Senior Staff Technical Project Manager - Spark Product Development and NPI

Crusoe•Brighton, CO

14d•$175,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Crusoe is seeking a Technical Project Manager to own the new product development process for their Spark product roadmap. This role is responsible for the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from scoping and planning, to detailed design through First-Of-A-Kind builds. The Spark modular data center is Crusoe’s solution to grid queues and labor bottlenecks, enabling rapid deployment of compute capacity. This role will be based in Denver, CO, with travel to Brighton, CO and infrequent travel to other sites.

Requirements

A Safety-First Approach: A relentless commitment to safety. Demonstrated expertise leading FMEA & risk tracking for complex product development programs.
Product Development Leadership: 8-12+ years of experience managing high-tech physical product development programs and first-of-a-kind projects (e.g. data centers, distributed energy/energy OEM, advanced manufacturing, electric vehicles, modular construction).
Mastery of more than one New Product Development stage-gate processes (e.g. LOD, APQP, TRL, etc.)
Schedule Mastery: Demonstrated expertise in scheduling software; 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, structural, EHS, network engineering, and manufacturing.
Vendor & Contract Management: Experience managing and coordinating across multiple third-party service providers whose deliverables impact the critical path.
Manufacturing Scale-Up: First-hand experience in manufacturing environments, collaborating with manufacturing and NPI teams on prototype and first-of-a-kind builds. A strong grasp of the product development prerequisites to enable reliable and repeatable manufacturing at scale, as well as an understanding of LOD drawing stages.
BOM & PLM Fluency: Experience managing and structuring complex bills of materials, product configurations, part numbering schemes, and direct experience with one or more Product Lifecycle Management tools.
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.
Influence without Authority: An ability to guide project teams to success using trust, persuasion, diplomacy, persistence, and collaboration instead of formal job titles or direct reporting structures.
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.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
PMP or CAPM certification preferred.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Degrees: A preferred degree or field of study in Electrical, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Industry Certifications: Active Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Data Center Design Professional (CDCDP) certifications.
Software Suite: Autodesk Forma & Revit modeling & BlueBeam
Extended Experience: 8+ years managing large-scale, hyper-scale, or modular data center designs.
Passion for Artificial Intelligence: Demonstrated passion for the industry and the leading technologies enabling next-generation data center design.

Responsibilities

Manage the schedule, budget, and scope for Spark design programs, including new product generations, incremental upgrades, or sub-assembly workstreams, from concept to mass production.
Drive the Design-to-BoM process with respective stakeholders.
Synthesize inputs from a large cross-functional team to capture engineering/design requirements and drive product-level decision making in partnership with product managers and design leads.
Partner with Crusoe’s manufacturing team to ensure the Spark can be produced reliably at scale.
Drive consensus on configuration management, rev control, and the details required to take a design from CAD to the shop floor.
Foster a culture of proactive risk identification and mitigation.
Collaborate with the Spark Business Unit to bring phase gate rigor to development projects, plan and host key milestone reviews.
Meticulously record lessons learned and identify opportunities for continuous process improvement.
Serve as the connective tissue between internal and external stakeholders required to bring first-of-a-kind designs to fruition.
Schedule, plan, and run team meetings and multi-day design reviews with clear agendas, minutes, and action items.
Manage the scope of 3rd-Party firms to accelerate time to market and amplify Crusoe’s internal expertise.
Provide high-fidelity project status updates for executives, focusing on predictability and critical path items.
Coordinate with the Lead Technical Project Manager to help develop, manage and distribute a Spark deployments dashboard.