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Salary: USD 160,000 - 215,000 / annual
CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI, a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV as of March 2025) providing infrastructure and platform services for AI innovation. The company is in rapid expansion across the United States and Americas region.
The Senior Manager, Site Selection will lead the identification, evaluation, and advancement of data center site opportunities across the Americas. This role sits at the intersection of real estate, infrastructure, and operations, partnering closely with Capacity Planning, Program Management, Engineering, Finance, Legal, and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
**Americas Site Identification & Evaluation**: Identify and evaluate data center opportunities across U.S. and Americas markets. Develop metro strategy by assessing power availability, scalability, costs, permitting, tax incentives, and regional risk. Coordinate early technical and commercial feasibility reviews with internal stakeholders.
**Due Diligence & Deal Advancement**: Lead comprehensive site-level due diligence covering power and utility capacity, substation access, utility timelines, fiber availability, zoning, permitting, environmental considerations, and constructability. Gather, review, and validate inputs from landlords, utilities, brokers, consultants, and municipalities. Document and communicate findings to leadership.
**Lease & Transaction Support**: Support lease negotiations and commercial structuring with Real Estate and Legal teams. Track deal progression from LOI through execution. Prepare deal review materials, executive summaries, and approval packages.
**Pipeline & Documentation Management**: Maintain accurate site records and status updates in Salesforce and internal systems. Monitor deal health, flag risks or delays, and ensure data integrity across the Americas pipeline. Coordinate with Transaction Analysts, Program Managers, and Site Diligence teams.
**Cross-Functional Coordination**: Serve as primary site-level point of contact across Engineering, Capacity Planning, Networking, Finance, Legal, and Operations. Support handoff from site selection into delivery, buildout, and operations. Ensure alignment between technical requirements, commercial commitments, and delivery timelines.
**External Partner Engagement**: Manage relationships with brokers, landlords, utilities, consultants, and development partners. Evaluate inbound opportunities and screen against CoreWeave standards.
The role operates in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with hyper-expansion underway. You will work with top talent across the organization and have significant growth opportunities as CoreWeave scales.
**Requirements**:
- 10+ years of experience in data center site selection, infrastructure development, commercial real estate, or related fields
- Comprehensive knowledge of U.S. and Americas data center markets, including utility infrastructure and regional regulatory frameworks
- Experience facilitating or leading commercial lease negotiations and executing complex due diligence workflows
- Proven ability to manage high-volume project pipelines with high accuracy and consistent follow-through
- Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent deals and meeting deadlines in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to convey complex technical or financial information to diverse audiences
- Demonstrated experience in end-to-end data center site selection process, including comprehensive due diligence and feasibility assessments
- Strong technical knowledge of power procurement, utility infrastructure, and zoning/permitting requirements across diverse U.S. markets
- Proven track record advancing complex transactions from inception to close while identifying and mitigating commercial and operational risks
- Ability to partner effectively with internal stakeholders and external vendors to drive project execution and meet organizational milestones
- Proficient in managing project lifecycles across multiple domestic regions and coordinating across varying time zones
**Preferred**:
- Proficiency in Salesforce or equivalent CRM/pipeline management platforms
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Real Estate, or related field
