Director, People Business Partner — Operations

Coreweave; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Equity awards

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking a Director, People Business Partner to partner with Operations senior leadership and build a world-class PBP team. This player-coach role operates across executive strategy and day-to-day delivery in a rapidly growing, globally distributed organization.

The successful candidate will balance strategic workforce design, talent calibration, and risk management while partnering with Talent Acquisition and Finance to align growth with headcount plans and critical roles in a

Qualifications

• Significant HR Business Partner experience with leadership of HRBP teams.
• Proven partnership in operations, data center, or field environments.
• Experience scaling people support across geographies, sites, or facilities.
• Able to balance strategic advisory with hands-on partner duties.
• Deep knowledge of org design, workforce planning, talent calibration, leveling, and job architecture.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior People partner to Operations leadership in strategic planning and org design.
• Build and lead a team of People Business Partners across the Operations org.
• Lead PBP workstreams on geographic expansion with internal People teams.
• Advise on workforce design and headcount plans considering AI/automation impact.
• Partner on executive development, coaching, and succession planning for senior leaders.
• Drive talent mapping and calibration for Ops leadership and leveling standards.
• Consult on complex people matters balancing risk, speed, and practicality.

Skills

HRBP leadership

Operations partnership

Org design

People analytics

Change management

Job description

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.

About The Role

Operations is one of CoreWeave's largest and most operationally complex functions, spanning IT, supply chain, and data center operations, and it is scaling rapidly across new geographies and sites. We are looking for a Director, People Business Partner to own the strategic partnership with Operations senior leadership and to build and lead a team of People Business Partners that delivers consistent, high-quality people support across a growing, globally distributed organization.

This is a player-coach leadership role. The right person moves fluidly between executive-level strategy and the operational details, builds credibility fast with senior operational leaders, and has partnered a mixed hourly and salaried workforce at scale. They thrive in high-volume, ambiguous, hypergrowth environments and hold a high bar of accountability for themselves and the team they lead.

Your Impact Will Be Felt Across Various Dimensions

• Strategic Partnership: Serve as the most senior People partner to Operations leadership, embedded in strategic planning, workforce decisions, and org design as we scale globally.
• Build and Lead the PBP Team: Develop, and lead a team of People Business Partners across the Operations organization, setting the standard for consistent, high-quality people and business support as the function scales.
• Expansion: Lead PBP workstreams on geographic expansion in partnership with internal People teams. Build support that scales with a repeatable model as new sites and regions come online, while remaining agile as priorities shift.
• Workforce Planning: Advise Operations leaders on organizational design as teams grow. Work with Talent Acquisition and Finance to turn growth plans into headcount plans that account for how AI and automation impact the roles so we build the right level mix for the long term.
• Senior Leadership Development: Partner with Operations leaders on executive development, coaching, and succession planning for the senior leadership population.
• Talent Calibration: Drive talent mapping and calibration for Ops leadership, holding the bar on job architecture and leveling in order to reward and recognize fairly and consistently.
• People Risk & Workplace Advisory: Consult on complex people matters, balancing risk, speed, and business practicality.

What You Bring

• Significant HR Business Partner experience, including building and leading a team of HRBPs or People Partners.
• Proven partnership in an operations, data center, manufacturing, logistics, retail, or field environment. This blended-population experience is essential to the role.
• A track record of scaling or standing up people support across new geographies, sites, or facilities.
• The range to operate as both a strategic advisor to senior leaders and a hands-on partner in the day-to-day, switching context easily between the two.
• Depth in org design, workforce planning, talent calibration, leveling, and job architecture, grounded in data.

Wondering if you're a good fit?

We Believe In Investing In Our People And Value Candidates Who Can Bring Their Own Diverse Experiences To Our Teams, Even If You Aren't a 100% Skill Or Experience Match. Here Are a Few Qualities We've Found Make People Thrive Here

• Be Curious at Your Core: You ask thoughtful questions, seek to understand root causes, and apply learnings to improve outcomes.
• Act Like an Owner: You take responsibility for your cases and follow through with care and attention to detail.
• Empower Employees: You champion an equitable employee experience by coaching leaders and ensuring employees feel heard, supported, and treated fairly.
• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences: You approach managers, employees, and cross-functional partners with professionalism, empathy, and consistency, ensuring they feel supported in even the most challenging moments.
• Achieve More Together: You collaborate seamlessly with People Business Partners and other People teams, recognizing that the best solutions come from working as one team with shared goals.

The base salary range for this role is $182,000 to $242,000. 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. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:

• 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

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Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

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: [e-mail].

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.

• 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.