Principal, Data Center Development
CoreWeave
| Company | CoreWeave |
| Category | Uncategorised |
| Location | Livingston |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 6 Mar 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
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. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com .
What You’ll Do:
You’ll join a new team built on CoreWeave’s bias for action, ownership, and strong team culture. We solve problems quickly, learn and improve as we go, and operate with positive intent, flexibility, and patience. Teamwork and clear communication matter as much as execution — we win together.
About the Role:
The Principal, Data Center Development, is the single execution owner responsible for advancing data center sites from site control to day one operations. This role owns development diligence, development budgeting, risk management, and readiness gating for self-development and JV projects, ensuring projects are fully de-risked before commitments are made.
This is a hands-on, execution-oriented role that bridges site selection, power, sustainability, design, legal, government/tax/incentives, finance, and construction to deliver development-ready projects at scale. You can expect to travel up to 25-30% in this role.
Development Ownership
Own the full Development lifecycle from site selection through turnover to Operations
Serve as the single accountable owner for the development budget, schedule, and risk
Lead development readiness reviews and go / no-go recommendations to leadership
Lead Development weekly site calls for executive-level updates, including all internal stakeholders.
Diligence & Risk Management
Lead and integrate all development workstreams end-to-end
Consolidate diligence outputs into a clear risk profile and decision narrative
Maintain assumptions logs, risk registers, and mitigation strategies
Development Budgeting
Build, own, and manage the integrated owner’s development budget in coordination with Development Teams, Capital Partners, and internal stakeholders, including:
Land and site costs
Hard costs
Soft costs
Carry costs
Contingency and risk allowances
Integrate Construction, internal Design, and third-party inputs while retaining full Development ownership of all budgets and on-time payments.
Power, Sustainability & Infrastructure Coordination
Partner with internal power and sustainability teams to confirm executable power paths, infrastructure scope, and environmental requirements
Ensure power, sustainability, and infrastructure assumptions are fully integrated into development cost and schedule
Cross-Functional Execution
Act as the development interface to Site Selection, Power, Sustainability, Legal, Government/Tax/Incentives, Finance, Commercial, Design, and Construction
Prevent scope, cost, and schedule drift across internal teams and external partners
Development → Operations Handoff
Own development handoff standards and readiness criteria
Ensure projects enter all phases fully defined, decision-complete, and de-risked
Who You Are:
12+ years of experience in data center, industrial, or infrastructure development and/or construction
Demonstrated experience conducting comprehensive site due diligence, including land use analysis, environmental assessments, and infrastructure feasibility studies.
Proficiency in developing and managing project budgets during the pre-GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) phase, including cost estimation and contingency planning.
Proven ability to lead coordination with power and utility providers to ensure alignment between site requirements and utility deli
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