Director of Legal Operations, CoreWeave
$198-264k
+ discretionary bonus, equity awards and ESPP
The essential cloud for AI
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The essential cloud for AI
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$198-264k
+ discretionary bonus, equity awards and ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To manage the complexities of AI growth to make supercomputing accessible and push the limits of what's possible.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years in legal operations, including significant experience at a fast-paced high-growth technology, cloud, or infrastructure company; public-company experience preferred
- Demonstrated track record of team leadership and scaling a legal operations team, including accountability for a legal technology stack, including operational platforms, CLM management (e.g., Ironclad or comparable) and AI adoption
- Experience managing outside-counsel billing platforms, e-billing, vendor management, invoicing, budget coordination, and accruals of an in-house legal department
- A track record of building scalable processes, self-service frameworks, and risk-tiered approval models in partnership with business teams
- Strong command of Legal and Government Affairs metrics and OKR/KPI development, with the ability to translate data into clear executive-level narratives
- Familiarity with responsible AI governance implementation
- Demonstrates the leadership presence, sound judgment, and cross-functional influence to partner credibly with senior leadership and peers on organizational strategy and team effectiveness; builds durable consensus among stakeholders with differing priorities, shapes collaboration norms across functions
- Proven track record of translating strategic priorities into measurable initiatives, tracking progress rigorously, and consistently closing the gap between plan and execution
- Demonstrated track record of success on cross-functional partnerships and projects with finance, procurement, IT, security, privacy, compliance, sales and other business stakeholder teams
- We believe in investing in our people and value candidates who bring unique backgrounds—even if you don't check every box
- 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
What the job involves
- The Legal and Government Affairs (LGA) team at CoreWeave is highly collaborative and partners closely with teams across the company to navigate complex legal landscapes while enabling innovation and growth
- The team is pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and deeply engaged in strategic decision-making, with a strong emphasis on building trusted relationships across the organization
- As the Director of Legal Operations, you will support the technology and processes that power LGA's day-to-day work, from the legal tech stack and vendor management to AI adoption and operational metrics
- You'll serve as the operational backbone of LGA, turning strategy and direction into action plans and execution to ensure that LGA has the infrastructure to deliver on its priorities and scale at pace with the business
- CoreWeave's Legal Operations team serves LGA departments as the center of excellence and expertise for technology, operational processes, workflow management, vendor management, invoicing and budgeting
- Reporting to the VP & Deputy General Counsel for Commercial & Business Operations, the Director of Legal Operations will lead LGA's continued transformation into an innovative, leading-edge AI and technology-enabled organization
- This critical leadership role will manage a Legal Operations team to serve as the connective tissue between LGA and our global business partners, and support our company in moving efficiently, rapidly, and compliantly through a period of hyper-growth, public-company complexity, and global expansion
- Management of Core Legal Tools & Platforms: Own the selection, configuration and adoption of core legal systems (e.g., CLM, matter management, AI enabled legal platforms, e-discovery, and e-billing, etc.), ensuring reliable data and reporting. Translate LGA and business needs into practical system requirements, intake and routing process, workflows, and dashboards, and oversee administration, integrations, federation, permissions, and user adoption in partnership with the CIO-IT team and external vendors. Help lead the responsible adoption of AI across legal workflows, including governance, data classification, and measurement of impact
- Professional Services & Vendor Management: Own outside counsel and vendor spend process and management, including onboarding, invoice review, Outside Counsel Guidelines and billing compliance, rates and performance evaluations
- LGA Budget: Coordinate the LGA budget, forecasting, and accruals. Drive spend discipline, billing accuracy, and cost predictability. Provide transparent visibility into LGA costs and ROI
- Metrics, Reporting & OKRs: Partner with LGA leadership to define OKRs and operational metrics that reflect team health and business impact (e.g., cycle time, spend, outcomes, adoption rates). Build repeatable reporting by pulling and synthesizing data from core systems and dashboards (e.g., Asana, Ironclad, Salesforce, Brightflag) into clear, executive-ready views, and use that data to demonstrate measurable year-over-year improvement
- Defining Strategy & Operating Models: Lead LGA's AI evolution, adoption, and enablement in partnership with the CIO-IT team. Define and hone the multi-year LGA legal operations strategy and operating model, set the initiative roadmap, and prioritize IT and operational investments to keep LGA aligned and at pace with current and future forward business objectives. Lead change management as required to enable LGA to deliver high quality legal service, increase efficiency, and scale at pace with the business through process and AI technology tool adoption
- Cross-Vertical Support across LGA: Provide flexible, on-demand operational support across LGA's legal verticals (e.g., Real Estate, Commercial & IP, Securities, Strategic Transactions & Capital Markets, Government Affairs, Tax Incentives, Regulatory, Compliance & Privacy, Employment and Corporate) as priorities and workload shift — stepping in to fill process or resourcing gaps, stand up interim solutions, and ensure no vertical is left without operational support during periods of change or growth
- Team Leadership & Talent: Build, manage, and develop a high-performing legal operations team through hiring, coaching, performance calibration, and the cultivation of a high-trust ownership and accountability culture
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Serve as a trusted partner and collaborate across finance, procurement, IT, security, privacy, compliance, sales, and other stakeholder teams. Embed process standards and align legal workflows with audit requirements and business needs
Our take
As AI continues to dominate the tech landscape, the demand for faster, more efficient cloud infrastructure is only intensifying. Traditional cloud providers often struggle with the sheer speed and scale required to power advanced AI models, leaving a gap for more specialized players. And that's where CoreWeave comes in, a company purpose-built to handle the heavy computational lift that the AI era demands.
CoreWeave's story is an interesting one too. What began in 2017 as a small crypto mining venture has evolved into one of the leading AI-focused cloud providers in the world. Its data centers are packed with high-end GPUs optimized for machine learning and generative AI, serving major clients like Microsoft and OpenAI. By designing its infrastructure around the needs of modern AI workloads rather than retrofitting older systems, CoreWeave has carved out a distinct and highly valuable niche in the market.
That focus in paying off in a big way too. Analyst project CoreWeave's revenue to soar from $5.3B in 2025 to the mid-$20Bs by 2028, up from just $16M in 2022. While there is competition from tech giants like Amazon and Google, CoreWeave's speed, specialization, and bold investment strategy put in in a very powerful position to keep riding (and helping shape) the AI boom.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
194% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2024
$1.1bn
SERIES C
May 2023
$200m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.7bn
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Michael Intrator
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously, Michael was a Principal Portfolio Manager at Natsource Asset Management for over 15 years. He also served as the CEO of Hudson Ridge Asset Management before co-founding CoreWeave in 2018.
Brian Venturo
(Co-Founder & CSO)Brian spent nearly 6 years at Natsource Asset Management as a Portfolio Manager before becoming a Partner at Hudson Ridge Asset Management. After co-founding CoreWeave he served as the CTO until 2024 when he moved into his current role of Chief Strategy Officer.
Brannin McBee
(Co-Founder & CDO)Brannin has a history in Proprietary Trading, having previously worked at Windy Bay Power and Active Power Investments. He also served as a VP at Fourth Floor Coastal and as an Associate at Elustria Capital PArtners.
Peter Salanki
(Co-Founder & CTO)Peter Previously served as a Director of Americas at Sandvine. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at Procera Networks as a Solutions Architect, Lead Architect, and Principal Solutions Architect.
Nitin Agrawal
(CFO)Nitin joined CoreWeave in 2024 as CFO. Prior to this, he was the VP of Finance at Google Cloud and CFO at Mapbox. He also spent nearly 5 years at AWS as CFO of Compute Services and 7 years at Microsoft as Group Manager of Finance.
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