of local energy markets.\nHanwha Energy USA is actively advancing strategic initiatives in natural gas generation and data center development, including hyperscaler solutions on both sides of the meter. We are proud to serve as the parent company of:\n Hanwha Renewables - specializing in utility-scale solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS)\nChariot Energy - providing retail electricity services for residential, commercial, and industrial customers in deregulated markets\n\nPOSITION OVERVIEW\n We’re seeking a highly motivated Director of Development to help identify, evaluate, and deliver new data center sites across the U.S. This person will play a critical role in expanding our platform - driving the process from site identification through acquisition and early-stage development. \nThe ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is comfortable navigating ambiguity, and brings a blend of strategic negotiation skills & thinking, real estate acumen, and project execution skills. You’ll work cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners to advance our data center pipeline and ensure each site meets the company’s long-term growth objectives. \nThe employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by management. All duties will be assigned in accordance with applicable laws and company policies\nRESPONSIBILITIES \nTechnical Collaboration and Site Selection: Collaborate with internal and external teams to identify and pursue site selection opportunities, including the provisioning of utilities (e.g., power, water, fiber). \nComplex Contract Negotiation: Support negotiations and agreements with local governments, economic development agencies, and landowners, ensuring favorable terms and compliance with regulatory requirements. \nLead site acquisition efforts for new data center projects, including market analysis, site sourcing, due diligence, and transaction execution. \nEvaluate potential sites based on power availability, connectivity, zoning, permitting, and other development factors. \nDevelop and maintain relationships with brokers, utilities, landowners, and local jurisdictions to support site selection and development. \nCoordinate due diligence and entitlement processes, including environmental studies, title review, and permitting. \nPartner closely with internal teams (strategy, engineering, finance, and legal) to align site development with company objectives. \nPrepare business cases and investment memos to support site acquisitions and strategic growth decisions. \nTrack and report pipeline progress, ensuring leadership visibility on key milestones and challenges. \nDrive process improvements that make site evaluation and development more efficient and scalable as the company grows. \nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS \nBachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) is preferred. \n7+ years of experience in real estate development, site acquisition, or infrastructure project management, ideally within data centers, energy, or industrial development. \nStrong understanding of land development fundamentals, utilities, permitting, and entitlement processes. \nExcellent analytical and negotiation skills; ability to evaluate complex site and transaction data. \nProven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment. \nEntrepreneurial mindset - proactive, resourceful, and comfortable owning outcomes end-to-end. \nExceptional communication and relationship management skills. \nAbility to travel as needed to meet with clients and stakeholders (up to 50% of the time). \nCOMPENSATION: $215,000 - $235,000 salary\nAttention external recruitment firms, we will not accept any unsolicited resumes at this time. Please do not contact any internal member of our company to discuss the position or to solicit candidates.\nHanwha Energy USA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4962,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Data Centers & Colocation","Property Development"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-05T18:59:15Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":95,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.946,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:0","urgency","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-12T06:55:09Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":235000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/hanwha-data-centers-director-data-center-development","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/hanwha-data-centers-director-data-center-development.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-12T07:36:59Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":12213,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":676491},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=676491"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fhanwha-data-centers-director-data-center-development"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fhanwha-data-centers-director-data-center-development"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fhanwha-data-centers-director-data-center-development"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/hanwha-data-centers-director-data-center-development\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fhanwha-data-centers-director-data-center-development"}]}