Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Energy

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence.

The Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Energy, will support CoreWeave's rapidly scaling global data center and cloud infrastructure offerings for the global market. This role will lead complex commercial power and related infrastructure transactions that enable the deployment and operation of hyperscale data centers and high-performance compute environments worldwide, while supporting CoreWeave's growth, speed, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to C-Level and senior management on power strategy and transactions and solutions critical to CoreWeave's global data center, infrastructure, and service offering growth.
• Lead and negotiate complex power agreements and programs supporting CoreWeave's cloud and data center operations.
• Negotiate directly with utilities, energy providers, data center operators, contractors, suppliers, and strategic partners across domestic and international geographic markets.
• Partner closely with internal cross-functional working groups across strategic financing, commercial, data center operations, government affairs, sustainability, real estate, and finance teams to drive strategic infrastructure, energy, and capacity initiatives.
• Support corporate development and project financing transactions, and help to coordinate legal aspects of energy and power procurement, infrastructure development, global data center construction, and ongoing operations.
• Own all power and utility regulatory and compliance work, including monitoring, interpreting, and advising on existing and proposed Public Utility Commission (PUC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Department of Energy (DOE), and applicable international government and agency requirements affecting the power sector and data center infrastructure development.
• Lead the effort in developing and coordinating responses to proposed state, local, federal, and international market energy and power rules impacting the company and its global data center operations.
• Identify and participate in the development of a strategy to mitigate legal, regulatory, and commercial risks to power availability, global data center expansion, and operational continuity.
• Manage outside counsel, other outside experts, and budgets for specialized energy, infrastructure, and regulatory matters.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 15+ years of experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department, with significant experience supporting complex cloud infrastructure, data centers, energy and power procurement, and large-scale commercial energy transactions.
• Expertise in negotiating power purchase agreements and other commercial energy and power transactions.
• Expertise in and knowledge of State and Federal statutes affecting the power sector, including the Federal Power Act, Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act and the Public Utility Holding Company Act.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with emerging technologies such as advanced nuclear and geothermal, and with legislation and regulatory matters affecting such technologies, is a plus.

The base salary range for this role is $275,000 to $330,000. The starting salary will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the market location.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
• 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