Staff, Energy Operations

CoreWeave•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$161,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Staff, Utility Operations is a senior, development-facing role within CoreWeave’s Data Center Development organization. This position is responsible for owning the site-level utilities path required to advance data center developments from early diligence through development readiness, construction alignment, and delivery to Operations — from dirt to blinky lights. This role owns the end-to-end execution of site-specific utility workflows, ensuring every project has a clear, validated, and de-risked path to capacity. The role operates hands-on with all utilities, developers, and internal teams to manage utility feasibility, delivery timelines, cost assumptions, and execution risk. You will work closely on utility execution, schedule, budget, local relationships, government affairs, and internal grid-planning teams, which remain responsible for policy, regulatory engagement, and long-range system planning.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in power, utilities, or energy infrastructure supporting large-scale data center, industrial, or infrastructure developments.
Proven experience aligning utility infrastructure delivery with complex construction sequencing and master project schedules.
Demonstrated expertise in the full project development lifecycle, including early-stage supporting internal teams feasibility assessments, due diligence, and execution planning.
Extensive experience managing direct relationships and negotiations with U.S. utility providers, specifically regarding large-load (100MW+) interconnections across multiple jurisdictions.
Strong understanding of utility tariffs, interconnection processes, and site-level power cost modeling.
Advanced understanding of utility tariffs, interconnection regulatory processes, and site-level power cost modeling.

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience supporting the full construction lifecycle, from project inception through commissioning and transition to operational stabilization.
Direct experience in utility operations or a utility-facing execution role with a proven track record across national or multi-regional U.S. markets.
Technical familiarity with complex construction schedules, procurement of long-lead electrical equipment, and practical constructability assessments.
Demonstrated mastery of project management fundamentals, including the ability to mitigate risks and manage critical-path dependencies across multiple workstreams.
Experience developing high-level reporting, presentations, and strategic content to facilitate data-driven decision-making for executive leadership.
Professional exposure to Joint Venture (JV) frameworks or capital-partner development models within a real estate or infrastructure context.

Responsibilities

Site-Level Utility Ownership (Hard Development Gate)
Own site-specific power feasibility and validation for all Development opportunities.
Serve as a hard Development gate — no site advances without a confirmed, executable utilities path.
Validate availability, delivery timelines, upgrade requirements, costs, and risk profiles.
Utility Coordination & Execution
Act as the primary site-level technical point of contact with utility providers.
Drive overall utility coordination, design reviews, infrastructure planning, development budgeting to turn over execution.
Hold utilities and external partners accountable to agreed delivery schedules and milestones.
Support on-the-ground engagement internal and external teams with utilities, municipalities, and local stakeholders.
Alternative Power & Acceleration Strategies
Support alternative power structures where required to accelerate delivery or mitigate risk.
Translate alternative power paths into a clear schedule, cost, and execution impacts for Development decision-making.
Cross-Functional Integration
Serve as the connective tissue across Development, Operations, Finance, Legal, Gov/Tax, Sustainability, Design, and Construction.
Ensure power costs, timelines, and risks are accurately reflected in:
Development schedules
TCO and financial models
Executive-level materials supporting go / no-go decisions
Construction & Operations Alignment
Partner closely with Construction teams during Development and execution to:
validate construction schedules and sequencing,
Align power delivery milestones with build and commissioning plans,
Support a clean handoff to Day 1 Operations and early operational stabilization.
This role supports construction and operational readiness but does not own construction execution.
Reporting, Governance & Communication
Roll up all utility-related outputs through the Principal of Development, who serves as the single point of contact by jurisdiction.
Maintain a single source of truth for:
all site utility status,
delivery timelines,
risks and mitigations across the Development pipeline.
Prepare clear, executive-ready materials (presentations, summaries, risk readouts) for leadership review and decision-making.
Contracting & Legal Support
Partner with Legal to support negotiation and execution of: Utility Service Agreements, Interconnection Agreements, and Easements and site-specific power rights
Development-Stage Technical Due Diligence
Take evaluation package from power teams, translate to site-specific deliverables and schedule for all utility infrastructure post diligence.
Pressure-test assumptions to ensure Development schedules remain executable through construction and Ops handoff.