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Transgrid

Operator of high-voltage electricity transmission

Senior Director, Data Center Sales

Account ExecutiveConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHouston, TX, USA$235k - $245k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • At least 10 years of experience in data centers, digital infrastructure, power or energy infrastructure, critical facilities, commercial real estate, colocation, or a closely related industry.
  • At least 5 years leading quota-accountable sales, business development, strategic account, or commercial teams, with measurable success against bookings or revenue targets.
  • Demonstrated success personally originating, shaping, negotiating, and closing complex, high-value infrastructure transactions while also leading others to deliver results.
  • Experience building and converting a qualified pipeline and coordinating the land, site-control, power, utility, or capacity work required to make projects executable.
  • Established senior relationships within the hyperscale, GPU cloud/AI, colocation, developer, or broader data center ecosystem.
  • Experience negotiating Master Service Agreements and one or more relevant long-term commercial structures, such as capacity or colocation agreements, leases, development agreements, engineering, procurement, and construction contracts, energy agreements, or infrastructure services.
  • Strong understanding of data center commercial models, including power availability, site development, utility interconnection, capacity planning, project schedule, resiliency, and data center leasing.
  • Demonstrated customer relationship management discipline, pipeline inspection, forecast accuracy, opportunity qualification, and executive account planning.
  • Ability to engage C-suite executives and lead cross-functional teams across engineering, development, construction, operations, finance, legal, procurement, and real estate without relying solely on direct authority.
  • Travel of 30–60% is expected, depending on business needs.
  • Authorization to work in the United States is required before joining; the company will not sponsor or assist with sponsorship for US work authorization.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the commercialization and growth of the Data Center Infrastructure business, building a qualified pipeline of opportunities with hyperscalers, AI infrastructure providers, GPU cloud companies, colocation operators, developers, and enterprise customers.
  • Develop and execute the go-to-market strategy for data center power and infrastructure solutions, establishing market priorities, target accounts, partnership strategies, and revenue growth plans.
  • Build, lead, coach, and scale a high-performing commercial organization accountable for bookings, revenue, pipeline growth, margin performance, and forecast accuracy.
  • Create and convert strategic opportunities involving powered land, utility service, behind-the-meter generation, battery storage, energy infrastructure, powered shell environments, modular data center solutions, and long-term capacity agreements.
  • Develop executive relationships across the data center ecosystem, including hyperscalers, AI and cloud providers, colocation operators, developers, utilities, brokers, infrastructure partners, and other key market participants.
  • Lead complex commercial pursuits from initial customer engagement through qualification, solution development, commercial negotiations, contracting, and transition to execution.
  • Partner with development, land acquisition, engineering, power, finance, legal, and construction teams to align customer demand with available power, site readiness, technical feasibility, project economics, and delivery schedules.
  • Coordinate work required to secure land, utility capacity, interconnection pathways, and infrastructure solutions that enable customer opportunities to advance into executable projects.
  • Structure and negotiate high-value commercial agreements, including letters of intent, capacity commitments, development agreements, leases, infrastructure services agreements, and other long-term commercial arrangements.
  • Evaluate opportunities based on customer demand, infrastructure availability, power constraints, development risk, capital requirements, and long-term profitability.
  • Serve as a primary market-facing company leader, positioning the company as a strategic infrastructure and power partner for AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure development.
  • Maintain market intelligence regarding data center demand, AI infrastructure growth, utility constraints, available capacity, competitive activity, commercial structures, and emerging market opportunities.
  • Personally lead the company's most strategic customer relationships, negotiations, and business development initiatives while building a scalable and repeatable commercial engine.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience selling or originating powered land, powered shell/core, wholesale colocation, data center capacity, data center development, or integrated power and energy infrastructure.
  • Experience with data center projects involving approximately 5 MW to 100+ MW of capacity and high-value, multi-year commercial commitments.
  • Understanding of high-density AI infrastructure and associated power, resiliency, and cooling requirements.
  • Familiarity with utility interconnection, substations, battery energy storage systems, distributed generation, microgrids, and renewable energy.
  • Experience building a commercial organization, coaching senior sellers, and establishing repeatable sales processes, governance, and performance expectations.
  • An MBA or advanced technical/business degree is preferred.

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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