Senior External Communications Manager

Crusoe
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 160,000 - 195,000 annuallyFunction: Communications, PR & CommunityExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Storytelling","Media pitching","Collaboration","Issues management","Metrics-driven"]

Lead external communications to tell the story of how Crusoe builds the physical backbone of AI across energy, data center development, and real estate. Own a strategic news engine, media/influencer relations, narrative development, and issues management, partnering with Public Affairs and Government Affairs. Manage PR agency relationships, track communications metrics (coverage and share of voice), and translate complex infrastructure topics into compelling content for diverse audiences.

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Senior External Communications Manager

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Job Summary

Lead external communications to tell the story of how Crusoe builds the physical backbone of AI across energy, data center development, and real estate. Own a strategic news engine, media/influencer relations, narrative development, and issues management, partnering with Public Affairs and Government Affairs. Manage PR agency relationships, track communications metrics (coverage and share of voice), and translate complex infrastructure topics into compelling content for diverse audiences.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive a strategic external news program to create consistent high-impact moments across data center development, energy, and real estate.
  • •Build and maintain direct media and influencer relationships; pitch and place stories independently and protect the narrative.
  • •Develop narratives with subject matter experts across the Digital Infrastructure Group, Energy, and Real Estate, translating technical topics for multiple audiences.
  • •Partner with Public Affairs and Government Affairs to support community engagement in markets where Crusoe builds.
  • •Manage PR agency relationships, monitor media/community landscape, coordinate timely responses, and report on coverage/share of voice and program outcomes.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 160,000 - 195,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid LeaveParental Leave401kLife Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years in communications or public relations with a track record of securing press results at top-tier outlets.
  • •Ability to pitch, place, and protect a narrative independently through real relationships with journalists and influencers.
  • •Strong writing capability with nuance, clarity, and human insight.
  • •Experience working in data center construction/development, energy, infrastructure, real estate, or AI industries is strongly preferred.
  • •Metrics-driven and accountable, able to turn communications efforts into measurable outcomes.
Experience:7+ yearsCommunicationsPublic relationsMedia relationsInfrastructureEnergyReal estateAI
Skills:StorytellingMedia pitchingCollaborationIssues managementMetrics-driven
Tech Stack:Generative AIAI agentsLLMs

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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