Chief Development Officer

🔥 12 hours ago

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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Montera Infrastructure

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2025

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

🚀 Aerospace

Construction • Logistics • Aerospace

Montera Infrastructure is a company focused on building and managing hyperscale data centers optimized for advanced digital workloads. With a strong emphasis on rapid deployment and unmatched scale, Montera’s team of experienced operators delivers critical infrastructure to support the growing demand in sectors like AI, cloud computing, and enterprise technology. The company operates mainly in North America, offering reliable and scalable solutions designed to meet the needs of leading innovators in the digital infrastructure space.

📋 Description

• Lead Montera's development organization and oversee the front end of the hyperscale data center development lifecycle • Own development strategy, market and site selection, land acquisition and control, utility and power strategy, technical due diligence, entitlement, permitting, and development readiness through handoff to delivery • Lead development strategy and powered-land pipeline, prioritizing target markets based on power availability, customer demand, infrastructure, economics, and execution risk • Develop strategies for expanding the development portfolio and align opportunities with customer requirements and long-term business objectives • Establish repeatable processes and evaluation frameworks from market screening through construction readiness • Oversee site origination, evaluation, acquisition, land-control activities, land transactions, and development agreements • Lead negotiations with landowners, brokers, developers, and commercial stakeholders • Lead utility engagement, load requests, interconnection strategy, and energization planning • Evaluate power availability, utility capacity, grid constraints, energization timelines, financial requirements, and curtailment exposure • Own site due diligence across environmental, geotechnical, civil, survey, title, water, wastewater, telecommunications, and power disciplines • Partner with Engineering, Product, Technology, and Delivery teams on technical requirements, design coordination, constructability, budgets, schedules, and risk assessments • Ensure fiber connectivity and telecommunications infrastructure are incorporated into site planning • Establish development-to-delivery handoff standards and maintain executive accountability for site readiness • Lead land-use strategy, zoning, rezoning, annexation, parcelization, easements, entitlement, permitting, community engagement, and government affairs • Incorporate sustainability considerations into development planning and decision-making • Build and scale the Development organization, recruiting and developing a multidisciplinary team • Establish accountability, performance expectations, reporting standards, operating rhythms, governance frameworks, and decision-making tools • Report pipeline status, project risks, schedules, capital requirements, and key decisions to executive leadership • Collaborate with Delivery, Engineering, Product, Technology, Finance, and Commercial teams • Support customer and leasing discussions as senior authority on development strategy, feasibility, and site readiness • Travel regularly for site visits, utility and stakeholder meetings, development activities, and leadership sessions

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Real Estate Development, Business, Planning, Energy, or a related discipline • 15+ years of experience in data center development, large-scale infrastructure, energy, real estate development, or comparable environments • Significant leadership experience overseeing a development function, multidisciplinary team, or major development portfolio • Experience taking large-scale development opportunities from site origination through land control, due diligence, entitlement, power/interconnection, permitting, and construction handoff • Deep understanding of utility engagement, power availability, interconnection processes, energization schedules, and related commercial considerations • Experience managing land transactions, purchase and sale agreements, options, easements, title matters, and development agreements • Experience leading multidisciplinary technical diligence and translating findings into commercial, investment, and development decisions • Strong understanding of zoning, entitlement, permitting, regulatory approvals, and community engagement • Ability to evaluate complex development risks across power, infrastructure, environmental, technical, commercial, and regulatory disciplines • Experience building and scaling teams, processes, and organizational capabilities within a high-growth environment • Ability to work effectively with utilities, government officials, landowners, consultants, customers, investors, and executive leadership • Strong commercial judgment, executive presence, and excellent written and verbal communication skills • Willingness and ability to travel regularly throughout the United States • Direct experience leading hyperscale data center development or other large-load infrastructure projects preferred • Experience building and managing a national or multi-market powered-land development pipeline preferred • Established relationships with utilities, landowners, municipalities, developers, and infrastructure stakeholders across key U.S. markets preferred • Experience evaluating large-scale power and infrastructure requirements preferred • Familiarity with data center design requirements, fiber connectivity, site infrastructure planning, and construction readiness considerations preferred • Experience managing community engagement, government affairs, and sustainability considerations preferred • Ability to leverage data, market intelligence, and decision-support tools preferred • Experience establishing development processes, reporting frameworks, and governance standards preferred • Hands-on leadership style combining executive-level strategy with detailed project execution preferred • Ability to operate independently, take ownership of ambiguous problems, and collaborate effectively in a founder-led, high-growth environment preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage; employer pays 90% of health premiums for employees and dependents • Up to 8 weeks of paid time off per year, including holidays, PTO, and sick time • Up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave after 6 months of employment • 401(k) plan with immediate eligibility • No vesting requirement • Employer 401(k) match contributions up to 6% • Up to $3,500 annual reimbursement for approved courses, certifications, conferences, and professional development • Remote work stipend • Remote-first work flexibility • Reasonable accommodations consistent with applicable law