Helix, Vice President, U.S. Energy Origination & Site Development

Remote · USD 300,000-400,000 · Remote · Posted Oct 19, 2026

At a glance

Helix is seeking a commercially driven Vice President of Business Development to lead origination of powered land and power project opportunities supporting the data center and energy strategy.
This is a boots-on-the-ground role requiring direct outreach, relationship-building with industry developers, and translating raw opportunities into fundable deals.

Build and manage a pipeline of digital infrastructure and data center-oriented power opportunities supporting the data center funnel and broader power strategy.
Source opportunities directly through greenfield development, JV-style partnerships, project acquisitions, and M&A-adjacent opportunities.
Shortlist and approach land parcels and customers in gas-connected, permissive markets, prioritizing ERCOT and the Southeast.
Identify, qualify, and advance opportunities where power availability, land, interconnection, development status, and data center demand create a compelling path forward.
Own utility relationships and load interconnection by working directly with transmission utilities and RTOs to advance interconnection processes.
Develop and maintain relationships with project developers, power and infrastructure companies, real estate and land counterparties, and other partners.
Evaluate prospective opportunities with Vistra and other partners to determine funding, acquisition, partnership, or internal development paths.
Support due diligence on data center and power projects under acquisition including site control, interconnection, environmental, title, and land parcel diligence.
Support structuring of the broader powered land plus offering including load enablement, fiber pathways, water, permitting, and sustainability services.
Support early commercial structuring such as term sheets, MIPAs, ROFRs, and JV arrangements with a working understanding of economics and risk.

Senior business development, project origination, or commercial experience in digital infrastructure, data centers, power infrastructure, or adjacent infrastructure markets.
Power generation background across natural gas, renewables, and/or battery storage.
Meaningful understanding of the data center ecosystem, including how power, land, development readiness, and infrastructure constraints shape project viability.
Demonstrated ability to source opportunities directly through relationship-building, market outreach, partner conversations, and creative deal identification.
Existing, active relationships with land aggregators/brokers, power developers, and digital infrastructure developers.
Experience evaluating early-stage partnerships, JVs, or M&A-adjacent opportunities, and leading due diligence through to close.
Commercial judgment to distinguish high-quality opportunities from attractive but impractical leads.
Strong communication skills and the maturity to represent a confidential platform externally.
Entrepreneurial mindset, high ownership, and comfort operating with ambiguity in a small, fast-moving environment.
Familiarity with utility-scale power, renewable energy, firm power, load interconnection, land control, or behind-the-meter power solutions.