People Programs Specialist (Contract)

Crusoe Energy Systems; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401(k) match

Mental wellness resources

Job summary

Crusoe Energy Systems seeks a People Programs Specialist to help build core talent programs, including job architecture, performance management, and the systems that run them. This 12‑month engagement focuses on rollout and operational execution across diverse teams.

You will translate decisions into finished work: a complete job profile library, a configured Workday tenant, and cycle-enabled performance processes, while adapting to fast-moving priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience with job architecture, competency frameworks, or job profile management.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-moving environment.
• Active use of AI tools to accelerate drafting, analysis, and documentation.
• 3–6 years in People/HR programs, talent management, or HR operations.
• Clear written communication for manager- and executive-facing materials.
• Strong documentation discipline and attention to detail.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Organizational Development, Business, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Workday (HCM, Talent, or Performance modules).
• Lattice (or Culture Amp, 15Five) administration.
• Experience supporting a performance management redesign or system migration.

Responsibilities

• Support the build-out of job architecture and performance management programs.
• Configure and maintain Workday performance module: requirements, testing, UAT coordination.
• Draft job profiles, map roles, and resolve gaps with COEs and stakeholders.
• Produce manager tools, FAQs, and rollout communications.
• Triage escalations and provide first-line support for managers and ESPs.
• Maintain source-of-truth architecture files and admin runs.
• Monitor review cycles, run reports, and ensure on-time launches.

Skills

Job architecture

Competency frameworks

Job profile management

Ambiguity tolerance

AI drafting tools

Written communication

Documentation

Stakeholder engagement

Performance redesign

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/OD/Business

Tools

Workday

Lattice

Culture Amp

15Five

Job description

• We’re looking for a People Programs Specialist to support the build-out of Crusoe’s core talent programs - job architecture, performance management, and the systems that run them
• Most of this work is in progress rather than established, so the role is closer to construction than maintenance
• This person supports the Talent Management team who owns these programs. Program design, stakeholder strategy, and business-facing decisions sit with the program owners
• This role turns those decisions into finished work: a complete job profile library, a configured and tested Workday tenant, a review cycle that launches on time
• That means moving between detailed build work and operational execution depending on the week — pressure-testing leveling logic across a large set of job profiles, drafting manager toolkits and FAQs, tracking a cycle to completion
• The complexity here comes from the population. Crusoe is vertically integrated, spanning land acquisition and power development, real estate and data center construction, hardware manufacturing, and software engineering
• The workforce ranges from skilled tradespeople on job sites to electrical engineers commissioning facilities to ML researchers. A job family structure or performance framework that fits one group often doesn’t fit another, and the failure points usually surface during the build rather than the design
• We need someone who catches those and raises them early
• The role broadly supports People Operations & Strategy. It’s a 12-month engagement covering the job architecture rollout, the Workday performance implementation, and two full review cycles
• Complete the remaining job family and leveling build — drafting job profiles, mapping roles, resolving gaps with COEs and business stakeholders
• Maintain the source-of-truth architecture files and handle the technical administration that keeps them accurate
• Support rollout: manager communications, FAQ and toolkit development, mapping review sessions, escalation triage
• Partner on configuration and testing of Workday performance appraisal — requirements documentation, test scripting, UAT coordination, defect tracking
• Build the process documentation and admin runbooks that make the system supportable after go-live
• Support the operational backbone of review cycles: launch setup, population and eligibility logic, cycle monitoring, reminder cadence, completion reporting
• Troubleshoot in-cycle issues and act as first-line support for managers and ESPs
• Move between operational execution and program work as priorities shift — talent review support, career pathway documentation, program effectiveness reporting, ad hoc analysis

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

• Experience with job architecture, competency frameworks, or job profile management
• Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-moving environment
• Active use of AI tools to accelerate drafting, analysis, and documentation
• 3-6 years in People/HR programs, talent management, or HR operations
• Clear written communication for manager- and executive-facing materials
• Strong documentation discipline and attention to detail
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Organizational Development, Business, or equivalent experience
• Experience with Workday (HCM, Talent, or Performance modules)
• Lattice (or similar: Culture Amp, 15Five) administration
• Experience supporting a performance management redesign or system migration