Senior Director, Acquisitions
1mo ago
USADirectorinvestment strategycapital deploymentreal estate acquisitionportfolio management
Lead investment strategy and platform-level expansion for Crusoe's global AI data center portfolio.
Nice to have
- Specific expertise in Data Center acquisitions or Energy Infrastructure (power plants, substations, or grid-scale renewables).
- Experience in a high-growth technology environment where speed-to-market is the primary KPI.
- Advanced degree (MBA, MS in Real Estate, or JD).
Conditions
- 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/month
- Compensation will be paid in the range of up to to $250,000 - $305,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, 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.
Other
- 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.
- Crusoe is seeking a Senior Director, Acquisitions to lead the investment strategy and platform-level expansion for our global AI data center portfolio. This is an executive-level "deal-side" leadership role responsible for the deployment of massive capital into complex land, power, and infrastructure assets.
- In this role, you will be the primary engine for Crusoe’s physical growth. You will bridge the gap between institutional real estate investment and the mission-critical world of high-performance compute. You are expected to be a master negotiator and a strategic visionary who can identify non-obvious opportunities, structure complex joint ventures, and navigate the unique nuances of energy-integrated infrastructure.
- Location: This role is required to be in-office 5 days per week in our Dallas, TX office .
- Strategic Portfolio Origination: Architect and execute a multi-region acquisition strategy, sourcing off-market land and power-heavy infrastructure sites that meet the unique requirements of hyper-scale AI workloads.
- High-Stakes Transaction Leadership: Lead the end-to-end execution of complex transactions, including the negotiation of sophisticated PSAs, long-term ground leases, and complex Joint Venture (JV) agreements.
- Capital Markets & Financing Strategy: Serve as the primary liaison to institutional investors, lenders, and capital partners; you will play a key role in structuring project financing and optimizing our cost of capital.
- Investment Committee Stewardship: Own the underwriting process and present investment memos to executive leadership and the Board, defending assumptions and articulating risk-adjusted returns.
- Holistic Due Diligence: Overhaul and manage a rigorous diligence process that integrates real estate risk with power availability, regulatory hurdles, and tax incentive structures.
- Market Intelligence & Diplomacy: Build and maintain high-level relationships with brokers, landowners, utility executives, and institutional peers to ensure Crusoe is the "partner of choice" in the digital infrastructure space.
- Team Scaling: Mentor and grow a high-performing investment team, establishing the processes and standards for a world-class acquisitions department.
- Experience: 15+ years of institutional real estate acquisitions, private equity, or infrastructure investment experience. A proven track record of closing $500M+ in individual transactions is expected.
- Advanced Structuring Expertise: Mastery of complex JV waterfalls, carried interest structures, and creative financing mechanisms for large-scale development.
- Strategic Vision: The ability to look past traditional real estate metrics to understand how energy costs and compute density drive value in the AI era.
- Negotiation Prowess: A reputation as a sophisticated, firm, and creative negotiator who can close deals in highly competitive, supply-constrained markets.
- Executive Presence: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill complex financial and technical data into clear strategic recommendations for the C-suite.
- Location: Based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.