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Transgrid

Operator of high-voltage electricity transmission

General Manager, Data Center Infrastructure Business

Business & StrategyPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeHouston, TX, USA$350k - $450k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, or a related field is required.
  • Senior general management experience with direct P&L ownership in data centers, energy, digital infrastructure, or a closely related business, including the ability to build teams and scale a new business.
  • Demonstrated success leveraging partner assets and channels to originate opportunities, secure customers, and deliver commercial results.
  • A proven track record of raising capital, attracting strategic partner investment, and closing infrastructure financing or joint venture transactions.
  • Experience developing and energizing land, securing power, and delivering complex infrastructure projects, with strong command of data center economics and capital allocation.
  • Ability to negotiate complex partnerships and align affiliates, customers, investors, utilities, and delivery partners around executable commitments.
  • Authorization to work in the United States before joining; the company will not sponsor or assist with work authorization sponsorship.

Responsibilities

  • Set the strategy, target markets, offerings, and growth roadmap; own the annual business plan, profit and loss, budget, cash flow, and investment returns.
  • Build and lead the team across commercial, energy, development, engineering, finance, and operations; establish governance, performance targets, and accountability across TGE, affiliates, and joint ventures.
  • Allocate capital and manage commercial, financial, regulatory, safety, and delivery risks; present business performance and investment decisions to executive leadership and the board.
  • Prioritize TGE and affiliate land and power development opportunities, while using partners to originate additional land, energy assets, and customer demand.
  • Lead site qualification, land agreements, power sourcing, grid interconnection, permitting, and infrastructure development through energization; assess time to power, connectivity, cost, and customer fit.
  • Create a repeatable site development model with phased capacity, clear asset ownership, delivery milestones, and commercial commitments.
  • Convert the NVIDIA partnership and ecosystem into customer access, joint origination, and executable projects; develop opportunities with Microsoft, AI operators, utilities, and infrastructure partners.
  • Use partner assets, relationships, and sales channels to accelerate growth; own pricing, pipeline conversion, and negotiations for leases, development agreements, and infrastructure services.
  • Lead fundraising and bring investment from strategic partners, infrastructure funds, and other capital providers to finance campus development, inference data center joint ventures, and expansion.
  • Structure partner equity, asset contributions, co-investment, and project financing; own the investment case, financial models, investor relationships, due diligence, and negotiations through closing.
  • Establish joint venture economics, governance, capital commitments, customer responsibilities, and operating roles while maintaining disciplined returns and capital deployment.
  • Bring TGE’s AI Factory design and build capabilities to owned, affiliate, and partner campuses; align power, shell, cooling, and electrical infrastructure with AI workload and customer requirements.
  • Oversee feasibility, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover; hold delivery partners accountable for schedule, cost, quality, and safety; standardize designs for repeatable expansion.
  • Integrate independent power producer and Grid Energy Service capabilities into campus power supply and commercial models; apply energy management systems and power management systems to optimize energy cost, control, efficiency, and reliability.
  • Optimize generation, procurement, storage, grid interaction, and load management where appropriate; own asset availability, service levels, maintenance, operating cost, and continuous improvement.
  • Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
  • Establish the business plan, team, governance, and investment criteria; qualify an actionable land and power pipeline; secure anchor customers, partner investment, and funding commitments; and launch initial campus and inference joint venture projects.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced degree, specifically an MBA or MS.

About the Company

Transgrid

Operator of high-voltage electricity transmission

TransGrid runs the high-voltage electricity transmission network in New South Wales, moving power from generators to distributors to provide a reliable supply for homes, businesses, and industries. Its core service is the transmission of electricity, funded by tariffs approved by the Australian Energy Regulator, which supports ongoing upgrades and technology investments to keep the grid stable. It differentiates itself through a regulated, monopoly-like role in NSW’s transmission space and by using a digital procurement platform called ibuy to streamline supplier purchases and improve efficiency. Its goal is to maintain a secure, cost-effective electricity supply while expanding and maintaining the transmission network to meet rising demand and regulatory standards.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$501.8M
Headquarters
Sydney NSW, Australia
Founded
1950

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