Development Project Manager, Data Center Development

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Job description

What You’ll Do

CoreWeave’s Strategic Programs and Global Expansion organization delivers the physical capacity behind The Essential Cloud for AI. Within it, the Self-Development group carries sites from acquisition through construction handoff: diligence, entitlements and permitting, pre-development design, utility coordination, and the budget, schedule, and risk controls that bring a site to construction start. The team is small, experienced, and accountable for the critical path on projects that enable CoreWeave’s compute growth.

About the Role

This role manages day-to-day execution for assigned self-development sites, partnering with the Principals who lead development strategy and key commercial decisions. You will maintain integrated schedules, track budgets and risks, coordinate internal teams and external consultants, and prepare each site for construction handoff. Principals retain accountability for investment recommendations, material budget and schedule changes, and development decisions.

• 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.

Who You Are

• 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.

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast!  We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values: 

• Be Curious at Your Core
• Act Like an Owner
• Empower Employees
• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the organization's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!  

The base salary range for this role is $122,000 to $179,000. The starting salary will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

What We Offer

The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:

• 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

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Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: careers@coreweave.com.

Export Control Compliance

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency.  CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.

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The unemployment rate was 4.2% in 2026M09, which is 32nd lowest of 51 (1st is the lowest). Employers had job openings equal to 3.8% of employment, 31st highest of 51, a measure of how hard it is to hire. The median wage across all occupations is $58,570 a year ($28.16 an hour), 15% above the national median ($58,570 against $50,980).

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The occupations with the most jobs in New Jersey are Home Health and Personal Care Aides (117,080 jobs, median $37,090); Cashiers (107,680 jobs, median $34,590); Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (97,230 jobs, median $39,540); Fast Food and Counter Workers (93,730 jobs, median $34,150); Registered Nurses (92,680 jobs, median $106,500). Among occupations with at least 2,000 jobs, the best paid are Chief Executives (median $310,440); Family Medicine Physicians (median $292,170); Physicians, All Other (median $285,010). Compared with the nation, the state is most specialised in personal care and service (1.3 times the national share of workers) and transportation and material moving (1.2 times the national share of workers).

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23.9% of residents were born abroad and 43.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Among workers, 62.2% drive alone, 8.1% use public transit and 16.8% work from home; 23.4% commute 45 minutes or more.

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