# Technical Project Manager - Spark

**Company:** [Crusoe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crusoe)
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $136k – $165k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Scheduling Software, Project Management, Data Centers, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Network Engineering, Vendor Management, Risk Management, Procurement, Construction Management, Budget Management, Permitting, Utility Interconnection
**Posted:** 2026-05-08

> Leads end-to-end lifecycle of modular AI data center (Spark) deployments, managing schedules, budgets, risks, and cross-functional teams including real estate, engineering, construction, and external vendors for multi-site infrastructure projects. Requires 5-7+ years in complex capital projects like data centers or energy with technical acumen across engineering disciplines.

## Job Description

## What You'll Be Working On

### I. Deployment Lifecycle Management
- **End-to-End Ownership**: Manage the project schedule, budget, and resource allocation for one or more Spark deployment projects.
- **Site Readiness**: Coordinate with Crusoe and 3rd party subject matter experts on site preparation, permitting, 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.

### II. Cross-Functional Orchestration
- **Internal Connectivity**: Serve as the air traffic controller between Real Estate, Finance, Manufacturing Planning, Cloud Product & Procurement, Site Design & Engineering, 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.

### III. Process Standardization
- **The Playbook**: Contribute to the creation and refinement of the "Spark Deployment Playbook," standardizing how we handle fast, predictable deployment cadences from end-to-end. Meticulously record lessons learned and identify opportunities for continuous process improvement.

## What You'll Bring to the Team
- **Safety & Readiness**: A relentless commitment to safety and "Mountaineer" level focus on operational readiness.
- **Technical Project Leadership**: 5-7+ years of experience managing complex, capital-intensive infrastructure or first-of-a-kind projects (data centers, energy, advanced manufacturing - bonus for experience with distributed generation energy or multi-site repeatable deployment projects) with budgets exceeding $100M.
- **Schedule Mastery**: Demonstrated expertise in scheduling software; you leverage schedules as a proactive decision making tool.
- **Technical Acumen**: Evidence of technical breadth and curiosity to manage engineering requirements, evaluate trade-offs, connect the dots, and surface risks across **electrical, mechanical, civil, cloud, and network engineering**.
- **Vendor & Contract Management**: Experience managing and coordinating across multiple third-party service providers whose deliverables impact the critical path.
- **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.
- **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.

## Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity packages
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
- Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development & tuition reimbursement
- Mental health & wellness support
- Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off
- Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
- Daily meals allowance
- Additional perks & programs specific to location

## Compensation Range
Compensation will be paid in the range of up to **$136,000-$165,000 + 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.

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