Senior Manager, Early Careers Recruiting

CoreWeave•Dallas, NJ

9d•$149,000 - $198,000

About The Position

CoreWeave is seeking an Early Careers Recruiting Manager to build and lead its university recruiting program from the ground up. The role develops the strategy, partnerships, processes, and team needed to attract early-career talent across technical and business functions. The successful candidate has built or substantially scaled a university recruiting program, managed recruiting teams, and developed university and student-organization relationships; experience in technology, AI, or another fast-moving industry is highly valued. The position oversees internship and new-graduate recruiting across functions, locations, and academic cycles. It partners with business leaders, hiring managers, Talent Acquisition, and Learning and Development to forecast needs, set goals, establish performance metrics, and deliver scalable, inclusive recruiting programs. The role also manages the university recruiting budget and stays informed about emerging talent markets and recruiting trends. Travel during peak university recruiting periods is required. CoreWeave describes its culture as entrepreneurial, collaborative, fast-moving, and focused on learning and innovative solutions. The role’s U.S. base salary range is $149,000–$198,000, with actual compensation determined by job-related factors and location. The total rewards package may include a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and benefits based on eligibility. Benefits listed for U.S. full-time employees include medical, dental, and vision insurance paid in full by CoreWeave; company-paid life insurance; voluntary supplemental life insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; flexible spending and health savings accounts; tuition reimbursement; employee stock purchase plan participation; mental wellness benefits; family-forming support; paid parental leave; childcare support; 401(k) with employer match; flexible PTO; catered lunches at office and data center locations; and a casual work environment.

Requirements

Significant experience in university or early-career recruiting, including building or substantially expanding a program.
Demonstrated experience managing, coaching, and developing a recruiting team.
Established relationships across universities, career centers, faculty networks, and student organizations.
Experience recruiting for technical roles in technology, AI, infrastructure, software, or related industries.
Strong program-management skills and ability to create structure and scalable processes in a fast-growing environment.
Proven ability to influence senior leaders and build productive partnerships with hiring teams.
Experience using data to set strategy, evaluate outcomes, and improve recruiting programs.
Excellent communication, relationship-building, and organizational skills.
Ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution.
Willingness to travel during peak university recruiting periods.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting students in computer science, engineering, machine learning, data science, or other highly competitive technical disciplines.
Experience creating internship programs and strategies that convert interns into full-time employees.
Knowledge of the university recruiting landscape for AI and emerging technology talent.
Experience building an employer brand with student and early-career audiences.
Experience working in a high-growth or rapidly evolving organization.

Responsibilities

Build and execute an Early Careers recruiting strategy aligned with long-term talent needs.
Design the program’s structure, including target-school selection, hiring timelines, campus engagement, events, candidate assessment, internship programming, and conversion strategies.
Develop and maintain relationships with university career centers, faculty, student organizations, technical clubs, and other campus partners.
Create recruiting campaigns that build awareness of CoreWeave and its opportunities in the technology and AI ecosystem.
Lead, coach, and develop a team of university recruiters and recruiting coordinators, and potentially hire team members.
Partner with business leaders, hiring managers, and Talent Acquisition leadership to forecast early-career hiring needs and establish annual goals.
Build scalable and inclusive recruiting processes that provide a consistent, high-quality experience for candidates and internal partners.
Oversee internship and new-graduate recruiting across multiple functions, locations, and academic cycles.
Partner with the Learning and Development team to establish metrics for pipeline health, offer acceptance, candidate experience, diversity, intern conversion, and quality of hire.
Manage the university recruiting budget and prioritize investments for impact.
Stay current on university recruiting trends, emerging talent markets, and evolving skills needed in technology and AI organizations.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 100% paid for by CoreWeave for eligible U.S. full-time employees.
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 the 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 office and data center locations.
Casual work environment.
Discretionary bonus and equity awards, based on eligibility.