Senior Manager, Employee Lifecycle (EMEA)

About the role

CoreWeave's EMEA footprint is scaling fast. Poland is becoming a central technology and engineering hub, the UK presence is growing, and we are entering new countries across the region. The employment lifecycle across EMEA - onboarding, offboarding, job changes, contracts, compliance, employee inquiries - needs a dedicated senior leader in-region who can build the operational infrastructure this growth needs. We are hiring a Senior Manager, Employee Lifecycle Operations - EMEA to own and scale the EMEA employment lifecycle team. This role reports to the Director, Global People Operations and leads a small team of EMEA operations specialists. This is a builder and operator role for someone who brings structure to complexity, designs scalable processes across multiple countries, and moves at the pace of a technology company in hypergrowth. This is not a maintenance role. This leader will design EMEA's lifecycle operations as part of a cohesive global operating model, build the team and processes to deliver them, and partner closely with People Business Partners, Total Rewards, Payroll, Legal, IT, and Finance on expansion work and beyond. They will combine operational rigor with a product thinker's instinct - seeing the whole system, simplifying it, building feedback loops, and iterating. They will bring a strong point of view on how modern technology - especially AI - should reshape people operations, not as a future ambition but as a current practice. Scope and Ownership EMEA Employee Lifecycle Operations owns the regional employment lifecycle operating model and execution within CoreWeave's global operations framework. This includes Workday process design and data integrity for the EMEA population, country-specific compliance and employment law coordination, lifecycle transactions, Tier 1/Tier 2 benefits administration support, and operational readiness for new country launches. The goal is shared workflows and global coherence - not a separate EMEA operation. As a senior leader, this person will also play a contributing role to the overall people operations function in partnership with the global director. What You Will Own and Deliver Own EMEA employment lifecycle operations end to end: onboarding, offboarding, job changes, employment contracts, statutory leave, and employee inquiries across all EMEA countries. Own Workday process design and data integrity for the EMEA population, including business requirements, operational workflows, and governance. Default to global process alignment; diverge only when local law or business context requires it. Design and optimize lifecycle processes across countries with a systems thinker's lens. Find the simpler path through complexity. Identify where manual work can be eliminated, where workflows break across jurisdictions, and where automation and AI should replace repetition. Build feedback loops so processes improve continuously, not just at quarterly reviews. Build and lead the EMEA operations team: define structure, set clear ownership and interfaces, hire and develop talent, and keep the team cohesive across locations and time zones. Own country-specific compliance and employment law coordination, partnering with local counsel and the Catalyst Expansion team as CoreWeave enters new EMEA markets. You don't need to be an expert in every jurisdiction on day one - but you have the instinct to spot where the risk is and the drive to close gaps fast. Own Tier 1 and Tier 2 benefits administration support in-region. Total Rewards owns benefits strategy, policy design, and escalations; your team handles day-to-day employee-facing transactions, enrollment, and vendor liaison. Drive the execution of operational readiness for new EMEA country launches, ensuring lifecycle infrastructure is in place before the first employee starts. Own EMEA employee lifecycle data and reporting. Surface trends before they become problems. Provide clean, reliable data that leadership can act on. Leverage modern tools, especially AI, to improve speed to resolution, reduce manual work, and increase quality across the lifecycle without compromising privacy or compliance. How You Lead You stay personally connected to the work while building a team that can scale beyond you. You create clarity and momentum across multiple countries and time zones. You set clear ownership and decision ri

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CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com . We're proud to be a Living Wage accredited Employer.

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