Development Project Manager, Data Center Development

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 Development Project Manager, Data Center Development role manages day-to-day execution for assigned self-development sites, partnering with Principals who lead development strategy and key commercial decisions.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Build and maintain the integrated project schedule, including the critical path, milestone exit criteria, dependencies, and deliverables across contributing teams.
• Maintain the Owner’s Budget through handoff, including cash flow forecasting, variance reporting against approved capital, and escalation of changes requiring approval.
• Coordinate entitlement and permitting workstreams with development leads and external consultants, maintaining the permit matrix, submittal schedule, and approval dependencies, and supporting relationships with authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs).
• Coordinate diligence and closing workstreams with Legal and technical leads,including title, survey, geotechnical, and environmental reviews,tracking conditions precedent through satisfaction or approved waiver.
• Coordinate delivery across Design, Construction, Power, Legal, Environmental Health and Safety, and Corporate Affairs and Government Affairs, running site meetings and maintaining action logs with named owners and dated commitments.
• Maintain the site risk register, track mitigation actions with named owners, and escalate issues against defined thresholds.
• Prepare executive-facing status reports and maintain a consistent source of truth across project trackers, pipeline reporting, and site records.
• Coordinate pre-construction consultant scope, onboarding, statements of work, purchase orders, and invoice validation within established approval processes.
• Coordinate handoff to Construction against defined exit criteria: site control closed; permits secured or sequenced with dated approvals; budget and schedule baselined; risk register transferred with named owners; required utility agreements executed; and documentation and system access transferred.

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.
• Willingness to travel to project sites as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting development of greenfield, brownfield, or powered-land data center sites at 25 MW and above.
• Familiarity with local permitting and utility processes and their sequencing.
• PMP or equivalent formal project management certification.
• Experience establishing or improving project controls and reporting processes.
• Experience transitioning work from external consultants or contract resources to an internal team.

What We Offer

• Base salary range: $122,000 to $179,000
• Discretionary bonus
• Equity awards
• Comprehensive benefits program, including:
• 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