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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Center Energy Manager - **Company:** Crux AI - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Data Centers, Real-Time Operating Systems, Systems Integration, Computer Network Operations, Agentic-AI - **Published:** November 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/data-center-energy-manager-palo-alto-ca--b64109b5-30c2-43db-9ae3-380a50e978a9 ## About the Role Network Operations Center, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Network Operations Center, System Integration (SI), Network Software, System Operations, Risk, Negotiation Skills, Energy Management, Sales, * 10+ years navigating commercial energy issues for large customer loads - utility negotiations, interconnection processes, transmission/distribution fundamentals, and wholesale market structures across multiple US markets (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, SPP, WECC). * Direct experience contracting large new loads: energy service agreements, PPAs, interconnection and facilities agreements, and rate/tariff negotiations - ideally for data centers or comparable industrial loads at 100MW+ scale. * Exposure to behind-the-meter or on-site generation development (gas, fuel cells, storage) and to bridging-power structuring on schedule-driven projects. Attributes * Outcome driven and hands-on. You personally lead the negotiations, read the tariffs and study reports, and build the model - the person accountable for the megawatts has to be close enough to the detail to know which claims are real. * A skeptic's eye for power claims. "Power secured" means an executed agreement with dates and remedies, not a queue position and a handshake - and you can tell the difference in one meeting with a utility. Mindset * High tolerance for ambiguity. Markets, queues, and policy will move under you. You translate genuine unknowns into concrete near-term actions and honest ranges rather than manufacturing false certainty about a date the grid has not committed to. * Speed with discipline. The company sells time-to-compute; you find the fastest credible path to power and paper it so the speed survives scrutiny by lenders, partners, and customers. * AI-agentic first. Fluent with AI agents - or committed to becoming so quickly - and you embed them as first principles in how you and your team work, defaulting to agentic workflows before adding headcount or process. Nice to have (preferred, not required) * Hyperscaler or neocloud energy team experience during a rapid load-growth ramp. * Regulatory experience - rate cases, special contracts, or large-load tariff proceedings. * Energy trading, hedging, or structured-products background. * Engineering fluency in substation, interconnection, and protection basics - enough to challenge a utility study on its merits. * Sustainability/clean-energy procurement experience (RECs, carbon accounting, 24/7 matching). ## Description * Manage commercial relationships with utilities, ISOs/RTOs, and energy suppliers across a multi-state portfolio - interconnection and load studies, rate structures and tariff strategy, energy service agreements, and PPAs. * Own energization reality for every project: separately validate the date power supports commissioning and the date it supports operations, and when the first is later than the schedule needs, structure and price bridging power into the base plan - not the risk register. * Support site selection and third-party deal screening as the power diligence lead - verifying interconnection queue positions, capacity claims, study status, and utility commitments behind every site and powered-shell offer. * Develop behind-the-meter and on-site generation options (gas gen, fuel cells, storage, islanded/bridge configurations) where they beat the grid on speed or cost, and manage the developers and OEMs who deliver them. * Negotiate agreements that preserve flexibility - load ramp schedules, curtailment terms, capacity expansion rights - so power contracts scale with the fleet rather than constraining it. * Manage energy cost across operating sites: forecasting, hedging strategy with finance, demand/tariff optimization, and monthly energy P&L reporting by site. * Represent Crux with regulators, policymakers, and communities on rate cases and energy matters affecting our loads, in coordination with legal and external affairs. SIGNALS OF SUCCESS After 60 days in this role: * You will have the power position mapped for every active site and deal in the pipeline: interconnection status, energization dates (commissioning and operations, separately), contract status, and the top risks with owners and mitigation paths. After 6 months: * You will have the first utility/supply agreements negotiated or renegotiated on Crux paper. * The bridging strategy is in place for any site with a grid-date gap. * The power diligence standard is embedded in the site selection and 3P screening process. After 1 year: * You will have ensured every energization commitment made to the business has held or been re-forecast early with a remedy. * Portfolio energy cost is tracking at or under plan. * A credible multi-GW power pipeline is supporting the growth roadmap.