Senior Principal, Debt Capital Markets

The Senior Principal, Debt is a senior deal leader on Crux's Debt Business Management team within Capital Solutions. Reporting to the Head of Debt, the Senior Principal leads a book of debt mandates from IOI through close across Crux's three debt motions: debt origination, debt advisory, and debt attached to tax equity and preferred equity structures. The role spans the full range of debt products, including construction, term, and back-leverage facilities, tax equity and credit bridge loans, equipment financing, and green bonds and securitization. This role requires a passion for the clean energy transition, a builder's mindset, and a commitment to delivering results in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

Lead a book of debt mandates from IOI through close as the primary negotiator and senior execution lead; Own transaction velocity and close rates across your deal book, contributing directly to the Debt team's revenue and P&L targets; Author credit memos and pricing recommendations and present transactions to Credit Committee; Lead deal teams of junior team members, staffing transactions, reviewing underwriting, diligence, and financial models, and mentoring junior team members; Run debt execution with lenders and institutional capital providers inside shared accounts, in partnership with Strategic Bank Capital and Strategic Institutional Capital; Partner with Industry Coverage to qualify opportunities early, take clean drivership of execution at IOI, and provide real-time market and financeability feedback; Partner with Investments on the TE/preferred-equity attach motion, sourcing and pricing competitive debt within agreed turnarounds; Lead specific workstreams within the Head of Debt's product agenda in partnership with Structuring; Help build and standardize repeatable execution processes across debt motions, and drive adoption of AI-enabled modeling and automation across the deal lifecycle; Partner with Product and Engineering to define and prioritize transaction tooling; Represent Crux in industry and market dialogues, including webinars, whitepapers, and conferences

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field; 10-12+ years of total experience; 7+ years in renewable energy project finance, infrastructure debt, or structured lending, with a track record of leading construction, term, back-leverage, or debt capital markets transactions as the primary negotiator; Deep expertise in project finance debt structures for solar, wind, and storage, including hands-on negotiation of credit agreements, intercreditor arrangements, and the interplay between tax equity and debt; Experience preparing and presenting transactions to credit or investment committee; Experience leading and mentoring deal teams, including reviewing junior team members' underwriting and modeling work; Exceptional negotiation and relationship skills with developers, lenders, and investors; Strong judgment and comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-scaling environment; Strong interest in leveraging technology and AI to improve debt execution; FINRA SIE, Series 79 and 63 required or willingness to obtain under Crux's broker-dealer sponsorship

Nice to have

MBA, JD, or advanced degree; Experience with perspective from both the lender and sponsor/advisory side; Strong interest in leveraging technology and AI to improve debt execution

Benefits

Healthcare coverage with 100% of employee premiums covered on Aetna (nationwide) and Kaiser (WA and California) plans, and 70% subsidy for dependents; Dental and vision coverage with 100% of employee premiums and 50% for dependents; 10 company holidays per year; 20 days paid time off per year; 401k account (no matching program at this time); Parental leave of 16 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents; Stock options in a rapidly growing company; Remote-first operating model with optional offices in DC, NYC, and SF; Regular team offsites twice a year