# Director, Compensation

**Company**: CoreWeave
**Location**: Livingston, NJ
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $182,000 to $242,000
**Category**: HR
**Industry**: Technology

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## 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.

As Director, Compensation, you'll own executive compensation end to end , including preparation of Compensation Committee materials and executive pay recommendations developed in partnership with our independent compensation consultant.

**Executive Compensation & Board Governance**

- Own executive compensation end to end, including program design, benchmarking, pay positioning, incentive plan structure, and annual and off-cycle recommendations for the executive team.

- Prepare Compensation Committee materials, partnering with the independent compensation consultant on agendas, market analyses, pay recommendations, plan design proposals, and supporting appendices.

- Serve as the primary day-to-day partner to the independent compensation consultant, directing scope, data requests, market studies, and analysis.

- Partner with Legal and Finance on disclosure and governance, including CD&A and proxy compensation tables, pay ratio and pay-versus-performance reporting.

**Executive & Leader Advisory**

- Own compensation consulting with executive leaders, acting as the trusted advisor on pay decisions for their organizations.

- Translate complex compensation concepts into clear guidance and crisp recommendations for audiences ranging from front-line managers to the Board.

- Partner closely with HR Business Partners and Recruiting to align pay strategy with workforce plans, hiring demand, and the competitive landscape for AI and infrastructure talent.

**Team Leadership, Offers & Retention**

- Lead, coach, and develop a team of compensation professionals who manage job offer review and exception approvals.

- Set and govern the offer exception framework , thresholds, approval routing, escalation paths, and reporting.

- Own retention strategy for critical talent, identifying flight risk in partnership with leaders and People teams and designing and executing targeted retention actions.

**Compensation Programs at Scale**

- Own the design and deployment of broad-based compensation programs, including salary structures, geographic differentials, leveling and job architecture, annual and off-cycle merit and promotion cycles, bonus plans, and equity refresh programs.

- Run compensation cycles at scale, owning planning calendars, budget modeling, systems configuration and testing, manager enablement, approval workflows, and post-cycle audits.

- Lead change management and communication, developing manager toolkits, employee-facing materials, and training.

**Requirements**

- 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including meaningful ownership of executive compensation.

- Demonstrated people management experience, with a track record of building, leading, and developing high-performing compensation teams.

- Direct experience preparing Compensation Committee and Board materials and partnering with an independent compensation consultant.

- Proven experience designing and deploying compensation programs at scale.

**Benefits**

- 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.

## Skills

### Required
- compensation analysis
- executive compensation
- talent management
- benefits administration
- HRIS systems

### Nice to have
- Workday
- HCM systems
- global workforce management

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