Senior Community Affairs Manager – Partnerships

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Drive community engagement initiatives within designated markets and enhance CoreWeave's social license to operate.

• Cultivate reliable local relationships and steer cross-functional engagement strategies.

• Ensure that community considerations play a role in site selection, permitting, construction, and operational processes.

• Conduct independent assessments of local risks and opportunities, and convert community developments into actionable business insights.

• Oversee the creation and negotiation of community benefit agreements.

• Provide support for PILOTs, RDAs, and various development agreements.

• Manage local partnerships and community investment efforts.

• Direct employee-driven community impact initiatives through CoreWeave Cares and Employee Action Networks.

• Take ownership of cross-functional community engagement strategies alongside Government Affairs, Communications, People, Legal, Development, Operations, and other teams.

• Lead the Community Affairs contributions to site selection and project due diligence processes.

• Evaluate community sentiment, political contexts, stakeholder priorities, local opposition, and reputational risks.

• Represent CoreWeave in community, political, and public discussions.

• Formulate and implement market-specific engagement strategies, milestones, action plans, and escalation protocols.

• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and deliver reporting and recommendations to senior leadership.

• Administer budgets for engagement activities, events, sponsorships, partnerships, and community investments.

• Create scalable processes, stakeholder management practices, and coordination models for the Community Affairs function.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Public Affairs, Political Science, Urban Planning, or a related area.

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in community affairs, stakeholder engagement, social performance, public affairs, government relations, or external communications.

• Experience in supporting data centers, energy, or other large-scale critical infrastructure projects, including permitting or entitlement procedures.

• Proven ability to independently lead complex, multi-market stakeholder strategies and translate local developments into comprehensive business recommendations.

• Demonstrated success in establishing trusted relationships with senior government officials, community organizations, business associations, labor representatives, and other local stakeholders.

• Experience in advising senior leaders and coordinating specialized cross-functional teams in politically sensitive or high-visibility settings.

• Proficiency in using stakeholder management tools and metrics to monitor engagement activities, risks, commitments, and outcomes.

• Willingness to travel up to 50% and effectively manage priorities across multiple markets.

• Eligibility to access export-controlled information requires meeting applicable U.S. Government export-control criteria.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary bonus

• Equity awards

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - fully covered by CoreWeave

• Company-paid life insurance

• Optional supplemental life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability insurance

• Flexible Spending Account

• Health Savings Account

• Tuition reimbursement

• Opportunity to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

• Mental wellness benefits provided by Spring Health

• Family-forming support available through Carrot

• Paid parental leave

• Flexible, full-service childcare assistance via Kinside

• 401(k) plan with a generous employer match

• Flexible paid time off

• Daily catered lunch at our office and data center locations

• A casual working environment

• A work culture that emphasizes innovative disruption