Preconstruction Manager

CoreWeave is 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. Learn more at www.coreweave.com. What You'll Do The Data Center Planning & Construction team at CoreWeave is responsible for delivering a rapidly growing portfolio of data centers and critical infrastructure projects that power our AI cloud platform. We own the full project lifecycle—from site due diligence and design through construction, commissioning, and turnover—while partnering closely with Finance, Operations, and Executive Leadership to scale our footprint responsibly. The Preconstruction Manager will be the owner-side preconstruction lead supporting the lead Project Manager responsible for overall project delivery. This role focuses on planning, budgeting, procurement strategy, and technical coordination during the preconstruction phase of complex data center and infrastructure projects. You will partner closely with Development, Design, Construction, Finance, Procurement, and external consultants to advance scope definition, commercial readiness, and decision-making, while ensuring the Project Management team has the information needed to lead the project through execution. About the Role As a Preconstruction Manager, you will own and scale the preconstruction lifecycle from early concept through GMP, IFC, and commercial milestones. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you will translate design and commercial ambiguity into structured, executable strategies. You will not just manage processes - you will build the frameworks, tools, and technical benchmarks that allow CoreWeave to build data center infrastructure at rapid speed while maintaining bulletproof fiscal and operational control. In this role, you will: 1. Preconstruction Leadership & Strategic Alignment Own Day-to-Day Preconstruction: Drive planning from concept through construction readiness, including budget development, master schedule alignment, packaging strategy, and milestone planning. Architect Execution Frameworks: Establish decision logs, standardized workstreams, and executive reporting systems to ensure predictable execution across multiple parallel projects. Cross-Functional Orchestration: Serve as the primary owner-side anchor across internal engineering, procurement, and leadership teams, as well as external partners, ensuring complete alignment on scope and priorities. 2. Cost Engineering & Advanced Commercial Analysis Predictive Financial Modeling: Develop and maintain conceptual estimates, detailed cost plans, and scenario-based financial models as designs evolve from napkin math to IFC. Proactive Risk & Gap Analysis: Identify cost drivers, escalation exposure, supply chain risks, and budget gaps early; engineer aggressive mitigation strategies before they impact field execution. Executive Capital Reporting: Author and present capital planning data, approval packages, and leadership reviews backed by clear, data-driven narratives on budget, scope, and risk. 3. Design Integration & Value Engineering Constructability & Optimization: Lead deep-dive reviews of drawings and specifications with architects, engineers, and contractors to ensure constructability, logical sequencing, and alignment with CoreWeave's technical standards. Strategic Value Engineering: Drive aggressive value engineering exercises and scope optimization that reduce cost and lead times without compromising performance, reliability, or safety. 4. Procurement & Commercial Strategy Market-Facing Strategy: Shape procurement and bid packaging strategies, leading complex bid leveling and the selection of critical contractors and vendors. Supply Chain Safeguarding: Formulate long-lead equipment procurement plans and material tracking mechanisms to lock in critical-path project milestones. Commercial Advisory: Partner with legal and procurement stakeholders on contract structures, commercial terms, and buyout approaches optimized for volatile market conditions. 5. Schedule, Phasing & Risk Mitigation Critical Path Management: Oversee master preconstruction schedules, phase plans, and logic-tied milestones to guarantee projects enter the field completely de-risked. Constraint Resolution: Actively manage and resolve macro constraints, including permitting, utility power allocations, and long-lead delivery conflicts before they impact start dates. 6. Partner & Vendor Accountability Direction & Accountability: Manage external estimators, schedulers, and preconstruction consultants, ensuring their deliverables are rigorous, timely, and highly actionable. Relationship Navigation: Build high-trust, high-leverage relationships across external partners to unblock technical gridlocks and keep critical decisions moving forward. 7. Process Innovation & Scaling  Build the Playbook: Standardize preconstruction workflows, tools, templates, and benchmarking databases that elevate the entire function and scale across CoreWeave's hyper-growth portfolio. Continuous Feedback Loops: Capture lessons learned and actual-vs-estimated cost/schedule data to constantly refine future planning accuracy and speed. Who You Are Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 7–12+ years of experience in preconstruction, estimating, project management, design management, or related disciplines. Strong understanding of commercial construction means, methods, sequencing, and owner-side project delivery. Experience with budgeting, estimating, procurement, and contract strategy on complex ca