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Director, Design Management

CoreWeave· Data Center - G&A
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Hybrid (US (multiple))$198k - $264kPosted 3w ago

About the role

Director-level role overseeing a team of Design Managers to lead the design delivery for CoreWeave’s data center portfolio, ensuring multidisciplinary design activities are coordinated, constructible, on schedule, within scope and budget, and compliant with standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, manage, mentor, and develop a team of Design Managers; establish expectations, provide coaching, evaluate performance, and support growth.
  • Maintain oversight of design delivery across a portfolio of concurrent data center projects, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business requirements.
  • Serve as the organizational subject matter expert for data center design project management; establish consistent methods for planning, coordinating, tracking, and delivering multidisciplinary design activities.
  • Assign Design Managers to projects based on complexity, geography, schedule, risk, and priority; monitor capacity and develop staffing/consultant strategies.
  • Establish and administer design management processes, deliverable requirements, project controls, meeting structures, milestones, logs, and escalation pathways.
  • Oversee performance of data center providers, architects, engineers, and other consultants; set expectations for deliverable quality, responsiveness, and schedule.
  • Act as senior escalation point for design delivery risks and decisions affecting cost or schedule; engage in distressed projects as needed.
  • Ensure implementation of CoreWeave’s Design & Engineering Guidelines and standards into project deliverables.
  • Collaborate with Construction Management, Finance, and other stakeholders to develop and monitor design schedules, budgets, forecasts, and milestones.
  • Establish disciplined change management processes for design changes and their impact on scope, cost, schedule, and performance.
  • Lead or support RFPs, evaluate proposals, select and manage A/E consultants, negotiate scopes/fees, and manage consultant contracts.
  • Coordinate Owner-Furnished, Contractor-Installed equipment requirements with engineering, technology, construction, procurement, and external design teams.
  • Provide design support through construction and commissioning, including RFIs, submittals, field conditions, and design clarifications.
  • Provide executive reporting on design progress, risks, consultant performance, budgets, and milestones.
  • Establish stakeholder communication expectations across Design Management, Engineering, Technology, Construction, Operations, and other parties.
  • Ensure effective project handoffs with clear documentation of outstanding risks and responsibilities.
  • Identify opportunities to improve design workflows, document control, risk tracking, and overall delivery quality.
  • Collaborate on continuous improvement and adoption of emerging technologies in delivery practices.

Qualifications

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

Skills

Required:Leadership and people managementDesign project managementStakeholder and executive communication

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid by CoreWeave
  • Company-paid Life Insurance
  • Voluntary supplemental life insurance
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Health Savings Account
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
  • Family-Forming support
  • Parental Leave
  • Childcare support with Kinside
  • 401(k) with generous employer match
  • Flexible PTO
  • Catered lunch in offices and data centers
  • Casual work environment
  • Innovative disruption-focused culture
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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