Land Acquisition Team Member

Responsibilities

• Project Leadership: Manage one or more large-scope land acquisition campaigns from site due diligence to closing.
• Negotiation: Lead high-level negotiations for complex real estate agreements, including leases, purchases, easements, and surface waivers with private landowners, corporate entities, and legal counsel.
• Consultant Management: Perform effective management and performance enablement of third-party land agents and brokers.
• Reporting & Tracking: Maintain site control trackers and provide regular land acquisition reporting internally across the organization.
• Due Diligence: Initiate and manage mineral ownership reports and surface waiver agreement campaigns.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Development and Permitting teams to ensure acquisition efforts align with permitting schedules and environmental constraints.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Manage relationships with landowners and community groups to facilitate strong community engagement.
• Financial Oversight: Assist in preparing and updating land acquisition budgets and utilize financial models for project assessment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Land Management, Business, Environmental Science, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of real estate development or acquisition experience, with at least 2 years specifically closing transactions in the renewable energy industry.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in GIS applications, Google Earth, Google Suite, and Slack.
• Problem Solving: Ability to pivot based on scope changes, process updates, or environmental constraints.
• Industry Knowledge: Strong familiarity with land/environmental policy, mineral interests, and standard land acquisition terms across multiple markets.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; effective at influencing counter-parties to adhere to strict schedules.
• Travel- 25-50% availability for site visits and in-person stakeholder meetings.

Benefits

Additional Information

We're a team of friends bound together by a mission to preserve our planet for future generations through innovative energy solutions and modern infrastructure. Intersect develops, constructs, and operates the most ambitious power and data center infrastructure in the country by co-locating industrial demand with dedicated gas and renewable power generation. Intersect was acquired by Google in March 2026 and operates as an independent subsidiary. We are developing and constructing multiple gigawatts of energy and data center projects in the U.S., enabling more data center and generation capacity to come online faster. We're on an aggressive growth trajectory and looking for people hungry to tackle the largest energy challenges on the planet. Location & Team Gatherings Intersect has been a fully flexible workplace since its founding in 2016. We've been very intentional about the way we do things. We are not work-from-home, hybrid, or in-office - we are any and all of those options! Deepening social connections and offering shared experiences is a cornerstone of the way we work. We connect as a team at our Team Week experiences four times a year and at our recently established Hub locations - SF Bay Area, NYC Metro Area, NY; Denver, CO; Austin, TX; Calgary, AB; and Toronto, ON. We are currently looking for candidates located within 60 miles of any of the listed hubs to foster more in-person connections while maintaining our flexible remote culture. About this Role We are seeking an experienced and successful land acquisition professional to lead real estate work streams on multiple large-scale projects, land campaigns, and acquisition efforts in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. This role is critical for driving value through high-level negotiations and managing complex land acquisition campaigns involving multiple technologies and jurisdictions as we advance our portfolio of energy projects in the US.

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