Economic Development Lead

About the Team OpenAI is building the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Site Readiness & Development team owns the upstream diligence and development work required to convert powered-land opportunities into executable infrastructure options. About the Role The Economic Development Lead works upstream across the national pipeline, beginning engagement before a project is public and helping shape the incentive, relationship, community-benefit, and approval strategy for sites under evaluation. This role enters early during site evaluation and deal formation; once a project moves toward announcement, the dedicated Community Engagement Lead becomes the local owner while the Economic Development Lead continues to support agreement-linked commitments and incentive execution. Key Responsibilities - Own incentive strategy and negotiations. - Build local and state economic-development relationships. - Develop community-benefit commitments tied to project agreements. - Coordinate with Site Selection, Land, Power, Legal, Finance, and Community Engagement. - Identify political, commercial, and approval risks early. - Transition local relationships and commitments to the ass... Click Apply to read the full job description.