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About the Role

We are seeking an accomplished Director level individual to lead the Design Management team responsible for overseeing project management across CoreWeave’s data center portfolio. This individual will supervise, mentor, and develop a team of Design Managers, ensuring they have the direction, resources, processes, and cross-functional support required to deliver successful projects. The Director will serve as CoreWeave’s subject matter expert in design project management, with a professional foundation in MEP, Architectural, Civil, or a related engineering discipline. This role will be accountable for the management and coordination of multidisciplinary design activities across Greenfield developments, build-to-suit facilities, leased data centers, tenant fit-outs, renovations, infrastructure upgrades, and equipment replacement projects.

Responsibilities

Lead, manage, mentor, and develop a team of Design Managers.
Establish clear expectations, provide ongoing coaching, evaluate performance, and support the continued growth of a high-performing team.
Maintain oversight of design delivery across a portfolio of concurrent data center projects, ensuring each project is progressing in accordance with approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business requirements.
Serve as the organizational subject matter expert for data center design project management, establishing consistent methods for planning, coordinating, tracking, and delivering multidisciplinary design activities.
Assign Design Managers to projects based on complexity, geography, schedule, risk, and business priority.
Monitor team capacity and develop staffing or consultant strategies to address resource constraints.
Establish and administer design management processes, deliverable requirements, project controls, meeting structures, review milestones, decision logs, risk registers, change controls, and escalation pathways.
Oversee the performance of data center providers, architects, engineers, and other professional consultants.
Establish expectations for deliverable quality, responsiveness, schedule performance, coordination, and adherence to contractual requirements.
Serve as the senior escalation point for design delivery risks, unresolved coordination issues, scope gaps, consultant performance concerns, and decisions affecting project cost or schedule.
Ensure CoreWeave’s Design & Engineering Guidelines, Basis of Design, technology standards, and project-specific requirements are communicated to external partners and consistently incorporated into project deliverables.
Establish expectations for interdisciplinary coordination, constructability, document completeness, quality control, and resolution of review comments.
Participate in critical design reviews and page-turn meetings for high-risk or strategically important projects.
Partner with Construction Management, Finance, and other stakeholders to develop and monitor design schedules, consultant budgets, forecasts, and key milestones.
Ensure design activities support procurement, construction, commissioning, and customer deployment requirements.
Establish disciplined processes for evaluating and documenting design changes, including their effects on project scope, cost, schedule, constructability, operations, and technical performance.
Lead or support the development of RFPs, evaluation of proposals, selection of A/E consultants and other design partners, negotiation of scopes and fees, and ongoing management of consultant contracts and invoices.
Ensure the Design Management team coordinates Owner-Furnished, Contractor-Installed equipment requirements with Engineering, Technology, Construction, Procurement, and external design teams.
Ensure appropriate design support continues through construction and commissioning, including the timely resolution of RFIs, submittal reviews, field conditions, design clarifications, and changes affecting design intent.
Provide executive leadership with clear reporting on design progress, project risks, consultant performance, key decisions, budgets, schedules, and issues requiring leadership action.
Establish expectations for timely and effective communication across Design Management, Engineering, Technology, Construction, Operations, Capacity, Supply Chain, Network Engineering, and other project stakeholders.
Ensure effective transitions between project development, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations, with clear documentation of outstanding risks, decisions, and responsibilities.
Identify opportunities to improve design workflows, project gating, document control, consultant management, risk tracking, lessons learned, and overall consistency of project delivery.
Collaborate with Engineering and Technology leadership to incorporate lessons learned, emerging technologies, and improved delivery practices into future projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Architectural or a related engineering discipline.
15+ years of progressively responsible experience in data center design, engineering, design management, construction, or project delivery.
At least 5 years in a leadership or people-management role.
Demonstrated subject matter expertise in data center design project management, including management of scope, schedules, budgets, risks, consultants, design deliverables, technical reviews, and stakeholder decisions.
Proven experience leading and developing Design Managers, Project Managers, engineers, architects, or other multidisciplinary professionals.
Proven track record of successfully managing the design delivery of large-scale, high-density data center projects.
Experience overseeing multiple concurrent projects across different locations, project phases, delivery models, and levels of complexity.
Strong working knowledge of data center infrastructure, including power distribution, UPS systems, generators, cooling plants, liquid cooling, BMS and controls, life-safety systems, white space infrastructure, low-voltage systems, and structured cabling.
Experience working with data center providers, real estate developers, A/E consultants, contractors, commissioning agents, equipment manufacturers, and other external partners.
Strong understanding of design contracts, consultant scopes, design schedules, fee structures, change management, deliverables, and professional service provider performance.
Excellent people-leadership skills, including the ability to establish accountability, manage performance, develop talent, and create an effective and collaborative team environment.
Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills, with the ability to translate complex project and technical issues into clear business impacts, options, and recommendations.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while managing multiple projects, competing priorities, and evolving business requirements.
Strong analytical, organizational, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
Professional certifications such as PMP, Uptime Institute, LEED, BICSI, or similar credentials are a plus.
Professional Engineer (PE), Registered Architect (RA), or equivalent professional licensure is a plus.
Must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee) or eligible to access export controlled information without required authorization, or eligible and likely to obtain required authorization.

Skills

MEP
Architectural
Civil Engineering
Design Project Management
Data Center Design
Data Center Engineering
Data Center Technology
Power Distribution
UPS Systems
Generators
Cooling Plants
Liquid Cooling
BMS and Controls
Life-Safety Systems
White Space Infrastructure
Low-Voltage Systems
Structured Cabling
RFP Development
Consultant Selection
Contract Negotiation
Change Management
Risk Management
Stakeholder Communication
Team Leadership
Talent Development
Performance Management
Analytical Skills
Organizational Skills
Negotiation Skills
Problem-Solving Skills

Location

Various data center sites

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Director
15+ years of experience
5+ years of leadership experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Architectural or a related engineering discipline
Professional Engineer (PE) is a plus
Registered Architect (RA) is a plus

Salary/Compensations

$198,000 to $264,000

Benefits

Discretionary bonus
Equity awards
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

About the Company

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.
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.

Equal Opportunity

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.