Senior Community Affairs & Partnerships Manager

About the role

The CoreWeave Legal and Government Affairs (LGA) team at CoreWeave is highly collaborative and partners closely with teams across the company to navigate complex policy, regulatory, and business environments while enabling innovation and growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead community engagement across assigned markets and strengthen CoreWeave's social license to operate.
• Build trusted local relationships, guide cross-functional engagement strategies, and ensure community considerations inform site selection, permitting, construction, and operations.
• Assess local risks and opportunities, translate community developments into clear business recommendations, and help ensure the company makes informed decisions throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and negotiate community benefit agreements and support PILOTs, RDAs, and other development agreements that advance CoreWeave's business objectives while creating meaningful value for host communities.
• Oversee local partnerships and community investments and work with CoreWeave Cares and our Employee Action Networks to direct employee-driven community impact toward the markets where CoreWeave operates.
• Establish KPIs and provide senior leaders with concise reporting and recommendations regarding stakeholder alignment, community sentiment, issue resolution, partnership outcomes, and material local risks and opportunities.
• Manage budgets for engagement activities, events, sponsorships, partnerships, and community investments while developing scalable processes, stakeholder-management practices, and coordination models for the growing Community Affairs function.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Public Affairs, Political Science, Urban Planning, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in community affairs, stakeholder engagement, social performance, public affairs, government affairs, or external relations.
• Experience supporting data centers, energy, or other large-scale critical-infrastructure development, including permitting or entitlement processes.
• Demonstrated experience independently leading complex, multi-market stakeholder strategies and translating local developments into clear business recommendations.
• Demonstrated success building trusted relationships with senior government officials, community organizations, business groups, labor representatives, and other local stakeholders.
• Experience advising senior leaders and coordinating specialized cross-functional teams in politically sensitive or high-visibility environments.
• Experience using stakeholder-management tools and metrics to track engagement activity, risks, commitments, and outcomes.