About Crux
Crux makes 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 domestic supply chains for minerals and components, as well as large amounts of capital. Unfortunately, accessing the necessary financing at each stage of a project lifecycle presents challenges for developers and manufacturers. 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 rapidly growing market of energy and manufacturing tax credits. These credits are newly 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 in capital 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
This product manager will work in close collaboration with our experienced engineering, product & customer-facing teams to express the vision & help bring it to life.
What youโll do
- Own the Crux transferable tax credit platform: a suite of tools that allow developers & manufacturers to list their credits, negotiate with buyers, prepare for a transaction, and then execute that transaction
- Improve that experience to continuously make it more efficient, transparent & liquid
- Develop and own the vision for that experience over the coming years
- Work directly with customers & customer-facing teams to identify, test & roll out features
- Partner with engineering & design to implement & iterate on new features
- Define & establish metrics to help us understand how & where we can improve
- Actively participate in company-building: help us improve Crux for our customers & as a team
Who you are
- Executional Excellence: you are high ownership, and solve problems for customers. You likely have 5-8 years of experience in product management. You may have worked in the following similar domains: B2B software, complex industries that interact with the built world or operationally-intensive businesses
- Strategic Rigor: you are thoughtful in your strategic thinking. We find that usually means strengths in modulating communication altitude, understanding & articulating first & second-order effects of things, identifying novel & elegant solutions to problems and a crisp ability to disentangle problems
- Startup Minded: you are excited about working at an early-stage startup, which involves wearing multiple different hats, iterating a lot, and owning a significant surface area of product
- Mission Oriented: you want to use your skills to improve sustainable finance, in a collaborative team environment
What we offer
- Estimated all-in cash compensation of $175-200k
- Competitive equity package
- Healthcare benefits, including dependent coverage
- Remote-first company
- Travel stipend to get the team together at least once a quarter
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.
