Director, Energy Market Development

What You'll Do:

CoreWeave is hiring a Commercial Lead, Energy Market Development to lead and scale our relationships with electric utilities, grid operators, and related stakeholders across the United States.

This person will own CoreWeave’s utility engagement strategy—from early market engagement and power procurement through interconnection execution—ensuring that power availability enables, rather than limits, CoreWeave’s rapid AI infrastructure growth.

The role will serve as a senior, trusted interface with utilities, aligning utility planning, infrastructure investment, and regulatory processes with CoreWeave’s aggressive deployment timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

Utility Engagement & Power Access

• Act as CoreWeave’s primary executive point of contact for U.S. electric utilities, cooperatives, municipal utilities, and grid operators.
• Build deep, durable relationships with utility leadership, planning, and large-load teams in priority markets.
• Lead discussions around power availability, load growth planning, and long-term infrastructure needs tied to AI data centers.

Power Procurement & Commercial Structures

• Partner with internal teams to secure power supply through utility service, special contracts, tariffs, and other commercial arrangements.
• Negotiate power delivery frameworks that support large, fast-ramping AI loads, including phased delivery and interim solutions where needed.
• Help structure approaches to infrastructure cost allocation, upgrades, and timelines.

Interconnection & Execution

• Drive strategy and execution for large-load interconnections, including transmission and distribution studies, upgrades, and approvals.
• Identify and proactively address bottlenecks in utility processes that could delay CoreWeave deployments.
• Establish internal playbooks and escalation paths for constrained or high-risk power markets.

Market Expansion & Site Strategy

• Partner with real estate, data center development, and engineering teams to evaluate power feasibility and risk for new sites.
• Help CoreWeave gain competitive advantage by entering markets with strong utility alignment and execution certainty.

Regulatory & Stakeholder Coordination

• Work with legal and public policy teams on utility regulatory matters impacting large-load customers.
• Support engagement with regulators and policymakers where utility frameworks affect CoreWeave’s ability to access power.
• Monitor evolving utility and regulatory approaches to hyperscale and AI-driven load growth.

Who You Are:

• 15+ years of experience in electric utilities, energy infrastructure, grid planning, or large-scale power procurement.
• Deep understanding of utility operations, transmission and distribution systems, and large-load interconnection processes.
• Proven experience building and managing senior-level utility relationships.
• Strong commercial instincts and experience negotiating complex, infrastructure-heavy agreements.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, high-growth environment with real execution pressure.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting data centers, hyperscalers, or other energy-intensive infrastructure.
• Familiarity with ISO/RTO markets and utility regulatory structures in the U.S.
• Experience working across multiple utility territories and market types (IOU, co-op, muni).
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and creating structure where none exists.

What Success Looks Like at CoreWeave:

• CoreWeave has clear, executable power paths for current and future U.S. deployments.
• Utilities view CoreWeave as a credible, sophisticated, long-term partner, not just a large load request.
• Interconnection timelines are shortened, risks are surfaced early, and power constraints are proactively managed.
• Power access becomes a competitive advantage rather than a growth limiter.

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. Come join us!

The base salary range for this role is $180,000 to $264,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).