Senior Director, Acquisitions and Development

CoreWeave is seeking a Senior Director, Acquisitions and Development to lead its owned-site data center pipeline in the Americas. The successful candidate will be responsible for setting the acquisition and development strategy, building the operating rhythm, and standing up systems to give leadership real-time visibility into cash flow, budget, schedule, and risk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the Americas acquisition and development pipeline, setting strategy and quarterly targets for owned-site and land bank capacity
• Lead land acquisition, directing sourcing, evaluation, and execution of powered land and campus sites
• Lead development through construction-ready, owning entitlement, zoning, permitting, environmental, and utility interconnect processes
• Run the Due Diligence function, leading site, technical, and commercial diligence for land and lease paths
• Build the operating system, implementing and maintaining a project management tool with live cash flow, budget, and schedule
• Drive governance and controls, preparing and presenting acquisition and development approvals
• Build and develop the team, leading and growing a team of Principals, Managers, Development Project Managers, and specialists
• Own external relationships, managing relationships with brokers, landowners, utilities, municipalities, consultants, and development partners

Qualifications:

• 15+ years in data center, hyperscale, utility-scale energy, or heavy industrial real estate acquisition and development
• Track record taking large-scale sites from acquisition through entitlement, utility interconnect, and construction-ready delivery
• Deep knowledge of powered land acquisition, transmission and substation siting, interconnection queues, zoning, entitlement, and environmental processes
• Experience structuring and closing land purchase agreements, ground leases, and option agreements in complex, multi-party transactions

Preferred Skills:

• Experience at a hyperscaler, colocation developer, or utility-scale energy developer running an owned-site program
• Working knowledge of AI-ready facility requirements and how they shape site selection and civil design
• Established broker, utility, and municipal networks in key markets
• Experience with Salesforce, Smartsheet, Procore, or similar pipeline and project control tools

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary ($210,000 to $281,000)
• Discretionary bonus
• Equity awards
• Comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 100% paid for by CoreWeave
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch each day in office and data center locations
• Casual work environment
• Work culture focused on innovative disruption