Will AI replace Wind Energy Development Managers?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
50/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 81% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 6% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 78% of the work
What the job involves
Lead or manage the development and evaluation of potential wind energy business opportunities, including environmental studies, permitting, and proposals. May also manage construction of projects.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(1)
- Review or evaluate proposals or bids to make recommendations regarding awarding of contracts.
Within reach(11)
- Manage wind project costs to stay within budget limits.
- Create wind energy project plans, including project scope, goals, tasks, resources, schedules, costs, contingencies, or other project information.
- Provide verbal or written project status reports to project teams, management, subcontractors, customers, or owners.
- Develop scope of work for wind project functions, such as design, site assessment, environmental studies, surveying, or field support services.
- Update schedules, estimates, forecasts, or budgets for wind projects.
and 6 more
Out of reach(3)
- Coordinate or direct development, energy assessment, engineering, or construction activities to ensure that wind project needs and objectives are met.
- Supervise the work of subcontractors or consultants to ensure quality and conformance to specifications or budgets.
- Lead or support negotiations involving tax agreements or abatements, power purchase agreements, land use, or interconnection agreements.
Also called
Business Development Director · Business Development Manager · Development Director · Development Manager · Project Development Leader · Renewable Project Management and Construction Director · Energy Director · Energy Project Director
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics