Senior Director, Development

Crusoe
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 270,000 - 325,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Risk mitigation","Executive leadership","Financial discipline","Operational rigor"]

Lead end-to-end development for Crusoe’s flagship AI data center campuses, owning multi-billion-dollar investment delivery from site selection and entitlements through municipal negotiations and commissioning. Serve as the accountable executive for budget, quality, and speed-to-market while orchestrating executive-level risk mitigation. Partner with construction managers, engineers, and consultants, and act as the primary liaison to government, utilities, and community stakeholders.

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Crusoe
Crusoe
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Senior Director, Development

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end development for Crusoe’s flagship AI data center campuses, owning multi-billion-dollar investment delivery from site selection and entitlements through municipal negotiations and commissioning. Serve as the accountable executive for budget, quality, and speed-to-market while orchestrating executive-level risk mitigation. Partner with construction managers, engineers, and consultants, and act as the primary liaison to government, utilities, and community stakeholders.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the strategic execution of multi-billion-dollar AI campus projects, accountable for delivery, budget, and quality.
  • •Drive the full development lifecycle from site selection and entitlement strategy through municipal negotiations and final commissioning.
  • •Serve as Crusoe’s primary face to government officials, utility executives, and community leaders to secure entitlements and infrastructure.
  • •Anticipate macroeconomic, regulatory, and technical bottlenecks and implement mitigation strategies to maintain speed-to-market.
  • •Oversee complex EPC contracts and master project budgets, ensuring fiscal discipline across capital outlays.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 270,000 - 325,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeavePaid ParentalLife InsuranceLong-term DisabilityHsaEquity

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of progressive leadership in large-scale real estate development, delivering projects in industrial, life sciences, or energy infrastructure.
  • •Expertise navigating the “Pre-Construction Gauntlet,” including entitlements, environmental CEQA/NEPA processes, and complex utility interconnects.
  • •Proven executive presence influencing at the C-suite and Board level, plus external public-sector stakeholders.
  • •Mastery of master scheduling and a bias for action in a fast-paced, vertically integrated environment.
  • •Strong fluency in construction law, sophisticated project finance structures, and engineering requirements for high-density infrastructure.
Experience:15+ yearsReal estate developmentIndustrialLife sciencesEnergy infrastructureData centersRenewable energyStartupsInfrastructure
Education:Master's in Real Estate Development
Skills:Stakeholder managementRisk mitigationExecutive leadershipFinancial disciplineOperational rigor

Company Brief

Crusoe
Builds vertically integrated, energy-first AI infrastructure and purpose-built AI data centers (Crusoe Cloud), leveraging clean/stranded energy to power large-scale GPU compute for AI training and inference.
Industry: Data Centers
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Denver, United States
Founded: 2018
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