Compensation Partner at Crusoe supporting manufacturing and international compensation strategy. Role involves job architecture, pay positioning, wage compliance, and market benchmarking across US and international sites.
Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
About the Role:
As a Compensation Partner, you will be a key member of our Total Rewards team, providing specialized compensation support for Crusoe's Manufacturing organization and international employee populations. In this role, you will work alongside and provide thought partnership to the Director, Compensation and the VP, Rewards. You will partner with Manufacturing leaders, HR Business Partners, recruiters, and cross-functional colleagues to deliver practical, compliant, and competitive compensation solutions across a diverse and complex workforce. This is a highly visible, hands-on role for a proactive self-starter who thrives in ambiguous, fast-paced environments where creative problem-solving is a daily requirement.
What You'll Be Working On:
Support Manufacturing Compensation
Serve as the primary compensation partner for Crusoe's US Manufacturing organization, supporting a workforce that includes non-exempt, trade, and specialized roles across multiple sites.
Provide guidance on job architecture, leveling, and pay positioning for hourly and skilled trade classifications.
Ensure compensation programs reflect applicable federal and state wage and hour requirements, including proper application of overtime rules, shift differentials, and other pay premiums.
Partner with People Partners and Manufacturing leaders to evaluate and price new and evolving roles as the business scales, using both market data and internal equity frameworks.
Support International Compensation
Serve as a key resource for compensation across Crusoe's international teams in Ireland, Iceland, Israel, and other non-US sites.
Navigate compensation benchmarking with limited third-party data sources by developing creative approaches to market pricing, including leveraging local surveys, cost-of-labor indices, published statutory data, and qualitative market intelligence.
Ensure pay structures across international locations are organized appropriately across pay elements, including base pay, overtime, statutory and supplemental allowances, holiday bonuses, and other location-specific components.
Monitor and maintain compliance with local pay regulations, mandatory pay requirements, and evolving statutory obligations across each country of operation.
Partner with Legal, Finance, and external advisors as needed to navigate country-specific complexity.
Facilitate Job Architecture and Pay Program Execution
Develop deep expertise in Crusoe's job architecture framework and partner with stakeholders to ensure it continues to evolve with the business, including expansion into non-exempt and international role classifications.
Support execution of core compensation programs, including compensation cycles, bonus allocation, equity refresh, and spot bonuses, with a focus on ensuring Manufacturing and international populations are appropriately served.
Support the design, documentation, and maintenance of Crusoe's on-call pay policy and framework, ensuring it is applied consistently and compliantly across all roles where it is applicable.
Provide Consultative Compensation Support
Work with leaders, People Partners, and recruiters to diagnose and provide recommendations on compensation matters including new hire offers, promotion reviews, and role pricing.
Analyze compensation data to identify trends, surface equity concerns, and provide cost modeling that supports business decisions.
Support Compensation Communication and Systems
Partner with Total Rewards team members to develop compensation communication materials and workflows that are accessible and relevant for hourly, trade, and international employee populations.
Contribute to data quality efforts, process documentation, and the evolution of compensation-related system workflows in support of automation and HCM transition goals.
What You'll Bring to the Team:
Experience:
6-8+ years of progressive compensation experience, with meaningful exposure to non-exempt or hourly workforce compensation and/or international compensation in a multi-country environment.
Experience in a high-growth technology, energy, or manufacturing-adjacent company is preferred.
Core Competencies:
Strong working knowledge of broad-based compensation programs including base pay, shift and premium pay, variable incentives, and statutory pay requirements.
Familiarity with wage and hour compliance in a US manufacturing context
Familiarity with international pay structure norms is preferred
Benchmarking and Market Pricing:
Demonstrated ability to develop creative, defensible market pricing approaches in geographies or job families where reliable third-party survey data is limited or unavailable.
Systems and Data:
Experience with third-party market data providers (e.g., Radford, Pave, Mercer, local country surveys) and HRIS systems (e.g., Rippling, Workday).
Skills:
Strong analytical skills with proficiency in spreadsheet software and experience working with large, complex datasets.
Effective communicator with the ability to translate technical compensation concepts for diverse audiences including frontline managers, HR partners, and senior leaders.
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a dynamic environment.
Benefits:
Competitive compensation and equity packages
Restricted Stock Units
Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
Employer contributions to HSA account
Paid parental leave
Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
Professional development & tuition reimbursement
Mental health & wellness support
Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
Cell phone stipend
401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
Volunteer time off
Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
Daily meals allowance
Additional perks & programs specific to location
Compensation Range
Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $125,000 - $150,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.