People Operations

Crux Climate is seeking a People Operations professional to enhance HR operations, attract diverse talent, and support the company's growth to over 50 employees. Responsibilities include managing onboarding/offboarding, compensation and benefits, people systems, HR policies, and providing support to managers and employees. The role reports to the Head of Operations and is fully remote, allowing for flexibility in location.
About Crux

We make clean energy finance more efficient and interconnected.

Energy demand is rising for the first time in decades, driving an urgent need for more infrastructure to deliver affordable and reliable electricity. New infrastructure requires strong and secure domestic supply chains for minerals and components, as well as large amounts of capital. Connecting to the necessary financing at each stage of a project lifecycle can present challenges for developers and manufacturers, however.

Crux is the capital markets platform changing the way clean energy and manufacturing projects are financed in the U.S. Our first offering is the leading platform for the large and rapidly growing market of energy and manufacturing tax credits. For the first time, these credits are transferable, creating a powerful new market mechanism to drive abundant clean energy and a strong domestic supply chain. Since its founding in 2023, Crux has facilitated billions of dollars in transferable tax credit transactions.

Our team of 30+ is composed of experts in energy, financial markets, government, marketplaces, and workflow software. We have raised ~$27 million from some of the best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital, New System Ventures, Overture, Ardent Venture Partners, QED, Canapi, and others. These funds are joined by strategic investors including Pattern Energy, Clearway Energy, EDF Renewables, Intersect Power, LS Power, Orsted, Hartree Partners, and others who collectively generate billions of dollars of tax credits annually.

Clean energy finance by the numbers:
• 160% increase in power demand from data centers by 2030, according to Goldman Sachs
• 95% of the increase in global power capacity through 2026 will be clean energy, according to the IEA
• $500B+ estimated credits to be monetized through 2030, according to Credit Suisse

We are seeking a dynamic People Operations professional to support us in build a world-class HR operation that aligns with Crux’s values, attracts and retains top-tier, diverse talent across various functions, and scales as we grow to 50+ employees in the next 12 months. This role will report directly to our Head of Operations, Jess Zhao.

What you’ll do:
• Onboarding / offboarding: Oversee employee onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring a smooth transition and positive experience for new hires and departing employees. Including onboarding/offboarding/invoicing contractors.
• Compensation and benefits: Manage administration of benefits including healthcare, 401k, vacations, etc. Design and implement compensation and benefits programs that are competitive, equitable, and aligned with company goals.
• Support finance: oversee Ramp as it relates to employee expenses, vendor invoicing, etc.
• People systems: Manage day to day people systems. Own provisioning and deprovisioning of key employee software accounts and hardware.
• HR policies, programs and compliance: Create and maintain HR policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations. Implement relevant programs like that might include performance reviews, leveling frameworks, travel policies.
• Manager and employee support: Provide relevant coaching to managers and employees on performance management, career development, and employee relations matters. Manage employee relations issues. Develop and facilitate right-sized training and development programs to support employee growth and skill enhancement.
• Values: Ensure all people programs we build are aligned with Crux’s values.

Who you are:
• Experienced and Knowledgeable: At least 3 years in first rate organization with experience supporting people operations and an understanding of HR best practices and employment laws. Experience at a similar stage company is preferred.
• Brings organization to chaos: Comfortable operating in ambiguity while building and maintaining stage-appropriate infrastructure and processes to enable scale.
• Strategic and Problem-Solving: Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities – if you haven’t done it before, you’re excited to figure out the solution and teach others.
• Communicative and Interpersonal: Exceptionally strong written & verbal communication skills; strong translator between different audiences and context-aware.
• Reliable Executor: Excited to own processes and their outcomes, rises to the occasion with high executional rigor.
• Dynamic and Fast-Paced: Able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

What we bring:
• $27m raised from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital, New System Ventures, Overture, Ardent Venture Partners, QED, Canapi, and others.
• Competitive base compensation ($130,000 - $150,000) with company wide bonus and equity. Compensation is dependent on leveling, established using market comps, and flexible should the role be up/down -leveled.
• Fully remote in US or Canada with opportunities to co-work in SF, Seattle, DC, or NYC.
• Fully covered Health, Vision, and Dental insurance.
• Our values: Care for each other, build & improve rapidly, focus unremittingly on our customers, demonstrate ownership, and convene a team that reflects the breadth of experiences in the country.

We are excited to meet you!

We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.