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What You’ll Do:
The Sr. Data Center Security Site Evaluation Program Manager drives new site selection physical security due diligence and initial risk evaluation. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Data Center Risk and Assurance, this position ensures that security risks and mitigations for new locations are integrated into contractual requirements, designs, controls, and operational workflows, ensuring that every site aligns with established security standards, audit requirements, and CoreWeave’s organizational expectations.
This Sr. Program Manager will execute Risk and Assurance assessment activities for our data centers and associated facilities, partnering closely with Site Selection, Legal/Contracting, Security Design and Operations to ensure risks are mitigated. The role requires a strategic, detail-oriented physical security professional with an understanding of site selection due diligence, audit control assurance and strong cross-functional influence in a fast-growing, high-performance environment.
About the role:
- Site Selection Due Diligence: Conduct physical security due diligence for site selection, ensuring appropriate security requirements are included in Master Service Agreements and other lease contracts, collaborating with Site Selection and Legal teams.
- Post Lease or Build Contract Execution: this role informs and collaborates with the Security Design and Security Operations teams to communicate site security requirements.
- Conduct operational DC security risk assessments.
- Collaboration & Influence: Build strong relationships with internal partners, fostering a culture of accountability and proactive risk management throughout the data center lifecycle.
- Emerging Risk Monitoring: Stay current with evolving threat landscapes, compliance standards, and industry best practices to ensure CoreWeave’s data center security programs remain resilient and forward-looking.
- Risk & Assurance program maturity: continually seek to improve, optimize and scale the Risk and Assurance program.
**Who You Are: **
- 5+ years of experience in physical security program managment, contracts management, security risk management, compliance, or assurance functions, ideally within data center or critical infrastructure environments.
- Understanding of physical security controls and risk frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, SOC 2).
- Understanding of security systems and data center security operations.
- Demonstrated ability to translate security concepts into actionable business insights and governance structures.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Relevant certifications or on-the-job experience (e.g. PSP, CPP, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor) preferred.
Why Us?
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 provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the growth opportunities within the organization 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 $143,000 to $191,000. The starting salary will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the 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 CoreWeave
- 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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CoreWeave 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)_, CoreWeave 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. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.