Learning Partner — Management & Leadership Development

About the role

The Learning Partner for Management & Leadership Development is one of the most senior individual contributor roles in CoreWeave University. This person will own CWU's enterprise leadership development portfolio, designing and delivering programs that build managerial capability at the frontline, leadership effectiveness at the director and VP level, and the kind of consistent leadership culture that scales as the company does.

• Own CWU's leadership development portfolio end-to-end — from strategic framing through program design, delivery, and evaluation — across both management and leadership audiences.
• Collaborate on the continued development and scaling of Management Essentials, CWU's flagship program for frontline managers, including curriculum design, facilitator strategy, and post-program learning architecture.
• Design and build Leadership Essentials, CWU's learning program for director-level and above, including needs analysis, curriculum architecture, and delivery approach.
• Develop scalable frameworks, toolkits, and resources that extend the reach of leadership learning beyond formal programs — into the flow of work.
• Ensure all leadership development work is grounded in CoreWeave's leadership expectations and translates those expectations into observable, learnable behaviors.

Stakeholder Partnership & Influence

Serve as CWU's senior expert and trusted advisor on leadership and management development to senior leaders, PBPs, and the entire People organization. Build and sustain strong relationships with key stakeholders across all functions — Engineering, GTM, DC Operations, Finance, Legal, and G&A functions — to understand leadership needs and design programs that meet them. Influence without authority: this role requires the credibility and judgment to shape how senior leaders think about their own development and the development of their teams. Partner with the Talent and PBP teams to connect leadership development to performance, succession, promotion, and all talent cycles & frameworks.

Delivery & Facilitation

• Facilitate leadership and management development programs with authority, adaptability, and presence — including in rooms with VP and C-suite participants.
• Create and manage a facilitator strategy that allows programs to scale beyond a single facilitator, including internal facilitation certification or external facilitation partnerships.
• Create and maintain high-quality facilitator guides, participant materials, and supporting resources across all programs.

Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Define what great looks like for leadership development at CoreWeave — including how we measure behavioral change, not just program satisfaction.
• Build evaluation frameworks for all major programs; use data to continuously improve program design and demonstrate impact to senior stakeholders.
• Stay current on the leadership development field; bring external research, models, and benchmarks in where they raise the quality of CWU's work.

CWU Team Contribution

• Act as a senior voice and thought partner within the CWU team — sharing expertise, contributing to how the function operates, and helping shape CWU's overall approach to learning.
• Mentor and support other Learning Partners, particularly those newer to the field or to CoreWeave, and those earlier in their career.
• Contribute to CWU's standards, practices, and methodology as a collaborative leader within the function.

Experience

• 7–10+ years of progressive experience in leadership and management development, organizational learning, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering enterprise leadership development programs — including both frontline manager and senior leader audiences.
• Experience working in a high-growth technology company is strongly preferred; comfort navigating rapid change, shifting priorities, and ambiguous scope is essential.
• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders (VP-level and above) through credibility, expertise, and strong relationship-building.
• Experience building programs from scratch — not just inheriting and running existing curricula.

Skills & Knowledge

• Deep expertise in leadership and management development theory and practice — including adult learning, behavior change, and program evaluation.
• Strong facilitation skills across audience types and seniority levels; this person must be as effective in a room of senior executives as they are with new managers.
• Ability to translate complex organizational dynamics into clear, actionable learning experiences.
• Comfort with data: defining success metrics, interpreting evaluation results, and communicating impact in terms that resonate with business leaders.
• Strong written and verbal communication; produces materials that are clear, polished, and appropriate for senior audiences.

Ways of Working

• Owns complex, multi-stakeholder workstreams end-to-end without close supervision — this is a role for someone who runs toward ambiguity, not away from it.
• Bridges strategic vision and hands-on execution; at this stage of CWU's build, the Senior LP cannot delegate what doesn't yet exist.
• Brings a collaborative mindset; builds trust quickly with stakeholders across functions and seniority levels by demonstrating rigorous preparation, clear thinking, and consistent follow-through.
• Contributes to CWU as a community — shares openly, mentors generously, and cares about the team's collective success.

How You'll Be Evaluated

• Expertise & Impact: Recognized as CWU's go-to expert in leadership and management development. Drives improvements by redesigning learning systems and influencing how leadership development is done across the organization. Mentors peers and contributes to the team's internal knowledge base.
• Ownership & Execution: Leads execution of complex, multi-stakeholder learning workstreams across functions. Holds accountability for program impact, not just delivery. Anticipates how organizational shifts affect the leadership development portfolio and adjusts before being prompted.
• Collaborate & Multiply: Builds strong cross-functional relationships across all functions and seniority levels. Actively promotes best practices within and across teams. Coaches others in effective stakeholder communication and navigates disagreement with clarity and care.
• Strategic Application: Connects leadership development strategy to CoreWeave's workforce planning, engagement, and retention priorities. Contributes to CWU-level planning and goal-setting. Communicates program strategy with influence at the VP and senior director level.

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $149,000 to $198,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).