Senior Executive Talent Sourcer (Contract) – Business Operations & IT

CoreWeave is looking for a Senior Talent Sourcer (Contract) to help drive high-impact hiring across several of the company’s most important and fast-moving organizations. This person will support executive and senior-level talent work across Operations and IT Revenue and GTM and select G&A and Marketing functions. The role is especially aligned to complex business-critical hiring tied to infrastructure operations and commercial scale.

This is not a narrow top-of-funnel sourcer role. We are looking for someone who operates as a hybrid of sourcer researcher and talent partner — someone who can build and maintain executive-level pipelines generate market intelligence create real momentum on hard searches and step in wherever needed to help move a search forward.

The ideal person is highly organized deeply research-oriented strong with executive-level candidate messaging fluent in modern AI sourcing and outreach tools and comfortable engaging directly with senior stakeholders. This person should bring sharp market instincts excellent follow-through and the ability to combine automation with the highly personalized approach needed for executive talent. This role is designed around the kind of sourcing motion described in our internal sourcing and sourcer/recruiter operating models: talent mapping calibration outreach strategy executive-grade research and proactive pipeline building with clear ownership and measurable outcomes.

This role will primarily support executive and senior-level searches across several of CoreWeave’s most important functions and should be capable of shifting focus quickly based on business need.

• COO / Operations and IT organizations including Operations IT Supply Chain Data Center infrastructure-adjacent hiring and select international roles
• CIO-aligned IT functions including networking infrastructure systems administration and related technical operational hiring
• CRO / Revenue and GTM organizations including sales revenue business development solutions post-sales and other commercial functions
• Select engineering-adjacent roles tied to field engineering solutions engineering and occasional light software engineering support where needed
• Other significant areas of support include Marketing and G&A (Legal People Ops Finance Procurement Executive Support)

This person will operate as a hybrid of sourcer researcher and talent partner. They will be expected to build and maintain strong always-on executive pipelines; conduct deep market research and talent mapping; identify target companies and adjacent talent pools; and create executive-grade candidate lists market briefs and search insights that help shape strategy.

They should be excellent at highly personalized outreach and candidate messaging with the ability to attract hard-to-reach executive talent using a mix of automation research creativity and strong follow-up. This person should be comfortable using modern AI sourcing and outreach tools tracking outreach analytics and funnel health and adjusting strategy based on real-time conversion data and market signal.

The role also requires strong partnership with recruiters and hiring leaders. This includes attending intake calibration and stakeholder meetings; contributing informed market perspective; conducting initial candidate conversations as needed; helping qualify early interest; and moving candidates forward by coordinating hiring manager and panel interviews before handing off to the recruiter at the appropriate stage. This person should be ready to clear roadblocks keep multiple high-priority searches moving and act as a strong market-facing representative of the talent function.

• Significant experience in talent sourcing executive sourcing recruiting research talent intelligence executive search or a closely related recruiting function
• Strong track record supporting executive or senior-level hiring across multiple major functional areas ideally spanning some combination of Operations IT Supply Chain Data Center Revenue GTM G&A or Marketing
• Deep research capability — someone who is not just generating names but producing usable insight market perspective and search direction
• Excellent executive-level messaging instincts and the ability to engage difficult-to-reach talent with credibility and personalization
• Strong sourcing judgment across multiple channels including LinkedIn referrals CRM/ATS rediscovery adjacent market mapping and non-obvious talent paths
• High comfort level with modern AI sourcing research and outreach tools and the judgment to use them well
• Strong data and analytics orientation including comfort using outreach metrics funnel insights and search diagnostics to adjust strategy
• Strong understanding of leveling and talent calibration especially in large-scale tech environments
• Executive presence and confidence in meetings with senior stakeholders
• Very strong organization and follow-through with the ability to juggle a high volume of requirements at once stay on top of many moving pieces and not drop the ball in a fast-paced environment
• A highly proactive operating style — someone who sees gaps clears blockers and pushes work forward without waiting to be told
• Strong market instincts including knowing which companies tend to produce strong talent for specific functions levels and environments
• A strong existing network in relevant talent markets is highly desirable
• Experience supporting executive or highly strategic searches in high-growth technology infrastructure cloud hyperscaler data center or AI-related environments is strongly preferred
• Experience supporting searches that combine operational scale with technical complexity is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with Business Operations IT and GTM talent markets at companies with strong leveling discipline and mature hiring systems is preferred
• Experience operating in fast-moving environments where priorities can shift quickly and searches require both rigor and creativity is preferred
• Experience supporting international hiring global market mapping or contractor/FTE blended talent strategies is a plus

The right person for this role will behave like a high-leverage talent partner not just a requisition helper. They should be capable of building a search strategy pressure-testing assumptions producing meaningful research creating a strong candidate narrative and driving sustained top-of-funnel momentum at all times. Internally this should look much closer to a strategic sourcer/researcher model than a traditional transactional sourcing motion — the kind of work where market intelligence tooling fluency search discipline and executive communication all matter together.

• Preferred: Livingston NJ
• Open to other CoreWeave hub locations or remote depending on fit and business need

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave we work hard have fun and move fast!  We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together which is represented through our core values: 

• Be Curious at Your Core
• Act Like an Owner
• Empower Employees
• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take off the growth opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry who will want to learn from you too. Come join us! 

This is a contract position. The hourly rate will be determined based on experience.

What We Do

CoreWeave the AI Hyperscaler™ delivers a cloud platform of cutting-edge software powering the next wave of AI. The company's technology provides enterprises and leading AI labs with cloud solutions for accelerated computing. Since 2017 CoreWeave has operated a growing footprint of data centers across the US and Europe. CoreWeave was ranked as one of the TIME100 most influential companies and featured on Forbes Cloud 100 ranking in 2024. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.

Why Work With Us

At CoreWeave we work hard have fun and move fast! Today we are a small growing team of intelligent genuine people that value different perspectives and approaches to solving complex problems. We foster an environment that champions collaboration and prioritizes innovative solutions. Here you are surrounded by the best.

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