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 As the Director of Powered Lands, you will join an emerging business platform within Scout Clean Energy and play a pivotal leadership role in shaping its strategic direction, commercialization approach, and long-term growth. As one of the function's foundational leaders, you will establish frameworks, build cross-functional alignment, and help position Powered Lands as a key driver of Scout's future development strategy.  This role is responsible for spearheading strategic partnerships and advancing opportunities that combine renewable energy generation, battery energy storage, firm capacity solutions, land rights strategy, interconnection positioning, and co-located large-load applications, including data centers, to accelerate time-to-power and unlock new project value streams  The Director will serve as the central leader coordinating Development, Commercial, Finance, Regulatory, M&A, Engineering, Interconnection, Resource Assessment, GIS, and Legal functions to identify, de-risk, structure, and advance Powered Lands opportunities across Scout's existing portfolio, acquisition pipeline, and greenfield development efforts.  As the Power Lands Director, you will join an emerging business unit within Scout Clean Energy, and serve as leader in building the function.     Key Responsibilities  Commercial, Land & Partnership Development   Lead origination, structuring, negotiation, and execution of complex commercial agreements, including: Joint development agreements, strategic partnerships, exclusivity agreements, energy supply and offtake arrangements , licenses and access agreements.  Develop and negotiate strategic partnerships with:  Data center developers, hyperscalers, large industrial customers, utilities, infrastructure providers, technology partners, landowners. gas generation partners.  Partner with cross-function teams on commercial structuring efforts for co-location opportunities and innovative power delivery solutions.  Oversee preparation of proposals, term sheets, commercial negotiations, and partnership agreements.  Identify and secure land rights and development opportunities that maximize project value while balancing regulatory, community, and commercial considerations.  Develop partnership(s) with gas generation or fuel cell partners who can provide energy firming of renewables component of a powered lands project.    Partnerships, M&A & Capital Strategy   Support evaluation of acquisition opportunities through a Powered Lands lens, including infrastructure readiness, co-location potential, interconnection positioning, and commercial viability.  Partner with M&A and Project Finance teams to evaluate risk-adjusted returns and value creation opportunities.  Lead development of strategic relationships with infrastructure, technology, and energy-sector partners.  Provide input to financial models related to timeline, cost, risk, revenue opportunities, and strategic optionality.  Support executive and board-level decision making regarding Powered Lands investments and partnerships.    Project Development & Pipeline Integration  Identify and prioritize projects within Scout's development and acquisition portfolio appropriate for Powered Lands deployment.  Partner with Development, Interconnection, Engineering, Resource Assessment, and Project Finance teams to:   Evaluate site feasibility  Acquire necessary real estate through ground leases, easements, option agreements, and /or purchases  Integrate large-load requirements into project design  Asses