Director, Commercial Operations

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. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI. We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. ABOUT THIS ROLE The Director, Commercial Operations will be the operational backbone of Crusoe's Energy Development Group. This person owns the analytical frameworks, pipeline processes, and team capabilities that allow Crusoe to evaluate and advance land and power opportunities at speed and at scale. From complex financial modeling and market analysis to pipeline integrity and board-level reporting, this role ensures the BD team operates with precision and strategic clarity. This is a leadership-first, analytically grounded role. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in energy project finance or development, a track record of building and mentoring high-performing analyst teams, and the process orientation to continuously raise the quality bar on how Crusoe evaluates and advances opportunities. You will work closely with senior leadership across Energy Development, Real Estate, Finance, Cloud, Energy Innovation, Design / Engineering, Pre-Construction, and Construction teams and will be a key contributor to the operational health of Crusoe's project pipeline. WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON - Overseeing a team of Energy Development Analysts, setting the standard for analytical rigor, process discipline, and professional growth - Owning the development and refinement of economic models that underpin power origination and data center site pricing decisions - Driving continuous improvement of due diligence workflows, pipeline management processes, and reporting mechanisms across the Energy Development team - Overseeing the integrity and accuracy of Crusoe's data center opportunity pipeline, ensuring leadership has a reliable, real-time view of the project portfolio - Supervising the creation of board-level presentations, project approval materials, and executive communications that translate analytical complexity into clear strategic recommendations - Tracking and synthesizing hyperscaler activity, regulatory developments, and domestic energy infrastructure trends to surface actionable intelligence for the team - Supporting cross-functional collaboration between Energy Development and the Real Estate, Finance, Cloud, Energy Innovation, Design / Engineering, Pre-Construction, and Construction teams to move projects efficiently through the development pipeline CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Lead and enable the Energy Development Analyst team - Support, mentor, and develop a team of analysts, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture - Provide hands-on guidance on financial modeling, market analysis, and project evaluation Drive analytical quality and strategic relevance - Oversee the development of detailed economic models for new large-scale land and power opportunities and data center site power pricing - Ensure analyses of energy development potential and economics are accurat