Director of Talent- Programs & Operations

What Youll Do

As the Director of Talent - Programs & Operations you will scale and modernize the engine that powers CoreWeaves hiring. Youll lead a high-impact team and own the operations programs systems and infrastructure that allow us to attract hire and retain top-tier talent as we grow at the pace of the AI economy.

This role sits at the intersection of recruiting strategy operations programs and candidate experience. Youll design and run the programs that scale our function interviewer enablement internal mobility employer brand vendor partnerships and hiring manager enablement while owning the systems data and processes that make our recruiting org run. Throughout youll bring an innovative AI-forward approach to how the work gets done: leveraging the best of modern tooling automation and intelligent workflows to operate faster smarter and at a higher standard than traditional TA functions. Youll partner closely with TA leadership People Finance Legal and engineering teams to ensure recruiting operates with the speed rigor and ambition of the company were building.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the Recruiting Programs & Operations function owning systems programs analytics compliance and recruiter enablement across global TA.
• Drive an AI-first recruiting strategy evaluating deploying and optimizing tools across the stack (Greenhouse Gem Glean Claude agentic sourcing and scheduling platforms interview intelligence candidate CRM) to compress time-to-hire and elevate quality of hire.
• Build and operationalize agentic and automated workflows across sourcing screening scheduling candidate communications interviewer enablement and reporting shifting recruiter time from administrative work to strategic talent advisory.
• Design and run the recruiting programs that scale the function interviewer enablement internal mobility recruiter onboarding hiring manager partnership vendor management and referrals.
• Own the recruiting data layer: build dashboards and predictive analytics that inform pipeline health pass-through rates funnel diagnostics headcount progress and executive decision-making.
• Architect the recruiting tech roadmap including ATS/CRM optimization integrations AI tooling evaluation vendor strategy and governance in close partnership with IT and Engineering.
• Oversee employer brand strategy and execution in partnership with our Talent Program & Events Manager with a particular focus on positioning CoreWeave in priority technical markets.
• Partner with HR Legal and People Operations to ensure compliance with all hiring-related regulations across jurisdictions including emerging AI-in-hiring frameworks (NYC AEDT EU AI Act state-level AI hiring laws) bias audits and responsible AI deployment.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across TA People Ops Finance and business leaders to align process reporting and goals across the hiring lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation treating recruiting workflows and programs as products iterating on them with the same rigor an engineering team applies to its systems.

Who You Are

• 10 years of experience in Recruiting Operations Talent Operations or HR Operations with at least 5 years leading teams in a fast-paced high-growth environment. Hyperscaler AI or cloud infrastructure experience is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated track record deploying AI and automation in recruiting not as experiments but as production workflows that meaningfully changed how a team operates. You can speak fluently to the difference between AI-enabled and AI-first and youve built toward the latter.
• Deep expertise across modern recruiting infrastructure (Greenhouse Gem Workday sourcing CRMs interview intelligence platforms scheduling automation agentic AI tools).
• Strong program management muscle youve built and run the programs (interviewer enablement internal mobility referrals vendor management) that allow TA teams to scale without breaking.
• Strong data orientation comfortable building dashboards running funnel diagnostics and translating metrics into narratives that influence executive decision-making.
• Experience overseeing employer branding recruitment marketing or candidate engagement strategy.
• Working knowledge of global hiring compliance and the evolving regulatory landscape around AI in employment.
• An operators mindset you simplify complexity build leverage and ship.
• A collaborative leader who can manage a team with diverse responsibilities across systems programs coordination compliance and brand.

What Sets You Apart

• You treat recruiting as a system worth engineering youre as comfortable in a workflow diagram as in a candidate conversation.
• Youre an early adopter of AI tooling and have strong opinions on what works what doesnt and where the field is going.
• You believe great recruiting operations and programs are a competitive advantage and youve built ones that proved it.

The base salary range for this role is $182000 to $242000. 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 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 weve 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 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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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: .

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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.