About the role

  • Develop technical and consulting solutions and offerings for data center advisory services
  • Drive business development efforts with new and existing Customers - solidify relationships with key customers, create new customer opportunities, and build and maintain a robust sales pipeline
  • Lead solution development and technical consulting projects supporting customers developing data centers and co-located generation facilities
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to support staff in a highly collaborative, cross-disciplinary environment. Be willing to be curious and learn while leveraging experience to bring confidence, ownership and drive
  • Develop, mature, and refine our service offerings, leveraging DNV’s strong presence and brand as the premiere, trusted independent engineering and advisory firm in the energy infrastructure industry
  • Develop and execute a one- and three-year Business Plan that leverages the current market, opportunities and DNV capabilities.
  • Act as a liaison, influence, and consult between internal service lines, building rapport and alignment with internal teams already engaging in data center consulting
  • Develop proposals, including feasibility studies, for new business opportunities
  • Identify, analyze and compare alternative opportunities for entering new markets and adopting new technologies
  • Identify, investigate and evaluate strategic business alliances that are in line with market needs and DNV’s strategy
  • Identify, evaluate, and manage any subcontractor relationships identified as necessary for development and growth of data center consulting
  • Act as Project Manager or Project Sponsor on keystone or highlighted projects
  • Lead and develop a go-to-market strategy and champion activities in a strategic marketing and thought leadership plan
  • Manage relationships of data center customers in coordination with Key Accounts and other teams
  • The successful candidate will have an innovative and creative mindset, curious and willing to engage with and leverage DNV’s existing capabilities and expertise

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree is required
  • 10+ years of experience in energy infrastructure or related field
  • Proven ability to successfully engage with Customers, scale a new service and mature it simultaneously
  • At least 3 years’ experience working on data center development in North America, including FERC rules and backup reliability power systems
  • Deep understanding of data center development life cycle, including the challenges developers have gaining access to power
  • Strategic advisory experience in advising clients on go/no-go decisions, capex strategy and market entry
  • Demonstrated ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities and multiple concurrent projects effectively
  • Strong skill-sets in collaboration and working in a highly matrixed, cross-functional environment
  • The role requires 10-25% travel, allowing the candidate flexibility to meet with Customers and stakeholders in different locations in North America
  • Excellent written and verbal English communications skills with strong ability to translate technical findings into business terms
  • We conduct pre-employment drug and background screening

Benefits

  • Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
  • Multiple Medical and Dental benefit plans to choose from, Vision benefits
  • Spending accounts – FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA
  • Employer-paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
  • Education reimbursement program
  • Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities
  • Charitable Matched Giving and Volunteer Rewards through our Impact Program
  • Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company
  • Career advancement opportunities

Job title

Principal Consultant – Data Center Advisory

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$200,000 - $250,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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