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What You'll Do:

Core Weave 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 Core Weave’s utility engagement strategy—from early market engagement and power procurement through interconnection execution—ensuring that power availability enables, rather than limits, Core Weave’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 Core Weave’s aggressive deployment timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

Utility Engagement & Power Access

• Act as Core Weave’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 Core Weave 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 Core Weave 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 Core Weave’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 Core Weave:

• Core Weave has clear, executable power paths for current and future U.S. deployments.

• Utilities view Core Weave 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.

Why Core Weave?

At Core Weave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:

• Be Curious at Your Core

• Act Like an Owner

• Empower Employees

• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences

• Achieve More Together

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 $161,000 to $237,000. 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).

What We Offer

The range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by Core Weave

• Company-paid Life Insurance

• Voluntary supplemental life insurance

• Short and long-term disability insurance

• Flexible Spending Account

• Health Savings Account

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health

• Family-Forming support provided by Carrot

• Paid Parental Leave

• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside

• 401(k) with a generous employer match

• Flexible PTO

• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations

• A casual work environment

• A work culture focused on innovative disruption

Our Workplace

While we prioritize a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration

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Core Weave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Core Weave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: careers@coreweave.com.

Export Control Compliance

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. Core Weave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.