# Principal, Land Acquisition

**Company**: CoreWeave
**Location**: Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $198,000 to $264,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

This role leads the sourcing, evaluation, and execution of land acquisition opportunities for CoreWeave's owned-site data center development pipeline across the Americas.

As Principal, Land Acquisition, you will be CoreWeave's primary executor for owned-site campus and powered land deals across the Americas.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading the identification, evaluation, and acquisition of powered land, powered shell, and data center campus sites across the Americas,

- Structuring and executing land purchase agreements, ground leases, and option agreements,

- Coordinating with the Due Diligence Team for site, technical, and commercial evaluation of all acquisition targets,

- Conducting site feasibility assessments covering zoning, entitlements, utility infrastructure, flood/seismic risk, and development potential,

- Leading transaction due diligence in coordination with Legal, Finance, Engineering, and Energy teams,

- Partnering with the Site Selection team for an integrated land-and-lease strategy,

- Maintaining a qualified acquisition pipeline with visibility into status, timing, power availability, and commercial terms for VP, Development, and leadership reporting,

- Tracking market conditions, utility capacity constraints, zoning trends, and competitive activity across target markets to inform acquisition strategy and prioritization.

Requirements include:

- 8+ years in land acquisition, real estate development, or infrastructure site development;

- Deep understanding of powered land acquisition, utility interconnection, entitlement processes, and development feasibility across key Americas markets;

- Experience in structuring and executing land purchase agreements, ground leases, and option agreements in complex, multi-party transactions;

- Established network of brokers, utility advisors, and development partners across key Americas data center markets;

- Strong ability to assess power infrastructure and utility interconnection risk early in site evaluation;

- Skilled at managing multiple active deals simultaneously across different stages of evaluation, negotiation, and closing;

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;

- Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Business, Engineering, or a related field;

Preferred qualifications include:

- Direct experience at a data center developer, hyperscaler, or utility-scale energy developer executing owned-site land acquisition programs;

- Working knowledge of data center development feasibility;

- Familiarity with colocation and turnkey leasing structures;

- Experience with ground lease structures and long-term land control strategies;

- Strong relationships with brokers, landowners, utilities, and municipal stakeholders in target Americas markets;

- Proficiency with pipeline management and deal tracking tools.

## Skills

### Required
- land acquisition
- real estate development
- infrastructure site development
- powered land acquisition
- utility interconnection
- entitlement processes
- development feasibility
- land purchase agreements
- ground leases
- option agreements
- due diligence
- site selection
- acquisition pipeline management
- deal tracking
- pipeline management
- commercial terms
- market conditions
- utility capacity constraints
- zoning trends
- competitive activity

### Nice to have
- data center development
- hyperscaler
- utility-scale energy
- colocation
- turnkey leasing
- ground lease structures
- long-term land control strategies
- broker relationships
- landowner relationships
- utility relationships
- municipal stakeholder relationships

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