Manager, Strategic Initiatives - Innovation

Manager, Strategic Initiatives - Innovation 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 the Role: Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company with a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. We design and build our own data centers, manufacture critical infrastructure components, and operate our cloud platform. Our unique position — spanning power, manufacturing, infrastructure, compute, and AI services — gives us the ability to move faster and differentiate in ways that horizontally organized competitors cannot. The Strategy team exists to turn that structural advantage into action. We develop, evaluate, and drive strategic initiatives that align with Crusoe’s mission and compound our differentiation over time. You will be a Manager on this team, responsible for screening new opportunities, leading in-depth evaluations, and driving cross-functional work to bring the strongest concepts to life. This is not a support role. You will own initiatives end-to-end, present findings directly to the C-suite, and shape where this company invests its capital and attention. Your Mission: Turn ambiguity into conviction. Your job is to take emerging market signals, inbound partnership pitches, and early-stage concepts and produce clear, defensible recommendations that the most senior people at Crusoe can act on. You will do this by pulling on domain expertise from business units, R&D, corporate functions, and external experts then synthesizing it into a point of view that enables quality decisions and thoughtful risk management. This role blends strategic analysis with operational execution. Some opportunities will require deep analytical work; others will require you to lead a cross-functional group to develop a concept, manage workstreams, and test hypotheses. You should be equally comfortable building a financial model and running a kickoff meeting. Over time, you will develop a thematic specialization based on your background and the evolving needs of the business. Regardless of lane, you will be expected to operate across the full Crusoe stack and maintain fluency in all of it. What You'll Be Working On: OPPORTUNITY SCREENING - Lead initial strategic fit assessments for new opportunities, determining whether they warrant deeper investment of team time and resources. - Produce written recommendations with clear reasoning for advancing or declining opportunities. - Build and maintain the institutional record of evaluated opportunities so that Crusoe learns from every decision. STRATEGIC EVALUATION & CROSS-FUNCTIONAL EXECUTION - Own full evaluation cycles for assigned initiatives: market sizing, financial modeling, competitive landscape analysis, risk assessment, and strategic fit. - Lead cross-functional working groups to develop concepts that require input and coord ... (truncated, view full listing at source)