Manager, Energy & Infrastructure Development

Cruose's mission is to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. We’re crafting the engine that powers a world where people can create ambitiously with AI — without sacrificing scale, speed, or sustainability.

Be part of the AI revolution with sustainable technology at Crusoe. Here, you'll drive meaningful innovation, make a tangible impact, and join a team that’s setting the pace for responsible, transformative cloud infrastructure.

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the Manager, Energy & Infrastructure Development, you will play a pivotal role in this mission by originating and developing GW-scale energy and infrastructure projects to support next generation compute campuses, driving the execution of all aspects of those projects and developing strategic plans for project growth on our Energy & Infrastructure Development team. In other words, you’ll be a key player in siting and scaling infrastructure to support high-performance computing and AI workloads, helping Crusoe pioneer reliable, energy-first compute at scale.

You will work on projects across North America, focusing on delivering industry leading time-to-market and scale and creative energy solutions. While delivering robust power systems, you will focus on leveraging the industry’s energy demand to catalyze low-carbon baseload power. Including, but not limited to, solar, energy storage, hydro, nuclear, geothermal, and gas + CCS. This position directly impacts Crusoe's mission by delivering opportunities to execute on global-scale climate aligned data center infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage client relationships, negotiate contracts, lead early stage development and oversee regulatory compliance.

What You’ll Be Working On:

• AI Infrastructure Enablement: Work directly with internal technical teams and external partners to site, design, and deliver power and land to energy-intensive AI compute deployments, including high-density GPU data centers.

• Strategic Project Development: Define and deploy strategic frameworks for new project development, primarily within the US.

• Deal Execution & Leadership: Develop and execute fast-paced, extremely complex energy + real estate deals from start to finish. Act as the central point ("quarterback") to drive these complex deals to completion.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with company goals and market needs.

• Market & Regulatory Analysis: Analyze regulatory and policy developments impacting both the energy and AI industry. Recommend proactive adjustments to business strategies based on market analysis.

• Power Sourcing & Market Research: Develop and implement comprehensive power sourcing strategies to reduce overall LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy). Conduct market research to identify and capitalize on market opportunities.

• Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with potential and existing clients, including renewable developers, brokers, Independent Power Producers (IPPs), and AI workload end users

• Contract Negotiation & Structuring: Lead the negotiation and structuring of power purchase agreements and real estate agreements needed to build co-located HPC data centers.

• Interconnection & Tax Abatement: Lead interconnection submittal and approval for data center load. Lead property tax abatement negotiations.

• Compliance & Financial Alignment: Work closely with legal and financial teams to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and financial objectives.

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• Energy Industry Experience: A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in the energy sector, specifically within the project development of large-scale infrastructure. We require hands-on experience at a hyperscaler level, with a specialization in gas development.

• Power Marketing & PPA Origination: Proven experience in power marketing and PPA origination in the energy sector.

• AI Compute or Data Center Experience: Deep interest in AI workloads and experience working with AI infrastructure providers, hyperscalers, or compute developers.

• Market & Regulatory Understanding: Strong understanding of the U.S. energy & natural gas market, supply and permitting.

• Key Skills: Excellent negotiation, strategic thinking, and leadership skills.

• Team Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

• Education: Relevant degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, or a related field

• Location & Work Model: Fully onsite in either Denver or San Francisco

Bonus Points:

• Growth Mindset: Curious, eager, tenacious, and a quick learner.

• Adaptability: Willing to work hard at a fast-paced, dynamic startup where the industry changes quickly and goals evolve in real-time.

• Project Leadership: Strong interpersonal skills, project management skills, and highly organized to drive complex deals to completion.

Benefits:

• Industry competitive pay

• Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company

• Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents

• Employer contributions to HSA accounts

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability

• Teladoc

• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary

• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule

• Cell phone reimbursement

• Tuition reimbursement

• Subscription to the Calm app

• MetLife Legal

• Company paid commuter benefit; $200 per month

Compensation: Compensation will be paid in the range of $160,000-$250,000 (location & level based). Restricted Stock Units and an annual targeted bonus are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.