Developer, Strategic Origination

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Full Time Bloomington, MN, US

30+ days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Position

Developer – Strategic Origination

Location

Bloomington, MN (HQ) / Hybrid or Remote eligible

About Us

Geronimo Power develops, owns, and operates large-scale power and affiliated digital infrastructure projects throughout America's Heartland, including solar, wind, energy storage, and powered data parks. As a farmer-founded and community-focused business, Geronimo Power equips landowners and rural communities with sustainable revenue to ignite local economic growth. To learn more about Geronimo Power, visit  or follow the company on Linked In.

About This Role

The Developer – Strategic Origination is responsible for advancing early-stage development opportunities for Powered Data Parks, natural gas projects, and emerging technology initiatives. This role evaluates new opportunities, defines development pathways, coordinates stakeholder engagement, and prepares projects for successful transition into late-stage development. The position partners closely with Development, Real Estate, Permitting, Transmission, Engineering, Community Strategy & Engagement, and external stakeholders to reduce development risk and support strategic project advancement.

Responsibilities

• Lead early-stage development activities for Powered Data Parks, gas development opportunities, and future technology initiatives.
• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize new opportunities through site screening, infrastructure review, market assessment, stakeholder evaluation, and fatal-flaw analysis.
• Develop project advancement plans that define land, permitting, interconnection, infrastructure, community, budget, schedule, and risk-mitigation needs.
• Establish and manage path-to-land strategies, including parcel review, site control planning, landowner coordination, consultant support, and real estate diligence.
• Establish and manage path-to-permit readiness activities, including ordinance review, jurisdictional analysis, permitting strategy, entitlement planning, and consultant coordination.
• Coordinate with Real Estate, Permitting, Transmission, Engineering, Community Strategy & Engagement, Development, Marketing & Communications, and external consultants to align project work streams.
• Leverage Development team members, employees, consultants, and local advisors with community, regional, permitting, and stakeholder experience to strengthen project advancement.
• Build and maintain relationships with landowners, local governmental units, economic development organizations, utilities, infrastructure providers, consultants, and other key stakeholders.
• Track milestones, budgets, schedules, risks, assumptions, and readiness requirements to support advancement decisions.
• Partner with the Community Strategy & Engagement Manager to align stakeholder engagement, community readiness, and local project positioning.
• Prepare leadership updates, business cases, readiness summaries, risk assessments, and advancement recommendations.
• Lead transition activities into late-stage development by transferring project history, documentation, risks, assumptions, stakeholder relationships, permitting strategy, and recommended next steps.
• Travel as needed to support site development, landowner engagement, local meetings, and stakeholder coordination.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Planning, Environmental Studies, Real Estate, Public Policy, Economics, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 3-7 years of experience…