People Operations

Crux Climate | Job Description

Crux is a sustainable finance technology company changing the way clean energy and decarbonization projects are financed in the U.S. The company’s first offering is the ecosystem for buyers, sellers, and intermediaries to transact and manage transferable tax credits.Since its launch in 2023, Crux has raised $27 million in funding from venture capital and strategic investors and built a world-class team that merges expertise from energy, finance, government, and technology to power the clean energy transition.

Who we’re looking for:
We are seeking a dynamic People Operations professional to build a best-in-class people function that aligns with Crux's core values, facilitating the recruitment and retention of top-tier and diverse talent. This role will support our growth to a workforce of 50+ employees by implementing scalable and effective people strategies, and report into our Head of Operations, Jess Zhao.

Together, we are building a company where we: 

• Care for each other: We are a team where people support each other - in their growth, in their work, and towards this shared mission. 

• Build and improve rapidly: We optimize for pace of learning, iteration, and growth. Nobody will move faster than us.

• Focus unremittingly on the needs of those financing the energy transition: Nothing we do matters if we do not add value to everyone who works tirelessly to finance the energy transition.

• Demonstrate ownership: We are all owners of Crux. This is our team, our company, our product. 

• Convene a team that reflects the breadth of experiences in the country: We expect everyone on the team to actively help us build a team where people of all backgrounds can thrive.

What you’ll do:

• Strategic Execution: Implement people operations processes in line with business objectives and designed to recruit and retain the highest quality team. Design and prioritize programs that are scalable and right-sized to company stage and intended growth

• Talent Acquisition: Oversee the entire recruitment and hiring process, collaborate with hiring managers to identify staffing needs and attract premier talent. As relevant, manage external contract resources and fill gaps internally – maximizing ROI on recruiting spend. Develop and apply best practices for talent acquisition including employer branding, sourcing strategies, and enhancing candidate experiences.

• Onboarding/Offboarding: Manage comprehensive processes to ensure seamless transitions for both incoming and outgoing staff. 

• HR Policies and Compliance: Develop and uphold HR policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.

• Employee Support: Provide frameworks, feedback, and guidance to Crux managers on performance management, career development, and employee relations. Ensure formality of the people operations function grows proportionally to the organization.

• Compensation and Benefits: work with cofounders and head of operations, to assess competitive benchmarking and implement compensation and benefits consistent with philosophy to be competitive, equitable, and aligned to company goals.

• Cultural and Value Alignment: Champion initiatives that center the company values, reinforce a culture of belonging, and ensure equal opportunities for all employees.

• Execute employee offsites and other engagement events: Creatively and thoughtfully organize full team offsites 3x per year – using events to drive cohesion and clarity. Programming should be designed to facilitate cross functional collaboration and support employee engagement, retention, and satisfaction.

• People Systems Management: Make decisions regarding HRIS and related technologies

Who you are:

• Experienced and Knowledgeable: At least 5 years of experience in people operations, with a strong 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.

• Commercial: strong intuitions on the business and proven capability to cultivate strong and high performing cultures

• 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 offer

• Estimated all-in cash compensation of $120k

• Competitive equity package.

• Healthcare benefits, including dependent coverage.

• Remote-first company.

• Travel stipend to get the team together at least once a quarter.

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.