Development Project Manager, Data Center Development

Role description

Role Overview

CoreWeave's Strategic Programs and Global Expansion organization delivers the physical capacity behind The Essential Cloud for AI. The Self-Development group carries sites from acquisition through construction handoff: diligence, entitlements and permitting, pre-development design, utility coordination, and the budget, schedule, and risk controls that bring a site to construction start.

What You Will Do

Manage integrated project delivery for assigned self-development sites from acquisition through construction handoff, coordinating internal functions and external parties against agreed milestones and dated deliverables.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role manages day-to-day execution for assigned self-development sites, partnering with the Principals who lead development strategy and key commercial decisions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant project or program management experience in data center, mission-critical, or large-scale capital development, preferably on the owner’s side.
• Demonstrated ownership of significant pre-construction workstreams, including integrated schedule management and budget tracking for land acquisition, site development, or construction readiness.
• Working knowledge of entitlement and permitting processes, including AHJ submittals and approval sequencing.
• Experience coordinating due diligence workstreams—including title, survey, geotechnical, and environmental reviews—and tracking closing requirements.
• Proven ability to drive follow-through on agreed deliverables across internal teams and external parties without direct authority.
• Proficiency with project controls and reporting tools such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or equivalent, and the ability to turn project information into clear executive reporting.
• Experience coordinating consultant agreements, statements of work, purchase orders, and invoice validation.
• Sound judgment in identifying risks, managing dependencies, and escalating decisions to project leaders.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, real estate, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
• Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with a generous employer match
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
• A casual work environment
• A work culture focused on innovative disruption