We’re financing the future of energy
Crux is the capital platform for the clean economy. We modernize capital raising and deployment for clean energy and critical infrastructure with solutions across advisory, investments, technology, and intelligence.
Our team of 95+ is composed of experts in energy, tax, finance, government, and technology. We have raised $77 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, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures.
An inflection point in American energy and manufacturing
Energy demand is growing for the first time in decades, driving an urgent need for more affordable and reliable electricity. More electricity requires new clean energy infrastructure and strong domestic supply chains for minerals and components — as well as large amounts of capital.
Traditional project financing is opaque, fragmented, and analog. At Crux, we’re changing that. Through unmatched insights and expertise, white-glove service, purpose-built tools, and risk underwriting, we power a more prosperous, clean, and secure energy future.
We are scaling quickly and looking for team members who are eager to combine deep expertise with an AI- and tech-forward mindset.
Why This Hire
The post-OBBB landscape gives us more room to play offense. Transferability survived. The immediate legislative fight is behind us. And we now have the credibility and the policy relationships to pursue a much more ambitious agenda: fixing the passive-active loss rules, expanding transferability to new credit types decoupled from the IRA, securing a seat at the permitting reform table as a market intelligence leader, and building the policy feedback cycle between our clients and policymakers that makes Crux indispensable to both.
At the same time, the political environment is getting more complex, not less. The 2026 midterms will reshuffle committee leadership and energy policy priorities. Iran is reshaping energy market dynamics. New governance structures may emerge in 2027. And the 2028 presidential cycle is forming — the candidates and policy teams that will define the next administration's energy agenda are organizing now. We are in the middle of a political realignment, and Crux has a real opportunity to shape the abundance-oriented policy framework that emerges from it.
Today our government affairs function runs advocacy, commercial support, event planning, and policy comms all out of a single seat. That's been effective, but it caps what the function can do. The comms swimlanes alone — rapid-response memos, partner updates, commercial talking points, slides, webinars, press, client briefings — require coordination across Growth, Commercial, and Policy that creates real drag on all three teams. And the pattern keeps repeating: a time-sensitive policy content opportunity surfaces — clients are asking questions now, we have the data and the relationships to deliver something valuable — but Growth is already running three events that month and can't absorb another production. So we either delay, find workarounds, or ask Growth to stretch beyond their core mandate. None of those outcomes serve us well when the market is moving and our credibility depends on showing up with substance at the right moment.
On top of that, we want to stand up a salon series, increase Crux's public presence as a policy thought leader, build out a broader innovative tax policy coalition, and deepen our bipartisan Hill relationships ahead of a consequential set of legislative windows. This is the perfect time to level up our operating capacity.
What we need is someone who builds the policy-and-politics-specific operational layer that feeds all of this — the dedicated infrastructure for events, comms production, coalition coordination, advocacy campaign management, and cross-functional handoffs. This person becomes the connective tissue between government affairs and the rest of the organization, so Growth and Commercial aren't pulled into ad hoc policy workstreams outside their core mandate. When a policy webinar or fireside chat needs to happen in two weeks — not two months — this person can spin it up without competing for Growth's calendar. They also bring enough energy policy depth and political fluency to own workstreams independently, represent Crux in rooms that matter, and contribute to forward-looking strategy — not just execute it.
The Opportunity
Reports to: Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy Location: Washington, DC (strongly preferred)
This person is the operational engine of our government affairs function. They take the advocacy strategy, political engagement priorities, and comms goals and build the machinery to execute them consistently. They're the reason the salon series actually launches on a monthly cadence, the biweekly partner memo ships on time, the coalition partners get consistent follow-up, the commercial team has fresh talking points and slides within the committed SLAs, and the 2028 engagement plan exists as a real document with milestones.
The right candidate has operated at the nexus of policy, politics, and execution inside government — likely in a role where they kept a complex operation running while the principals focused on strategy and stakeholders. They bring enough energy policy depth and political credibility to represent us independently. And they see building operational infrastructure as the job, not a distraction from it.
This is a complement, not a clone. The current team brings energy advocacy, stakeholder relationships, and political strategy. This hire brings the operational horsepower that turns all of that into a scaled, sustained program — and frees up the existing lead to focus on what only they can do: time on the Hill, senior stakeholder relationships, and thought leadership.
What You Own
Government affairs operations — the primary mandate. Build the specialized ops layer that feeds everything else: event operations and convening playbooks, advocacy campaign management, coalition coordination workflows, political engagement tracking, policy comms production calendaring, and reporting cadences. This is distinct from org-wide ops — it's the policy-and-politics-specific infrastructure that makes the function run. Equally important: serve as the coordination point between government affairs and Growth, Commercial, and leadership on policy-related workstreams — managing the handoffs on rapid-response comms, commercial talking points, client briefings, and press so those teams can stay focused on their own priorities.
Convening and stakeholder programs. Stand up and run the monthly policy salon series — guest curation, logistics, programming, follow-through. Design and execute policy roundtables and investor-policymaker events that further Crux's position as a trusted convener. Not just event planning: this person is credible enough on substance to sit at the table and skilled enough operationally to make sure the table is set.
Policy communications production. Build the infrastructure for consistent policy comms output — biweekly partner memos, rapid-response blog posts and talking points, slides for commercial team use, webinar and fireside chat production, and content for Crux's social and newsletter channels with a policy lens. Critically, this person gives policy its own production capacity. Right now, when a time-sensitive content opportunity emerges — a client-driven question that demands a webinar or a co-authored piece with an outside expert — it competes for Growth's bandwidth and often gets delayed or scaled back. This role owns the ability to stand up policy programming on the timeline the market demands, coordinating with Growth where it makes sense but not dependent on their calendar. The contribution here is both output and relief.
Advocacy and political engagement support. Work alongside the Head of Government Affairs on day-to-day advocacy — Hill relationships, lobbying coordination, coalition management (including the Ad Hoc Transferability Coalition 2.0), translating policy developments into intel for leadership and commercial teams. Support bipartisan relationship-building ahead of the 2026 midterms and 2028 cycle. Manage the political engagement calendar, including PAC administration and compliance as needed. Bring independent relationships that expand our reach across both parties.
Strategic planning. Contribute to forward-looking policy and political strategy: the passive-active loss campaign, TTC expansion beyond the IRA, permitting reform positioning, the policy feedback cycle between our clients and policymakers, and Crux's engagement framework for the 2028 presidential cycle. Ensure that strategic plans translate into operational reality — timelines, milestones, accountability.
Required Experience
4–6+ years spanning federal energy policy, government operations, or political strategy — with direct exposure to executive-level operations in a federal agency, on the Hill, or in a senior political role
Demonstrated operational excellence — someone who has built systems, run complex programs, and managed high-level logistics in a policy or political environment
Solid understanding of federal energy policy: tax incentives, regulatory implementation, agency-Congress dynamics
Comfortable operating across party lines
Strong writer — can draft policy briefs, talking points, op-eds under time pressure
DC-based or willing to relocate
Demonstrated experience with (or curiosity to learn) and strong judgment for how and when to leverage AI in the policy strategy context, e.g. rapid response content creation or internal team enablement
Preferred Experience
Senior staff experience in a federal agency (DOE, Treasury, EPA) or cabinet-level office — especially roles that combined operational management with policy and political exposure
Graduate-level education in public policy, international affairs, or political economy
Familiarity with the transferable tax credit market, project finance, or broader clean energy capital markets
Has built a function or program from scratch in a fast-moving environment
What We Bring
Backing, traction & brand:
We have raised $77 million in capital from some of the best venture and strategic investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital, New System Ventures, Ardent Venture Partners, Pattern, Clearway, EDFR, Intersect, LS Power, Orsted, Hartree Partners, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures.
Have been profitable and are growing exponentially
We have closed over 130+ transactions in just the last 2 years, facilitating billions of dollars of capital flowing into renewables projects
Culture & working dynamic
Remote-first operating model: Work from anywhere in the US and Canada, or work out of our optional offices in DC (open), NYC (opening Q1’26). Optional co-working opportunities with co-workers in Bay Area, Seattle, Denver, Boston, LA, and beyond.
High growth & high ownership culture: We grow quickly by giving extremely talented people a lot of responsibility.
Best of financial services & technology: We have brought together a team that are experts in clean energy finance, and the best technologies. Use your expertise while getting to be on the cutting edge of applying AI to your day and your clients’ experience.
Regular team offsites: We sustain culture by bringing the entire company together 3 times a year. Individual teams may also meet up more frequently.
Benefits
Healthcare: We cover 100% of premiums for employees with a variety of plans on Aetna (nationwide) and Kaiser (WA and California) and subsidize 70% for dependents (total as a group), if relevant.
Dental & vision: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and 50% for dependents (each), if relevant.
Holidays: 10 company holidays per year.
Paid time off: 20 days per year.
401k: We support a 401k account but don't have a matching program set up at this time (typical for an early-stage startup).
Parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.
Compensation:
Compensation: $140,000 - $160,000 base salary, depending on experience with flexibility if needed. Company wide bonus between $10,000 - $40,000, depending on where revenue lands.
Stock options in a rapidly growing company.
Values
Care for each other: We want to work on a team where people support each other - in their growth, in their work, and towards our shared mission. When we do that, we have fun.
Build and improve rapidly: We move quickly. To do that, we focus, consistently ask ourselves if we are prioritizing the right things, and execute them as best as possible.
Focus unremittingly on customers: Our first obligation is to our customers and partners, and we keep their needs front and center in everything we do.
Demonstrate ownership: We are all owners of Crux. This is our team, our company, our product and we show that to each other.
Convene a team that reflects the breadth of experiences in the country: We’re building a team with a wide range of backgrounds and a culture where everyone can thrive.
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.