Director, Compensation (AI Cloud)

Location: Livingston, New Jersey, United States; onsite role. The position requires access to export-controlled information and eligibility under U.S. Government export regulations.

Base salary: $182,000–$242,000 per year, plus discretionary bonus, equity awards, and benefits.

Company

CoreWeave provides cloud infrastructure, tools, and technical expertise for AI labs, startups, and enterprises.

What you will do

• Own executive compensation design, benchmarking, pay positioning, incentive plans, and annual and off-cycle recommendations.
• Prepare Compensation Committee and Board materials in partnership with an independent compensation consultant.
• Advise executive leaders on leveling, promotions, market pressure, internal equity, and organizational design.
• Lead compensation professionals responsible for offer reviews, exception approvals, and retention programs.
• Design and deploy salary structures, geographic differentials, job architecture, merit cycles, bonus plans, and equity refresh programs.
• Build compensation analytics, systems, governance, controls, and SOX-aligned processes for a public company.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including meaningful executive compensation ownership.
• Experience managing and developing high-performing compensation teams.
• Experience preparing Compensation Committee and Board materials and working with independent compensation consultants.
• Technical expertise across base pay, short- and long-term incentives, RSUs, PSUs, options, and ESPP, including accounting, tax, and disclosure considerations.
• Strong analytical, modeling, written, verbal, and executive presentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience at a high-growth public company.
• Experience supporting a global workforce and multi-country pay programs.
• Experience with Workday or comparable HCM and compensation planning platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment focused on innovation and independent thinking.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully paid by CoreWeave, plus life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) with employer match, ESPP participation, flexible PTO, and paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement, mental wellness support, family-forming support, and childcare assistance.
• Catered lunches at office and data center locations and a casual work environment.