Principal, Data Center Development

## Responsibilities - Own the full Development lifecycle from site selection through turnover to Operations - Serve as the single accountable owner for the development budget, schedule, and risk - Lead development readiness reviews and go / no-go recommendations to leadership - Lead Development weekly site calls for executive-level updates, including all internal stakeholders ## Responsibilities - Lead and integrate all development workstreams end-to-end - Consolidate diligence outputs into a clear risk profile and decision narrative - Maintain assumptions logs, risk registers, and mitigation strategies ## Responsibilities - Build, own, and manage the integrated owner's development budget in coordination with Development Teams, Capital Partners, and internal stakeholders, including: - Land and site costs - Hard costs - Soft costs - Carry costs - Contingency and risk allowances - Integrate Construction, internal Design, and third-party inputs while retaining full Development ownership of all budgets and on-time payments ## Responsibilities - Partner with internal power and sustainability teams to confirm executable power paths, infrastructure scope, and environmental requirements - Ensure power, sustainability, and infrastructure assumptions are fully integrated into development cost and schedule ## Responsibilities - Act as the development interface to Site Selection, Power, Sustainability, Legal, Government/Tax/Incentives, Finance, Commercial, Design, and Construction - Prevent scope, cost, and schedule drift across internal teams and external partners ## Responsibilities - Own development handoff standards and readiness criteria - Ensure projects enter all phases fully defined, decision-complete, and de-risked ## Requirements - 12+ years of experience in data center, industrial, or infrastructure development and/or construction - Demonstrated experience conducting comprehensive site due diligence, including land use analysis, environmental assessments, and infrastructure feasibility studies - Proficiency in developing and managing project budgets during the pre-GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) phase, including cost estimation and contingency planning - Proven ability to lead coordination with power and utility providers to ensure alignment between site requirements and utility delivery timelines - Professional experience executing projects within self-development frameworks or Joint Venture (JV) partnership structures - Comprehensive understanding of the distinct roles, responsibilities, and accountability structures across the development and construction lifecycles, with a proven ability to manage formal project transitions - Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain operational momentum in high-growth environments, including the capacity to act effectively when faced with ambiguity or incomplete data sets ## Nice to Have - Strong preference for candidates with current development & construction background in data centers - You love to take ownership from first look through execution, solving complex development problems and turning them into clear, buildable outcomes - You're curious about how power, infrastructure, capital, and operations come together - and you ask the right questions to continuously improve how development gets done - You're an expert in leading cross-functional development workstreams, building owner-side development budgets, and managing risk from site control through operational handoff ## Benefits - At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We're in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We're not afraid of a little chaos, and we're constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values: Be Curious at Your Core, Act Like an Owner, Empower Employees, Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences, Achieve More Together. We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration.