Infrastructure & Community Communications Lead

CoreWeave•Washington, DC

13d•$149,000 - $198,000•Hybrid

About The Position

CoreWeave is seeking an Infrastructure & Community Communications Lead to manage external communications for its AI infrastructure, including GPU fleet, data center expansion, strategic partnerships, and community/policy engagement. This role involves translating complex technical concepts into compelling narratives for diverse audiences, driving announcement cycles, and developing proactive communications strategies. The lead will also focus on community and policy communications, providing evidence-based information on environmental, economic, and community impact, and partnering with government affairs to shape local stories and influence policy conversations. The role emphasizes an AI-native approach to communications, utilizing modern tools to enhance research, content creation, monitoring, and measurement.

Requirements

8–12+ years of experience in technology public relations, media relations and/or, public affairs.
Proven experience supporting enterprise cloud, infrastructure, AI hardware, or deep-tech products.
Ability to translate complex technical concepts into externally consumable narratives across diverse audiences.
Established relationships with Tier-1 and trade reporters in tech, enterprise IT, cloud, AI, and energy or infrastructure policy.
Track record of securing high-impact media coverage, managing press briefings, and driving announcement cycles from concept to coverage.
Experience with community or stakeholder communications, ideally in industries with significant physical or environmental footprints (energy, infrastructure, real estate, manufacturing, or similar).
Experience partnering with Government Affairs or Public Affairs teams on high-stakes stakeholder communications, ideally in regulated or community-sensitive industries.
Proven ability to develop compelling press materials: pitches, press releases, FAQs, op-eds, briefing documents, and executive communications.
Experience partnering directly with Engineering, Product, or technical subject matter experts to develop accurate, credible narratives.
Experience developing or executing community engagement communications strategies for large-scale infrastructure or industrial projects.
Curious self-starter who enjoys digging into technical, business, or policy topics
Able to work with discretion, professionalism, and maturity
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects at once
Operates well in fast-paced, high-growth environments
Collaborative, low-ego team player who is eager to learn and grow
Comfortable receiving feedback and iterating quickly
Fluency with AI writing, research, and media monitoring tools

Nice To Haves

Experience launching or communicating about cloud infrastructure or AI products in high-growth enterprise environments.
Familiarity with GPU compute, data center operations, power infrastructure, and distributed systems.
Understanding of state and federal legislative processes related to energy, land use, or technology permitting.
Experience working in or alongside government or regulatory affairs functions.
Background working with strategic technology partners (hyperscalers, semiconductor companies, or similar).
Experience influencing and aligning internal multi-stakeholder teams across communications, marketing, policy, engineering, legal.
You’re curious about how technology stories shape markets and public perception.
You’re an expert in spotting, landing, and amplifying stories that matter.

Responsibilities

Own the media and influencer narrative for CoreWeave's infrastructure portfolio, including GPU compute, data center builds, networking, power, and cooling innovations.
Translate deeply technical concepts such as GPU clusters, liquid cooling, power density, and distributed systems into compelling stories for developers, enterprise IT leaders, policy makers, local, and investor audiences.
Drive announcement cycles and media strategy around data center openings, capacity expansions, new hardware generations, and infrastructure milestones.
Develop and deploy proactive communications, including rapid-response messaging, media rebuttals, and educational content that counters misinformation and misconceptions regarding energy use, ratepayer impact, water consumption, environmental impact, and economic value.
Serve as the communications lead for CoreWeave's strategic partnerships, ensuring CoreWeave's story is accurately and prominently represented in news narratives, joint announcements, and news moments.
Partner with the Product Communications lead to grow and maintain relationships with trade and technology reporters covering AI, hardware, compute, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise IT.
Develop and own a robust library of press materials: press releases, media pitches, backgrounders, FAQs, executive talking points, and briefing documents tailored to infrastructure and compute audiences.
Develop proactive communications strategies for communities where CoreWeave data centers are located or planned, building understanding at the local level.
Provide evidence-based communications on environmental, economic, and community impact.
Partner with Legal & Government Affairs, real estate, and development teams throughout the data center development lifecycle to build external communications strategies informed by political readiness and community engagement intelligence.
Partner with Government Affairs to develop and execute communications strategies that translate complex national policy positions into local stories for community stakeholders (including a community narrative playbook, op-eds, media placements, coalition messaging, and executive commentary).
Build relationships with policy-focused journalists, think tanks, and industry coalitions to amplify CoreWeave's perspective in legislative and regulatory conversations.
Translate public opinion research and polling insights into proactive content strategies that get ahead of emerging narratives on energy, jobs, and community impact.
Operate as a native practitioner of modern communications tools, using AI to accelerate research, content, monitoring, and measurement.
Contribute to CoreWeave's broader effort to build a best-in-class, AI-native communications function that sets a new standard for the industry.