Senior Counsel, Employment

CoreWeave•Livingston, NJ

4d•$157,000 - $210,000

About The Position

CoreWeave’s Legal and Government Affairs team partners across the company to navigate complex legal issues and support innovation and growth. The Senior Counsel, Employment independently owns a broad portfolio of U.S. employment matters, disputes, and strategic projects, with selective cross-border coordination where U.S. issues intersect with global programs. The role provides practical, business-minded advice, develops scalable employment-law processes and documents, and uses sound judgment about when to act independently and when to consult or escalate. Reporting to the Senior Managing Associate General Counsel, Employment, this role advises on the full employment lifecycle for CoreWeave’s U.S. workforce and takes meaningful ownership of employment disputes, compliance initiatives, and transactional matters. It partners with People teams—including HRBPs, Employee Relations, People Operations, Benefits/Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, and Mobility—and collaborates with Legal, Payroll, Accounting, Tax, Corporate Development, and Insider Risk. The role also works with regional employment counsel on cross-border matters and global programs, and may support selected broader company disputes and strategic projects. The position manages employment matters from day-to-day advice through dispute resolution and transactions; develops clear guidance for business stakeholders; and builds scalable policies, workflows, templates, playbooks, training, and processes. It supports U.S. outside counsel and employment aspects of M&A and other strategic transactions. The stated base salary range is $157,000 to $210,000, with a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and benefits, subject to eligibility. The position requires access to export-controlled information, subject to the eligibility conditions described in the posting.

Requirements

At least 6 years of relevant employment-law and litigation experience.
Meaningful experience advising a multi-state U.S. workforce, including identifying state and local differences, translating legal requirements into practical guidance, and coordinating with specialized outside counsel as needed.
Demonstrated experience managing employment disputes and litigation, including pre-litigation demands or agency matters, internal investigations, discovery and preservation, settlement strategy, and outside counsel.
Experience from a combination of law-firm and in-house roles, or equivalent experience demonstrating strong legal training and practical business judgment; meaningful in-house experience is strongly preferred.
Strong knowledge of U.S. employment law and experience applying legal principles across U.S. jurisdictions and to novel or evolving business situations.
Ability to independently own moderately complex and appropriate complex employment matters while exercising sound judgment regarding consultation and escalation.
Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills, including communicating with varied audiences, collaborating across functions, and building trusted relationships with People and business leaders.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-moving environment with incomplete information, shift between competing priorities, and make practical judgment calls that keep work moving.
Strong problem-solving and business judgment, including assessing legal and practical risk, identifying viable options, and recommending a path forward.
Excellent drafting, written and verbal communication, legal interpretation, and research skills, including producing clear, concise, decision-useful work product.
Commitment to professional conduct, high-quality execution, and appropriate attention to detail under time pressure.
Ability to balance legal risk against business objectives, provide clear and practical recommendations, and recognize when broader alignment or escalation is warranted.
Experience scoping, managing, and critically evaluating outside counsel, including employment litigators and state/local specialists, with a focus on practical advice and efficient spend.
J.D. degree and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
Experience supporting employment aspects of M&A, organizational changes, or other strategic transactions, and a track record of building or improving scalable policies, processes, or playbooks.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a global high-growth technology, AI/cloud-infrastructure, or publicly traded company.
Experience coordinating cross-border employment matters or global workforce programs with regional employment counsel, including mobility, global policies, or transaction-related issues.
Experience supporting selected non-employment litigation or broader legal workstreams in addition to core employment matters.

Responsibilities

Advise on day-to-day and strategic U.S. employment matters across recruiting and hiring, employment agreements, performance management, workplace investigations and employee relations, leaves and accommodations, terminations and separations, restructurings, compensation and benefits, wage and hour, worker classification, restrictive covenants, work authorization and mobility, and other employee-lifecycle issues.
Manage employment disputes and pre-litigation matters, and support selected broader company disputes from early case assessment through resolution, including fact development, exposure and strategy assessment, litigation holds and preservation, discovery/eDiscovery, outside-counsel strategy, settlement, trial preparation, and internal reporting.
Provide timely, business-focused recommendations that balance legal risk with operational objectives, identify jurisdiction-specific issues, and use sound judgment about consultation and escalation.
Build trusted partnerships with People and business stakeholders and translate legal analysis into clear, practical guidance.
Draft, review, interpret, and improve employment policies, agreements, and other workforce documentation, with a focus on consistency and scalability.
Monitor statutes, regulations, case law, agency guidance, and enforcement developments, and surface material changes, trends, and practical implications to Legal, People, and business partners.
Identify recurring legal or operational issues and build scalable frameworks, workflows, templates, playbooks, SOPs, training, and processes.
Partner with regional employment counsel on cross-border matters and company-wide programs affecting the U.S. workforce, including mobility, global policies, and transaction-related issues.
Support management of U.S. outside counsel by coordinating requests, reviewing work product, translating advice into practical recommendations, and escalating recommendations as appropriate.
Support employment aspects of M&A and other strategic transactions, including diligence, risk assessment, transaction-related employment documentation, retention or other workforce arrangements, and post-close implementation, coordinating with regional employment counsel on non-U.S. issues.