Senior Principal, Debt

Crux is the capital platform for the clean economy, modernizing capital raising and deployment for clean energy and critical infrastructure through advisory, investments, technology, and intelligence. Their team of 120+ experts in energy, tax, finance, government, and technology has raised $77 million from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital, and others, with strategic partners including Pattern Energy, Clearway Energy, and OMERS Ventures.

Energy demand is growing for the first time in decades, driving demand for affordable and reliable electricity. Crux is addressing this by modernizing traditional project financing with unmatched insights, white-glove service, and AI-driven tools to power a clean, secure energy future.

The Opportunity

The Senior Principal, Debt leads a book of debt mandates from initiation to close across Crux’s debt motions: origination, advisory, and tax equity/preferred equity structures. This role spans construction, term, and back-leverage facilities, tax equity and credit bridge loans, equipment financing, and green bonds and securitization.

This position requires a passion for the clean energy transition, a builder’s mindset, and the ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You thrive on solving complex problems and collaborating across teams to drive meaningful impact.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a book of debt mandates from initiation to close, including lender diligence, structuring, negotiation, documentation, and closing to institutional standards.

• Own transaction velocity and close rates, contributing directly to the Debt team’s revenue and P&L targets.

• Author credit memos and pricing recommendations, and present transactions to the Credit Committee with rigorous analysis of credit quality, structural terms, risks, and mitigants.

• Lead deal teams, staffing transactions, reviewing underwriting, diligence, and financial models, and mentoring junior team members on credit and execution.

• Execute debt transactions with lenders and institutional capital providers, partnering with Strategic Bank Capital and Strategic Institutional Capital.

• Partner with Industry Coverage to qualify opportunities early, drive execution, and provide real-time market and financeability feedback.

• Partner with Investments on tax equity/preferred-equity attach motion, sourcing and pricing competitive debt within agreed turnarounds.

• Lead specific workstreams within the Head of Debt’s product agenda, such as new lender programs, financing structures, or term sheet and documentation standards.

• Help build and standardize repeatable execution processes across debt motions, driving adoption of AI-enabled modeling and automation.

• Partner with Product and Engineering to define and prioritize transaction tooling that increases deal throughput and execution quality.

• Represent Crux in industry and market dialogues, including webinars, whitepapers, and conferences.

What You Bring

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field; an MBA, JD, or advanced degree is a plus.

• 10-12+ years of total experience, including 7+ years in renewable energy project finance, infrastructure debt, or structured lending, with a track record of leading construction, term, back-leverage, or debt capital markets transactions.

• Deep expertise in project finance debt structures for solar, wind, and storage, including hands-on negotiation of credit agreements, intercreditor arrangements, and interplay between tax equity and debt.

• Experience preparing and presenting transactions to credit or investment committees, ideally with perspective from both the lender and sponsor/advisory sides.

• Experience leading and mentoring deal teams, including reviewing junior team members' underwriting and modeling work.

• Exceptional negotiation and relationship skills with developers, lenders, and investors, and the credibility to lead senior-level conversations.

• Strong judgment and comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-scaling environment.

• Strong interest in leveraging technology and AI to improve debt execution.

• FINRA SIE, Series 79 and 63 required or willingness to obtain under Crux's broker-dealer sponsorship.

What We Bring

• Backing, Traction & Brand

  • We have raised $77 million from top investors.

  • $500 million debt warehouse facility from Nuveen to invest in clean energy.

  • We have been profitable and are growing exponentially.

  • We have closed over 120+ transactions in just the last 2 years, facilitating billions of dollars of capital flowing into renewables projects.

• Culture & Working Dynamic

  • Remote-first operating model: Work from anywhere in the US and Canada, or work out of optional offices in DC, NYC, and SF. Optional co-working opportunities in Seattle, Denver, Boston, LA, and beyond.

  • High growth & high ownership culture: We grow quickly by giving extremely talented people a lot of responsibility.

  • Best of financial services & technology: Combine expertise in clean energy finance with cutting-edge AI tools.

  • Regular team offsites: Bring the entire company together twice a year.

• Benefits

  • Healthcare: We cover 100% of premiums for employees with plans on Aetna and Kaiser, and subsidize 70% for dependents.

  • Dental & Vision: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and 50% for dependents.

  • Holidays: 10 company holidays per year.

  • Paid Time Off: 20 days per year.

  • 401k: We support a 401k account.

  • Parental Leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

• Compensation

  • $300,000s - $500,000s+, depending on years of experience and revenue scope, not inclusive of equity value.

  • Stock options in a rapidly growing company.

• Values

  • Care for each other: Support each other’s growth and work towards shared mission.

  • Build and improve rapidly: Focus on prioritizing the right things and executing them effectively.

  • Focus unremittingly on customers: Keep customer needs front and center.

  • Demonstrate ownership: Treat Crux as your own company.

  • Convene a diverse team: Build a team with a wide range of backgrounds.