Director of Project Development

Role Description

Graphyte's projects don't start in a conference room. They start in a county, with biomass supply to map, landowners to earn the trust of, permits to secure, and a community that deserves straight answers about what we're building and why it's good for them.

As Director of Project Development, you own that work. You'll:

• Identify and evaluate new project opportunities.
• Secure land.
• Build community and stakeholder support.
• Drive permitting strategy.
• Structure local agreements (land, biomass feedstock supply, logistics).

This is a senior individual contributor role reporting to our Chief Commercial Officer. You'll carry real ownership from day one: named sites with financing timelines attached, and new regions where you are the first Graphyte person anyone has met.

What You'll Own

• Site origination & screening.
• Land acquisition.
• Community & stakeholder engagement.
• Permitting.
• Commercial development.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years developing physical infrastructure or industrial projects (renewables, waste, agriculture-industrial, or similar land-intensive categories).
• Land acquisition experience: personally negotiated agreements with private landowners.
• Community engagement experience in rural communities.
• Permitting ownership: built and executed permitting strategy.
• Financially fluent in project development.
• Comfortable with early-stage pace and ambiguity.

Strong Plus

• Experience with timber and agricultural regions in the southeast and western North America.
• Carbon markets, CDR, or biomass supply chain familiarity.
• Experience developing projects in a novel or emerging asset category.

What This Is Not

This is not a desk-bound strategy role. You will spend real time in small towns, at kitchen tables, in county buildings, and on project sites. The relationships you build there will determine whether Graphyte scales.

Compensation & Logistics

• Salary range is market rate with meaningful early-stage equity.
• Standard benefits.
• Full-time, remote.
• Start date: ASAP.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.