Director of Recruiting (Digital Infrastructure)

Crusoe Energy Systems; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Crusoe Energy Systems is seeking a senior recruiting leader to build and scale a world-class talent acquisition engine for its Digital Infrastructure groups in San Francisco. The role reports to the VP of Recruiting and focuses on delivering aggressive growth while creating scalable processes and teams.

You will work with hiring leaders to define role clarity, calibrate hiring standards, and drive proactive, predictable hiring across multiple divisions.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in talent acquisition, including building and scaling recruiting functions in high-growth environments.
• Experience managing managers and developing recruiting leaders.
• Proven ability to partner with executives across finance, engineering, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead talent acquisition for Digital Infrastructure teams and scale the function.
• Set hiring roadmaps aligned with business priorities and growth plans.
• Build processes and systems to improve speed, quality, and consistency in hiring.
• Use data and AI tools to diagnose funnel performance and forecast risks.

Skills

Leadership

Talent acquisition

Data-driven decisions

AI in recruiting

Tools

ATS systems

Recruiting analytics

Job description

• Crusoe is scaling fast, and the technical recruiting function needs to match that intensity


• Reporting to the VP of Recruiting, you will be leading a team of recruiters supporting our Digital Infrastructure Group hiring


• You will drive both immediate hiring outcomes and the operational infrastructure required to sustain the team through the next phase of growth


• This role inherits a team of recruiters and will be responsible for hiring and scaling the team it into a world-class talent acquisition engine


• The mandate is clear: deliver the talent Crusoe needs to fuel aggressive growth today while building the systems, processes, and team capabilities that support 2x, 3x, and 5x growth without breaking


• Recruiting is a core operating capability at Crusoe


• You will have the autonomy to make bold bets on process, technology, and team design that position Crusoe to scale without sacrificing quality or speed


• Lead talent acquisition for all Digital Infrastructure teams, aligning hiring roadmaps with business priorities, growth plans, and operational realities


• Build and scale a recruiting team that operates with speed, efficiency, judgment, and consistency — setting the standard for responsiveness and execution quality


• Serve as a strategic partner to hiring leaders, driving role clarity, calibration, and shared accountability for hiring outcomes


• Evolve the recruiting model to balance velocity with consistency — moving from reactive execution to proactive, predictable hiring


• Strengthen intake, workflow, and decision-making processes that eliminate bottlenecks and improve stakeholder and candidate experience


• Translate demand into structured hiring plans, proactively identifying talent gaps, timing risks, and capacity constraints


• Use data and analytics to diagnose funnel performance, forecast risks, and drive continuous improvement across every stage of the recruiting cycle


• Adopt AI, automation, and modern recruitment tools to increase efficiency, improve signal quality, and free the team to focus on high-judgment work


• Navigate the unique challenges of hiring across multiple divisions while working with other recruiting leadership to ensure hiring plans are cohesive


• Ensure every hiring manager, candidate, and team member experiences recruiting as responsive, fair, and reflective of Crusoe’s standards

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

This role is for someone who sees recruiting as a competitive advantage — a strategic capability tied directly to execution, growth, and operational reliabilityThis role is responsible for ensuring hiring leaders, executives, and recruiters operate with shared standards, strong calibration, and clear accountability for hiring outcomesYou have led talent acquisition in high paced environments, ideally with experience within Digital InfrastructureYou have operated at both a scaled company and in a high-growth or startup environment, ideally seeing an organization through significant headcount expansionYou have 15+ years of experience in talent acquisition, including building and scaling recruiting functions in high-growth environmentsYou have managed managers — not just individual recruiters — and have a track record of developing and growing recruiting leadersYou partner across levels and functions — from finance to engineering to executive leadership — adapting approach to each audienceYou have run a metrics driven organizationYou Bring curiosity and enthusiasm for AI tools and automation as applied to recruiting workflows and operationsYou build repeatable processes and scalable systems without over-engineering or leading with process at the expense of resultsYou operate with urgency, ownership, and accountability, measuring success by whether the right people are in seats, on time, and set up to succeedYou use data and analytics to diagnose funnel performance, forecast risk, and hold teams accountable to outcomes