Director of Global Payroll, CoreWeave
$206-303k
OTE
$165-242k
BASE
+ Discretionary Bonus + Equity + ESPP
The essential cloud for AI
Be an early applicant
The essential cloud for AI
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$206-303k
OTE
$165-242k
BASE
+ Discretionary Bonus + Equity + 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
- The ideal candidate will have a strong background in international payroll, in-depth knowledge of payroll accounting, and experience managing equity payroll in a public company environment
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, HR, or related field
- 10+ years of progressive experience in payroll, with at least 5 years in a global leadership role
- Deep expertise in global payroll operations, payroll accounting, and equity payroll
- Solid understanding of international payroll regulations, tax laws, and compliance requirements
- Proven experience with equity compensation taxation and reporting
- Strong experience working with payroll systems (e.g., ADP, Workday, Oracle Cloud HCM, Rippling)
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work cross-functionally and across time zones
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth tech, dynamic, and global environment
- Familiarity with SOX compliance and internal audit processes
- Experience with payroll transformation initiatives and vendor transitions
- 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
- We are seeking an experienced and strategic Global Payroll Director to lead our global payroll function and ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll processing across all geographies
- This role is accountable for driving global payroll operations, implementing scalable payroll processes, and managing payroll accounting
- Lead and manage global payroll operations across multiple regions (Americas, EMEA, APAC), ensuring compliance with local tax regulations and labor laws
- Manage and execute end-to-end payroll processing cycles including regular payroll, off-cycle, bonus, and termination payments
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of all equity compensation-related payroll transactions, including RSUs, ISOs, NSOs, and ESPP
- Partner with internal stakeholders (Finance, HR, Legal, Equity Admin) to ensure alignment and accuracy in payroll-related activities and reporting
- Lead payroll integration efforts for mergers, acquisitions, and international expansions
- Maintain and enforce internal controls over payroll processes; ensure compliance with SOX requirements if applicable
- Continuously improve payroll systems, tools, and processes to drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalability
- Manage relationships with global payroll vendors, ensuring SLAs are met and service quality remains high
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global payroll team
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 avery 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 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
- A work culture focused on innovative disruption
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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