Data Center Security Operations & Budgeting Lead

CoreWeave; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a Sr. Data Center Security Business Operations Program Manager to own the financial and contractual backbone of our data center security program.

You will translate security needs into solid budgets, vendor management, and governance, partnering with Finance, Procurement, Legal, and DC Security teams. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Data Center Risk and Assurance, you will build rhythm of business, standard templates, and dashboards that reveal spend health, risk, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in program management, business operations, finance, procurement, or contracts management, ideally within data center, critical infrastructure, or physical security environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing OPEX and CAPEX budgets, building forecasts, and performing variance analysis at scale.
• Strong understanding of vendor contracting and procurement processes, including MSAs, SOWs, POs, and competitive RFPs.
• Proven ability to build standards, templates, rhythms of business, and reporting that scale across a growing, cross-functional organization.
• Ability to translate security and operational needs into clear financial plans, contractual requirements, and governance structures.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the data center security program budget across OPEX and CAPEX, partnering with Finance to build forecasts, track actuals, and continuously reduce variance to forecast.
• Establish and lead the security organization’s Rhythm of Business (RoB), including recurring budget and spend reviews, standards, templates, and training that create financial discipline, consistency, and transparency.
• Standardize and lead security vendor contracting, including MSA and SOW contract templates, ensuring consistent terms and embedded security requirements in partnership with Legal.
• Establish and enforce procurement standards and guide the processing of purchase orders, partnering with Procurement to streamline intake, approvals, and timely delivery of security goods and services.
• Report spend metrics and build dashboards that give leadership visibility into budget health, cost drivers, savings opportunities, and vendor performance.
• Lead or support security vendor RFPs end to end—scoping, stakeholder evaluations, and award—driving competitive sourcing and best value across the security supply chain.

Skills

Program management

Finance

Procurement

Vendor contracting

Rhythm of Business

Communication

Excel

ERP systems

Tools

NetSuite

Coupa

SAP Ariba

Job description

CoreWeave is seeking a Sr. Data Center Security Business Operations Program Manager to own the financial and contractual backbone of our data center security program.

You will translate security needs into solid budgets, vendor management, and governance, partnering with Finance, Procurement, Legal, and DC Security teams. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Data Center Risk and Assurance, you will build rhythm of business, standard templates, and dashboards that reveal spend health, risk, and