Crusoe

1 month ago

Senior Director, Development

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Job Summary

Senior Director, Development leading end-to-end development of Crusoe’s flagship AI data center campuses. Own multi-billion dollar projects from site selection and entitlements through commissioning, coordinating internal experts and external partners, while mitigating risk and maintaining schedule, budget, and quality. Requires executive presence with government, utilities, and community stakeholders, and a hands-on, fast-paced leadership style in a complex, vertically integrated environment.

Location: Dallas

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Executive & General Management

Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Executive Project Ownership: Lead the strategic execution of multi-billion dollar AI campuses, serving as the ultimate point of accountability for delivery, budget, and quality.
•Strategic Lifecycle Management: Drive the full development stack—from site selection and entitlement strategy to complex municipal negotiations and final commissioning.
•High-Stakes Stakeholder Diplomacy: Act as the primary face of Crusoe to government officials, utility executives, and community leaders to secure critical entitlements and infrastructure.
•Advanced Risk Orchestration: Anticipate macroeconomic, regulatory, and technical bottlenecks before they manifest, implementing sophisticated mitigation strategies to keep speed-to-market as a competitive advantage.
•Team: Collaborate with a world-class team of construction managers, engineers, and consultants, fostering a culture of high-performance and pathfinding in uncharted development territory.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRsus401kLife InsuranceDisabilityCommuter BenefitsCell PhoneTravel Allowance

Key Requirements

•15+ years of progressive leadership in large-scale real estate development, with a track record of delivering projects in industrial, life sciences, or energy infrastructure.
•Deep expertise in navigating the Pre-Construction Gauntlet—entitlements, CEQA/NEPA processes, and complex utility interconnects.
•Executive presence with proven ability to influence at the C-suite and Board level, as well as with external public-sector stakeholders.
•Operational scheduling mastery and a bias for action that thrives in a fast-paced, vertically integrated environment.
•Strong fluency in construction law, sophisticated project finance structures, and the engineering requirements of high-density infrastructure. Location: Based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Experience:15+ years

Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementNegotiationRisk managementStrategic planning

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

Glassdoor: 3.7

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor

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Crusoe

1 month ago

Senior Director, Development

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Dallas

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Executive & General Management

Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Executive Project Ownership: Lead the strategic execution of multi-billion dollar AI campuses, serving as the ultimate point of accountability for delivery, budget, and quality.
•Strategic Lifecycle Management: Drive the full development stack—from site selection and entitlement strategy to complex municipal negotiations and final commissioning.
•High-Stakes Stakeholder Diplomacy: Act as the primary face of Crusoe to government officials, utility executives, and community leaders to secure critical entitlements and infrastructure.
•Advanced Risk Orchestration: Anticipate macroeconomic, regulatory, and technical bottlenecks before they manifest, implementing sophisticated mitigation strategies to keep speed-to-market as a competitive advantage.
•Team: Collaborate with a world-class team of construction managers, engineers, and consultants, fostering a culture of high-performance and pathfinding in uncharted development territory.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRsus401kLife InsuranceDisabilityCommuter BenefitsCell PhoneTravel Allowance

Key Requirements

•15+ years of progressive leadership in large-scale real estate development, with a track record of delivering projects in industrial, life sciences, or energy infrastructure.
•Deep expertise in navigating the Pre-Construction Gauntlet—entitlements, CEQA/NEPA processes, and complex utility interconnects.
•Executive presence with proven ability to influence at the C-suite and Board level, as well as with external public-sector stakeholders.
•Operational scheduling mastery and a bias for action that thrives in a fast-paced, vertically integrated environment.
•Strong fluency in construction law, sophisticated project finance structures, and the engineering requirements of high-density infrastructure. Location: Based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Experience:15+ years

Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementNegotiationRisk managementStrategic planning

Company Brief

Crusoe

Industry: Data Centers

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Denver, United States

Founded: 2018

Glassdoor: 3.7

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor