# Business Development, Technical Initiatives

**Company:** [Crusoe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/crusoe)
**Location:** Tel Aviv, IL
**Role:** Business Development
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Datacenter Development, Colocation, Power Procurement, Utility Interconnection, Ups, Cooling Systems, Generators, Project Finance, Financial Structuring, Offtake Agreements, Sale-Leaseback Structures, Power Purchase Agreements, Gpu Compute, High-Performance Networking, Stakeholder Management
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Owns complex datacenter development, financing, and commercialization opportunities at the intersection of AI infrastructure and enterprise demand. The role requires datacenter build expertise, infrastructure finance and deal-structuring experience, Israeli government relationships, and 8+ years of relevant experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Identify, evaluate, and negotiate datacenter development and colocation opportunities, including ground-up builds and colocation arrangements.
- Assess sites for power availability, utility interconnection timelines, critical load capacity, cooling infrastructure, fiber access, and physical security.
- Own deal metrics including all-in cost per MW, construction schedules, and long-term capacity optionality.
- Structure and negotiate agreements with datacenter developers and colocation partners, including capacity backstops, capacity reservations, and construction-phase financing.
- Build and manage enterprise customer relationships across the AI developer ecosystem.
- Translate customer compute requirements—including cluster scale, networking topology, and rack power density—into site-level development specifications.
- Partner with Account Executives to drive opportunities from origination through close.
- Develop strategic relationships with Israeli government stakeholders.
- Coordinate progress across infrastructure, legal, finance, and engineering teams without direct authority.

## Requirements
- Direct experience with the technical and commercial dimensions of datacenter development, including site due diligence, power procurement, utility negotiations, UPS, cooling, generators, and construction milestone management.
- Ability to evaluate site feasibility and model project economics from first principles.
- Background at a leading investment bank, infrastructure-focused private equity firm, or project finance institution.
- Experience structuring and negotiating capacity backstops, long-term offtake agreements, construction financing, and sale-leaseback structures.
- Established relationships or demonstrated experience with Israeli government institutions, defense-adjacent agencies, or regional regulatory bodies.
- Experience navigating formal procurement frameworks and policy environments.
- Ability to coordinate complex, long-term deals across multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with power purchase agreements, utility interconnection processes, substation construction, or energy-driven infrastructure financing.
- Relationships within the Israeli technology, government, or infrastructure ecosystem.
- Familiarity with GPU compute density, high-performance networking, or managed inference workloads.
- Experience at a top-tier infrastructure, project finance, or strategy advisory firm.

## Benefits
- Competitive benefits package supporting financial security, health, and well-being.
- Benefits tailored to local market standards, including pension contributions and additional work-life-balance perks.

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