Responsibilities: Serve as the company's lead representative to landowners, local officials, and community members by conducting outreach and maintaining positive relationships to drive commercially successful project outcomes; Navigate federal, state, and especially local permitting to obtain key discretionary and administrative approvals for projects; Provide strategic guidance, analysis, and input on market opportunities as well as Areas of Interest ("AOI") within markets that have been identified by and with the Commercial team; Evaluate project viability within AOIs using GIS tools and other research ("fatal flaw" analyses) to target the best options for further pursuit; Plan, pursue, and negotiate land contracts (e.g. in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment, including a creative and proactive work ethic; Strong project management skills with experience managing multiple large teams on concurrent projects; Demonstrated ability to accurately assess, quantify, and resolve project and contractual risk; Knowledge of and experience with electric markets within Aypa's Central region, including legal, regulatory, and environmental aspects; Experience in MS Office (Teams, Project, PowerPoint, Excel).