Senior Director, DevelopmentActive$250K–$305K

The opportunity

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence . As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads.

What you'll do

  • 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.

  • Financial & Contractual Stewardship: Oversee complex EPC contracts and master project budgets, ensuring fiscal discipline across massive capital outlays.

What they're looking for

  • Experience: 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.
  • Strategic Acumen: Deep expertise in navigating the "Pre-Construction Gauntlet"—entitlements, environmental CEQA/NEPA processes, and complex utility interconnects.
  • Executive Presence: Proven ability to influence at the C-suite and Board level, as well as with external public-sector stakeholders.
  • Operational Rigor: A mastery of master scheduling and a "bias for action" that allows you to thrive in a fast-paced, vertically integrated environment.
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