Development Project Manager (Data Center Development)

Location: Livingston, NJ; New York, NY; Sunnyvale, CA; San Francisco, CA; or Bellevue, WA. Travel to project sites is required as needed. U.S. person or eligible export-control authorization is required.

Base salary: $122,000–$179,000 per year, plus discretionary bonus, equity awards, and benefits based on eligibility.

Company

CoreWeave provides cloud infrastructure, technology, tools, and teams for building and scaling AI applications.

What you will do

• Manage assigned self-development data center sites from acquisition through construction handoff, coordinating internal functions and external parties against milestones and deliverables.
• Build and maintain integrated schedules, critical paths, dependencies, milestone exit criteria, and project trackers.
• Maintain the Owner’s Budget, cash-flow forecasts, variance reporting, and approval escalations for budget changes.
• Coordinate entitlement, permitting, diligence, closing, utility, and pre-construction consultant workstreams, including AHJ relationships, title, survey, geotechnical, and environmental reviews.
• Coordinate Design, Construction, Power, Legal, Environmental Health and Safety, Corporate Affairs, and Government Affairs; run site meetings and maintain action logs.
• Maintain risk registers, prepare executive status reports, validate consultant invoices, and coordinate construction handoff after site control, permits, budget, schedule, risks, utility agreements, documentation, and system access meet defined criteria.

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 covering title, survey, geotechnical, and environmental reviews, and tracking closing requirements.
• Ability to drive follow-through on deliverables across internal teams and external parties without direct authority.
• Proficiency with Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or equivalent project controls and reporting tools, with the ability to produce 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.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting 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.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial environment focused on independent thinking, collaboration, learning, and innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully paid by CoreWeave for eligible U.S.-based full-time employees.
• Life insurance, disability insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, tuition reimbursement, and mental wellness benefits.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program, 401(k) with employer match, flexible PTO, and paid parental leave.
• Family-forming support, childcare support, catered lunches at offices and data centers, and a casual work environment.