Principal, Business Management – Debt

Job Description:

• Lead a book of debt mandates from IOI through close as primary negotiator and senior execution lead
• Drive lender diligence, structuring, negotiation, documentation, and closing to institutional standards
• Own transaction velocity and close rates across the deal book
• Author credit memos and pricing recommendations and present transactions to Credit Committee
• Lead deal teams, staff transactions, review underwriting, diligence, and financial models, and mentor junior team members
• Run debt execution with lenders and institutional capital providers
• Partner with Industry Coverage to qualify opportunities and provide market and financeability feedback
• Partner with Investments on tax-equity/preferred-equity attach transactions
• Lead workstreams for new lender programs, financing structures, and term sheet/documentation standards
• Build standardized execution processes and drive AI-enabled modeling and automation
• Partner with Product and Engineering on transaction tooling
• Represent Crux in webinars, whitepapers, conferences, and industry dialogues

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field
• 8-10+ years of total experience
• 7+ years in renewable energy project finance, infrastructure debt, or structured lending
• Track record of leading construction, term, back-leverage, or debt capital markets transactions as the primary negotiator
• Deep expertise in project finance debt structures for solar, wind, and storage
• Hands-on negotiation of credit agreements and intercreditor arrangements
• Knowledge of the interplay between tax equity and debt
• Experience preparing and presenting transactions to credit or investment committee
• Experience leading and mentoring deal teams
• Experience reviewing junior team members' underwriting and modeling work
• Exceptional negotiation and relationship skills with developers, lenders, and investors
• Strong judgment and ability to operate autonomously 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

Benefits:

• Remote-first operating model; work from anywhere in the US and Canada
• Optional offices in DC, NYC, and SF
• Optional co-working opportunities
• Regular team offsites twice a year
• 100% of employee healthcare premiums covered; dependent healthcare premiums subsidized 70%
• 100% of employee dental and vision premiums covered; 50% of dependent premiums covered
• 10 company holidays per year
• 20 days paid time off per year
• 401k account support
• Parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Stock options
• Opportunity to work with AI and technology at the cutting edge