As an Utility & Partnerships Manager, you will play a pivotal role in accelerating Giga Energy's data center expansion by identifying and securing grid capacity across the U.S. Your focus will be building and managing relationships with small-to-mid-size utilities, cooperatives, and municipal providers often working directly with utility economic development teams to identify sites, secure capacity, and navigate interconnection processes
- You must be willing to frequently travel to job sites, customer meetings and our hub offices when necessary
- Build and maintain strong relationships with utility contacts, including cooperatives, municipal utilities, and regional providers, to identify and secure available power capacity for future data center projects
- Serve as the primary point of contact for utilities throughout the interconnection and service request process
- Collaborate with utility economic development teams to identify prospective sites and secure land and power commitments
- Interpret and navigate utility tariffs, service policies, and cost responsibilities (e.g., CIAC, FEA)
- Coordinate closely with internal teams (engineering, construction, land acquisition) and external partners to advance project timelines
- Evaluate technical feasibility of interconnection opportunities, translating utility plans, engineering drawings, and construction schedules into actionable internal updates
- Manage multiple simultaneous interconnection efforts, ensuring timely progress across various markets
- Operate comfortably in ambiguous or unstructured environments, solving problems where established processes may not yet exist
Travel up to 30% to utility meetings, project sites, and industry events
