# Director, Compensation at CoreWeave

- Company: CoreWeave
- What the company does: CoreWeave is the force multiplier that empowers pioneers with momentum, magnitude, and mastery—enabling them to innovate with confidence. Explore the #1 AI Cloud.
- Company website: https://www.coreweave.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Livingston, NJ
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $182K to $242K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://coreweave.com/careers/job?4714315006&board=coreweave&gh_jid=4714315006
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/coreweave-director-compensation/

## About the role

You'll join CoreWeave's Total Rewards organization, the team responsible for how we pay, incentivize, and retain the people building the infrastructure behind modern AI. We operate at the intersection of People, Finance, Legal, and the business, designing programs that hold up to public-company scrutiny while moving at the speed of a company still in hyper-growth.

## What they're looking for

- 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, including the communication, enablement, and approval mechanics that make them stick
- Deep technical fluency across base pay, short- and long-term incentives, and equity vehicles (RSUs, PSUs, options, ESPP), including how they interact with accounting, tax, and disclosure requirements
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills across Finance, Legal, HR Business Partners, and Recruiting, with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and hold the line when it matters

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