Senior Special Projects Manager, CoreWeave
$149-198k
+ ESPP
3+ days a week in office
The essential cloud for AI
Be an early applicant
The essential cloud for AI
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$149-198k
+ ESPP
3+ days a week in office
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
- 7-10 years of experience. A background in management consulting followed by in-house experience in corporate strategy, private equity, investment banking, product management, or a strategic chief of staff role is ideal
- A bachelor's degree is required
- Demonstrated ability to build trust and influence across all levels of an organization, fostering collaboration and accountability without ownership
- Able to seamlessly shift between rolling up your sleeves to solve tactical problems with functional owners and advising C-level executives on high-level strategic planning
- Demonstrated ability to implement operational best practices, build scalable processes, and drive continuous improvement within an organization
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- A strong understanding of cloud services, software businesses, digital infrastructure, or data centers is preferred
- Wondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk
- You are ready for an operator role– driving from ideas through execution
- You are able to tackle ambiguous problems and drive strategic alignment across the entire CoreWeave organization
- You are prepared to be flexible and nimble in a rapidly scaling business
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Special Projects Manager, to support our most challenging and high-priority initiatives across CoreWeave
- You will join the Special Projects team, which operates as an internal consulting team and force-multiplier for the business, assembled to tackle our most challenging and high-priority initiatives
- We take ownership of critical workstreams and support the CEO, CSO, CFO, CDO, GC, and other teams in cross-functional workstreams across CoreWeave
- You will work with a variety of stakeholders across all levels of CoreWeave to support key executives and decision-makers
- The ideal candidate is a generalist problem-solver, who can take ownership of a workstream, from problem statement through implementing and operating a solution
- They will apply a consistent, rigorous toolkit of structured analysis, disciplined project management, and stakeholder influence to any business problem that they encounter
- Prior examples of Special Projects include our IPO, Board materials preparation, internal and external communications initiatives, new product development, M&A integrations, change management projects, and more
- Take a consultative and strategic approach to developing and structuring problem statements, aggregating relevant research and data, conducting comprehensive analysis and assessments, providing actionable recommendations, implementing solutions, and measuring results
- Prepare and present clear and concise communications for a variety of audiences, from the executive level to all company forums
- Proactively identify key business challenges, scope opportunities for Special Projects support, and deliver solutions
- Independently own end-to-end project management (PMO) for a portfolio of projects, orchestrating complex, cross-functional workstreams, proactively identifying risks, and meticulously overseeing implementation across all functional groups
- Drive decision-making through strategic reporting, insights, and recommendations
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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