Director, Environmental Permitting & Strategy

Director, Environmental Permitting & Strategy Job Description About Takanock

Founded in 2023, Takanock, LLC tackles the data center industry's core challenge of developing shovel‑ready data center sites by leveraging decades of experience in site selection, power generation, energy markets, and infrastructure. Takanock focuses on Tier I and Tier II markets where demand for data centers is greatest, and power constraints are most acute. By bringing our own on‑site generation and unlocking grid capacity where others struggle, we accelerate deployment timelines and ensure Continuity of PowerSM.

Takanock is dedicated to solving the most complex challenges at the intersection of the digital and energy industries.

Takanock is headquartered in Traverse City, Michigan, with additional offices in Fulton, Maryland and Austin, Texas, and is currently evaluating office space in Denver, Colorado. We develop data center and power generation projects throughout the United States, supported by a team that combines deep technical expertise, regulatory knowledge, and market insight. Backed by a $500 million equity commitment, Takanock is positioned for rapid growth while developing modern, secure, and scalable infrastructure.

This position may be located in Traverse City, MI;
Fulton, MD; or Denver, CO, where Takanock is currently evaluating office space.

The Director, Environmental Permitting & Strategy serves as Takanock's environmental permitting leader and strategic advisor to the Development organization, supporting development and project management functions across the company's growing portfolio of hyperscale data center and power generation projects.

Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, this individual is responsible for establishing and executing environmental permitting strategy across the full project lifecycle — from site evaluation and due diligence through permitting, construction readiness, and project execution. The Director will lead the company's approach to environmental permitting with a particular emphasis on water permitting, regulatory strategy, environmental risk management, and agency engagement.

This role combines strategic leadership with hands‑on execution. The Director will partner closely with Development, Engineering, Legal, and executive leadership to integrate permitting strategy into business decisions, accelerate project schedules, and proactively mitigate regulatory risk. In addition to managing complex permitting efforts, this individual will serve as the company's internal subject matter expert, advising project teams on permitting strategy, regulatory requirements, consultant selection, and best practices across multiple concurrent developments.

Success in this role requires someone who is equally comfortable developing enterprise‑wide permitting strategies, building trusted relationships with regulatory agencies, leading external consultants, and rolling up their sleeves to solve complex permitting challenges. This is a highly visible leadership role that will influence project success across Takanock's entire development portfolio.

• Lead enterprise‑wide environmental permitting strategy across Takanock's portfolio of energy and data center developments
• Serve as the company's internal subject matter expert for environmental permitting, with deep expertise in water permitting and related regulatory requirements
• Develop permitting strategies that reduce project risk, accelerate schedules, and improve development certainty
• Evaluate permitting implications during site selection, due diligence, acquisition, and project development
• Identify permitting risks early and recommend mitigation strategies to executive leadership and project teams
• Establish environmental permitting standards, processes, and best practices that support scalable growth and consistent project execution
• Develop portfolio‑wide permitting roadmaps that proactively identify schedule risks, critical permitting milestones, and mitigation strategies
• Mentor and advise project…