--- title: 'Sustainability Program Manager at Crusoe' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/sustainability-program-manager-crusoe-denver-vk2pqqnpgq3p' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-30' --- # Sustainability Program Manager at Crusoe - **Company:** [Crusoe](https://feeny.ai/companies/crusoe) - **Location:** Denver, CO / United States - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-27 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/crusoe/edc9b16c-d3d2-44ca-aa57-819580b1d98b ## Job description 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: - As a Sustainability Program Manager, you will be an important member of Crusoe's sustainability team, transforming sustainability commitments into day-to-day operational reality. You will own the processes, training, and tracking that make our sustainability KPIs achievable and enforceable across a rapidly expanding portfolio of AI data centers and energy assets. You’ll work directly with cross-functional teams to translate targets into requirements, workflows, and accountability at the site and project level. This role suits someone with technical fluency in how manufacturing facilities and data centers are built and run, who is energized by designing scalable processes, driving adoption, and closing the gap between commitment and performance. What You’ll Be Working On: - Lead operational sustainability initiatives related to water, waste, and carbon, from scoping through delivery, building project plans, aligning stakeholders, tracking milestones, and surfacing risks early. - Support sustainability implementation throughout the lifecycle of data center projects by helping to define, monitor, and improve data center construction and operational efficiency metrics, including embodied carbon, waste diversion, PUE, and WUE. Partner with internal teams and external partners to identify performance gaps and drive improvements. - Design and implement the processes, SOPs, and checklists that embed sustainability requirements into manufacturing, construction, commissioning, and site operations, and train site teams, contractors, and partners to apply them consistently. - Support green building certification strategies (e.g., LEED, Green Globes) across new builds, coordinating documentation, consultants, and design team inputs. - Build and maintain dashboards, trackers, and automated workflows that give teams timely visibility into operational performance, using AI-enabled tools to reduce manual effort. - Manage renewable energy tracking and energy performance data, working with Energy, Finance, and Operations teams to monitor portfolio status and surface risks and opportunities. - Provide as-needed support across the broader sustainability team, flexing into emerging priorities, ad-hoc data requests, and new initiatives as the business evolves. What You’ll Bring to the Team: - Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, environmental science, sustainability, data analytics, or a related field. Candidates from other backgrounds with demonstrated technical depth are encouraged to apply. - Experience: 4-7 years of professional experience in sustainability operations, construction or energy management, supply chain or supplier management, or environmental consulting, ideally within the data center, cloud infrastructure, energy, or technology sectors. This should include hands-on management of operational programs, performance metrics, or compliance and enforcement processes. - Data Center & Energy Knowledge: Strong understanding of data center construction and operations, including metrics (PUE, WUE, CUE) and power, cooling, and energy systems. Familiarity with renewable energy instruments and energy markets. - Program Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, manage competing priorities, and influence stakeholders. - Process Design: Proven ability to design, document, and roll out scalable processes, SOPs, and controls across many stakeholders and sites, and to drive adoption and adherence. - Supply Chain & Vendor Engagement: Experience engaging suppliers, contractors, or vendors to set requirements, build capability, and hold them accountable to performance expectations, including through contract terms, scorecards, and corrective action. - Technical & Analytical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Excel and strong data skills, such as SQL, Python, or BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker). Experience building trackers, dashboards, and data quality controls. - Communication & Collaboration: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex sustainability data into clear narratives for diverse stakeholders. - Adaptability & Ownership: Self-starter who exercises sound judgment under ambiguity, proactively surfaces risks and opportunities, and takes full ownership of outcomes in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Bonus Points: - Familiarity with green building certifications (LEED AP, Green Globes) or embodied carbon in construction, including whole building LCA tools (e.g., EC3, One Click LCA, Tally). - Experience running supplier engagement or responsible sourcing programs, such as supplier scorecards, audits, or sustainability requirements in procurement. - Comfort using AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini) to build trackers, automate workflows, or improve efficiency. - Experience with construction project management, contractor compliance programs, or EHS/quality management systems. Benefits: - Industry competitive pay - Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company - Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents - Employer contributions to HSA accounts - Paid Parental Leave - Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability - Teladoc - 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary - Generous paid time off and holiday schedule - Cell phone reimbursement - Tuition reimbursement - Subscription to the Calm app - MetLife Legal - Company paid commuter benefit; $300 per month Compensation: Compensation will be paid in the range of $115,000 - $140,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation. ## About Crusoe ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Crusoe is an energy-first AI infrastructure company that designs, builds, and operates hyperscale data centers and a cloud platform purpose-built for artificial intelligence workloads. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series E) - **Headquarters**: Denver, Colorado, USA - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Chase Lochmiller and Cully Cavness ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: AI Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Clean Energy - Target customers: Enterprise AI companies, AI-native startups, research institutions, government agencies (B2B) - **Mission**: "Accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence." ## Products & Services - **Crusoe Cloud**: An AI-optimized cloud platform purpose-built for AI workloads, featuring high-performance NVIDIA and AMD compute, accelerated storage, and optimized RDMA networking. Claims to deploy models up to 20x faster and cut costs by up to 81%. - **Crusoe Managed Inference**: A managed AI inference service built with Crusoe's proprietary MemoryAlloy technology, offering best-in-class speed, throughput, and reliability. Features the Crusoe Intelligence Foundry for model selection and API key management. - **AI Data Center Infrastructure**: Vertically integrated design, build, and operation of hyperscale AI factories (e.g., the 1.2 GW Stargate campus in Abilene, TX). Modular, scalable construction for power-hungry AI workloads. - **Crusoe Managed Kubernetes & Slurm**: Managed orchestration services that eliminate operational overhead for customers. - **Crusoe AutoClusters**: Fault-tolerant, managed cluster services for large-scale AI training. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company). - **Key Metric**: Raised over $1.8B+ in total funding (Series E in 2024 was $1B+; Series D in 2024 was $600M; Series C in 2021 was $350M). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: NVIDIA, NYDIG, GE Vernova, Redwood Materials, Tallgrass, AMD. The company has also partnered with leading energy and technology firms to power its data centers. - **Growth Signals**: Divested bitcoin mining business to NYDIG in 2023 to focus exclusively on AI infrastructure; broke ground on the 1.2 GW Stargate campus in Abilene, TX; expanded into Europe with a geothermal/hydro-powered deployment in Iceland; announced 1.8 GW Wyoming data center with Tallgrass; acquired GPU memory optimization startup Atero and established a Tel Aviv office. ## Competitive Advantages - **Energy-First Approach**: The company’s core differentiator is its vertical integration starting from energy sourcing. It uses "environmentally aligned power sources" (wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, natural gas with carbon capture) to power its AI factories, including pioneering technology to convert wasted natural gas into energy. - **Vertical Integration**: Controls the entire stack—from finding innovative energy sources to building and managing hyperscale data centers and operating the cloud platform. - **NVIDIA Partnership**: Close partnership with NVIDIA, providing access to the latest and highest-performance GPU hardware for its cloud and infrastructure. - **Proven Performance**: Claims 99.98% uptime, 100% customer satisfaction score, and significant cost/performance advantages (up to 81% cost reduction). ## Strategic Focus - **Massive Infrastructure Expansion**: Aggressively scaling its data center footprint, with major projects in Abilene, Texas (Stargate) and Wyoming (Tallgrass), and expansion into Europe. - **Deepening AI Cloud**: Continuing to build out its Crusoe Cloud platform with managed services (Kubernetes, Slurm, AutoClusters) to make it easier for AI companies to use their infrastructure. - **Responsible AI**: Emphasizing sustainability and responsible AI governance, as evidenced by achieving ISO 42001 certification and publishing an ESG report. - **Acquisition-led Growth**: Acquired Atero (GPU memory optimization) to enhance its core technology stack. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven**: The company is united by a tangible mission: "Accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence." Employees report high levels of engagement (92% proud to work there per internal survey). - **Massive Growth Trajectory**: Crusoe is at the center of the AI infrastructure boom, building some of the world's most powerful AI factories. For job seekers, this means exposure to cutting-edge technology and the opportunity to scale a company from a startup to an industry leader. - **Culture**: The company values "moving fast and making things," continuous learning, and collective genius. It describes itself as an "AI factory company" that values velocity and impact. - **Work Policy**: Hybrid/Office presence required in most roles. Office locations include: Denver (HQ), San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue, Tulsa, Dublin (Ireland), and Tel Aviv (Israel). - **Benefits**: Competitive compensation & equity, comprehensive health & wellness, mental health resources, retirement plans, paid time off, leave of absence programs, learning & development, volunteer time off, daily meals allowance, and other location-specific perks. - **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on technical excellence, working with large-scale systems, and pioneering new approaches to energy and infrastructure. The company values candidates' "AI fluency" in its hiring process. ## Sources 1. [crusoe.ai](https://www.crusoe.ai/) 2. [crusoe.ai/careers](https://www.crusoe.ai/about/careers) 3. [crusoe.ai/about/culture](https://www.crusoe.ai/about/careers/culture) 4. 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