Senior Staff Technical Project Manager (Spark Deployment)

• The “Spark” modular data center is Crusoe’s answer to congested grid queues and labor bottlenecks, enabling rapid deployment of compute capacity. To meet our ambitious deployment goals through 2030, we need world-class project execution. We are seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to own the end-to-end lifecycle of Spark deployments: from powered land project approval to the moment the Spark cluster is “Available to Customer”
• Deployment Lifecycle Management
• End-to-End Ownership: Manage the project schedule, budget, and resource allocation for one or more Spark deployments to ensure projects meet or exceed the targeted Available to Customer dates
• Master Schedule: Create and maintain the project’s master schedule
• Know what’s on your critical path, and have a plan to accelerate your schedule
• Ensure your team knows what their next deadline is, and ensure the project schedule is internalized by the project team
• Site Readiness: Coordinate with Crusoe and 3rd party subject matter experts on site design, permitting, procurement, and utility interconnection timelines to ensure sites are ready the moment Sparks arrive
• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify bottlenecks in procurement, construction, networking, and power readiness
• Always have a “Plan B” to maintain velocity
• Cross-Functional Orchestration
• Internal Connectivity: Serve as the air traffic controller between Real Estate, Finance, Manufacturing Planning, Cloud Product & Procurement, Site Design, Construction, and the Spark Business Unit on a project basis
• Following Spark program best practices, establish and run weekly team meetings, adjusting and supplementing with ad hoc meetings based on the project objectives
• External Partner Coordination: Manage relationships with various third-party contractors and suppliers across site design and procurement
• Reporting: Provide high-fidelity project status updates for the executives, focusing on predictability and critical path items, coordinating with the Lead Technical Project Manager to help develop, manage and distribute a Spark deployments dashboard

Benefits

• Health & wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits designed to support your overall wellness
• Time away: Paid time off for vacations, family bonding, and unexpected needs
• 401(k) match: Build your financial future with our 401(k) matching program
• Mental wellness: Resources and support for your emotional wellbeing and navigating life’s challenges

• Influence without Authority: An ability to guide project teams to success using trust, persuasion, diplomacy, persistence, and collaboration instead of formal job titles or direct reporting structures
• BOM & PLM Fluency: Experience managing and structuring complex bills of materials, product configurations, part numbering schemes, and direct experience with one or more Product Lifecycle Management tools
• Resilience: Proven ability to drive projects to completion despite global supply chain headwinds or technical uncertainty. Ensure a “no surprise” mentality on project timelines, schedules, budgets and deployments with alternatives identified such that projects remain on schedule and within budget
• Technical Acumen: Evidence of technical breadth and curiosity to manage engineering requirements, evaluate trade-offs, connect the dots, and surface risks across electrical, mechanical, structural, EHS, network engineering, and manufacturing
• Schedule Mastery: Demonstrated expertise in scheduling software; you leverage schedules as a proactive decision making tool
• A Safety-First Approach: A relentless commitment to safety. Demonstrated expertise leading FMEA & risk tracking for complex product development programs
• Product Development Leadership: 8-12+ years of experience managing high-tech physical product development programs and first-of-a-kind projects (e.g. data centers, distributed energy/energy OEM, advanced manufacturing, electric vehicles, modular construction). Mastery of more than one New Product Development stage-gate processes (e.g. LOD, APQP, TRL, etc.)
• Manufacturing Scale-Up: First-hand experience in manufacturing environments, collaborating with manufacturing and NPI teams on prototype and first-of-a-kind builds. A strong grasp of the product development prerequisites to enable reliable and repeatable manufacturing at scale, as well as an understanding of LOD drawing stages
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience. PMP or CAPM certification preferred
• Exceptional Communication and Organization: Knows how to read the room and adjust communication styles accordingly. Sets a high bar for clear, concise, and credible communication. A steady hand at the wheel during periods of ambiguity or change, while guiding the team toward world class project management practices
• Vendor & Contract Management: Experience managing and coordinating across multiple third-party service providers whose deliverables impact the critical path