Vice President, Data Center Operations - EMEA
CoreWeave
About the Role
CoreWeave is seeking an accomplished and strategic Vice President of Data Center Operations for EMEA to lead the operational performance, expansion, and long-term strategy of our rapidly growing data center footprint across Europe. This executive will oversee day-to-day operations, organizational scalability, reliability engineering, vendor performance, site readiness, and workforce management across multiple countries.
As a key regional leader, you will partner closely with Global Operations, Engineering, Capacity, Physical Security, Facilities, and Network teams to ensure our EMEA data centers operate with world-class safety, reliability, cost efficiency, and service excellence. You will build and lead high-performing teams, establish operational standards, and execute on our ambitious growth roadmap.
This is a highly visible, high-impact leadership role shaping CoreWeave’s global infrastructure strategy.
What You’ll Do
Regional Operational Leadership
- Provide executive oversight of all operational activities across EMEA data centers, ensuring consistent performance, reliability, and adherence to global standards.
- Build and scale regional operations organizations, including site leadership, technicians, facilities, and support functions.
- Establish and maintain KPIs for uptime, service levels, maintenance, incident response, safety, and compliance.
Strategic & Organizational Growth
- Develop and execute the multi-year strategy for EMEA operational expansion, including new site launches, staffing plans, and operational readiness.
- Partner with Global Capacity Planning and Real Estate teams on site selection, commissioning, and handover to operations.
- Create scalable processes, playbooks, and governance frameworks for all EMEA sites.
Operational Excellence & Reliability
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement, implementing global best practices, automation initiatives, and efficiency programs.
- Oversee major incident management, root cause analysis, and corrective action programs.
- Ensure rigorous adherence to safety, security, environmental, and regulatory requirements across all sites.
People Leadership
- Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing, multi-country leadership bench.
- Cultivate a culture centered on accountability, ownership, communication, and operational rigor.
- Oversee workforce planning, talent development, and succession planning for the region.
Partner & Vendor Management
- Manage relationships with colocation providers, facility operators, contractors, and external vendors to ensure SLA compliance and predictable performance.
- Drive cost optimization across maintenance, utilities, vendor contracts, and workforce structure.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with Engineering, Network, Physical Security, HR, Talent Acquisition, and Program Management to align on growth, staffing, and operational needs.
- Serve as the EMEA Operations executive voice in global forums, planning cycles, and strategic reviews.
Who You Are
- 12+ years of experience in data center operations, critical infrastructure, or large-scale technical operations, with at least 7 years in senior leadership roles.
- Proven success leading operations across multiple international sites or regions.
- Deep expertise in availability management, critical environment maintenance, incident management, and operational governance.
- Demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams and lead leaders.
- Strong business acumen with experience owning budgets and driving cost efficiency.
- Experience scaling operations in high-growth or hyper-scale environments.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to influence at the executive level.
- Ability to travel across EMEA as needed.
Preferred
- Experience operating in colocation, hyperscale, cloud, or enterprise data center environments.
- Background in engineering, facilities management, electrical/mechanical systems, or reliability programs.
- Track record launching new sites or scaling new regions.
- Experience with safety and regulatory frameworks across multiple European countries.
- Prior experience supporting mission-critical 24x7 operations.
- MBA or advanced technical degree.
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!
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What We Offer
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:
- Family-level Medical Insurance
- Family-level Dental Insurance
- Generous Pension Contribution
- Life Assurance at 4x Salary
- Critical Illness Cover
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Work culture focused on innovative disruption
Benefits may vary by location.
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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