Commercial Energy Development Associate

About the role

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the Associate, Commercial Energy Development, you will play a pivotal role in this mission by supporting the development of a robust pipeline of GW-scale energy and infrastructure projects to support next generation compute campuses, including partner engagement, preliminary due diligence, deal execution support, market analysis, and executive reporting in our Energy Development Group.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline development: Manage early stage opportunity sourcing and qualification, working closely with Commercial Leads and the Digital Infrastructure Group
• Partner engagement: Conduct preliminary discussions with potential counterparties and partners to validate project details and fit with Crusoe criteria and objectives
• Project due diligence: Drive vetting of early stage projects to identify key risks and mitigation pathways to create a recommendation to advance / kill projects
• Deal execution support: Support Commercial Leads in driving deal analyses, structuring, and negotiation
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Technical Development, Real Estate, Power Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, Regulatory, Cloud, and others to drive alignment between pipeline development and Crusoe’s long term goals
• 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
• Data management and executive reporting: Own critical project data (cost, schedule, deal terms, equipment details, etc.) and and drive synthesis to support executive reporting

Requirements

A minimum of 4+ years of experience in the energy and/or industrial real estate sector(s), specifically within the project development of large-scale infrastructure

Experience with common energy sector players, deal structures, and origination strategies

Deep interest in AI workloads and working with AI infrastructure providers, hyperscalers, or compute developers

Solid familiarity with the U.S. energy landscape and fluency in macro market trends

Qualifications

• Adept in building relationships, highly organized / detail oriented, ability to work seamlessly across multiple projects
• Humility: Commitment to a flat organizational culture where no task is too small, there is an obligation to challenge and be challenged, and the best idea wins with no ego
• Hypothesis Driven: Comfortable with ambiguity and able to solve complex problems with imperfect information by identifying first principles and making structured decisions
• Energy and Empathy: Passion for tackling big problems and solving challenges as part of a high performing team committed to bringing out the best in each other

Skills

• Energy & Real Estate Industry Experience
• Power Marketing & PPA Origination
• AI Compute or Data Center Experience
• Market & Regulatory Understanding
• Market Research
• Interconnection & Tax Abatement
• Data management and executive reporting

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Restricted Stock Units
• Annual targeted bonus
• Paid time off & paid holidays
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off