Head of Project Finance

Role Description

The AI infrastructure buildout is the largest capital deployment cycle since the shale boom. Hundreds of billions of dollars will flow into power and data center assets over the next decade, and the people who build the financing playbooks now will define how this entire industry gets funded. This role sits at the center of that.

As Giga’s Head of Project Finance, you will own capital formation for the company. You will build the project finance function from the ground up — the team, the lender relationships, the capital strategy, and the financing playbooks that unlock nine- and ten-figure infrastructure deployments across power generation and data center assets. You will report directly to the CFO, work shoulder-to-shoulder with the CEO, and sit at the table with tier-one lenders, infrastructure funds, and tax equity investors as the principal, not the advisor.

This is not a role for someone looking to run a desk inside an established framework. You are inheriting a blank page. You will define how Giga finances its pipeline, hire the team that executes it, and set the standard for how this generational buildout gets funded.

This role comes with meaningful equity in a company at the inflection point of a generational buildout. If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to step into principal ownership of capital strategy at scale, this is it.

Where you’ll work: Remote. NYC Preferred

Responsibilities

• Own capital formation across the portfolio — set the financing strategy for Giga’s full pipeline of power and data center assets, determining how each project gets capitalized across debt, tax equity, sponsor equity, and alternative structures.
• Lead the project finance function end to end — from originating lender and investor relationships, to structuring and negotiating facilities, to closing deals, to managing post-close compliance and reporting.
• Build and lead the team — hire, develop, and manage the project finance organization. Define the operating model, the review process, and the bar for financial rigor as the team scales from one to many.
• Structure and close financings at scale — negotiate non-recourse and limited-recourse debt facilities, construction financing, tax equity partnerships, back-leverage, holdco debt, and other structures with institutional lenders, infrastructure funds, and strategic partners.
• Serve as Giga’s principal face to the capital markets — own relationships with tier-one project finance banks, infrastructure funds, tax equity investors, and ratings agencies. Build the institutional credibility that unlocks favorable terms across the portfolio.
• Drive deals to close on Giga’s timelines — lead financial due diligence and lender-facing workstreams, coordinate across legal, engineering, and operations, and hold the pen on the financial narrative from term sheet through funding.
• Partner with the CEO and CFO on enterprise capital strategy — inform decisions on project selection, portfolio construction, capital allocation, and the corporate financing stack that sits above the project level.
• Represent the company to the board and investment committees — translate complex multi-layer financing structures into clear risk-return narratives for the board, external investors, and credit committees on the other side of the table.
• Build the internal financial infrastructure — models, templates, underwriting standards, governance, reporting cadences, and lender compliance systems that scale with deal volume as Giga grows.

Requirements

• 10+ years in project finance, structured finance, or infrastructure finance, with a clear track record of leading deals from origination through close as the principal or lead banker — not as support.
• Proven record of closing large-scale non-recourse and limited-recourse debt facilities for physical infrastructure assets, including construction-phase financing, at sizes that have materially moved a portfolio.
• Deep experience structuring and negotiating across the full capital stack — senior debt, mezzanine, tax equity, back-leverage, and sponsor equity — with the judgment to know which structure fits which project.
• Demonstrated ability to build a function from scratch or rebuild one at inflection, including hiring and managing a team, setting the operating cadence, and establishing the standards.
• Established relationships across institutional lenders, infrastructure funds, and tax equity investors that you can activate from day one.
• Elite modeling fluency — you can build a project finance model from a blank spreadsheet, sculpt debt against complex cash flows, and defend every assumption in front of a credit committee. You also know when not to be the one in the model.
• Executive presence and narrative skill — you’re as credible in a board meeting as you are in a credit committee, and you can turn complex structures into clear risk-return stories for any audience.
• High agency and builder’s instinct — you are energized, not unnerved, by the prospect of writing the playbook rather than following one.

Benefits

• Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Equity (options) in a rapidly growing startup
• 401(k) with 4% employer match
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental leave
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Commuter benefits
• Monthly team onsites where all offices come in–person to collaborate

Who We Hire

We don't use "A-player" loosely. Here's what it actually means at Giga:

• Antifragile: You don't just survive chaos, you get better because of it. When things break, change, or move sideways, you don't freeze. You adapt faster than the problem evolves.
• High Agency: You don't wait to be told what to do. You see the gap, you fill it. If something is blocking progress, you find a way around it, over it, or through it without asking for permission.
• Executors: Ideas are cheap. We hire people who ship. You're the person who turns a whiteboard sketch into something real while everyone else is still scheduling the next meeting about it.
• Bias to Action: Perfect is the enemy of done. You'd rather make a decision with 80% of the information and course correct than sit around waiting for 100% that never comes.
• Speed: We move fast because the opportunity demands it. You're not reckless, but you understand that in this industry, the team that moves fastest wins. And you like winning.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Giga Energy is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Giga Energy complies with all applicable labor laws, including the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and other relevant state and federal regulations. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and encourage applicants who require accommodations during the hiring process to contact us.