Business Development Manager, AI Partnerships

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. com .

About The Team

: CoreWeave is seeking a Business Development Manager to support our growing Partner Ecosystem. You’ll join a high-impact, collaborative partnerships organization that works closely with Sales, Marketing, Product, and our North America partnerships team to build differentiated joint offerings and go-to-market motions with top-tier partners across the AI and cloud ecosystem.

About The Role

: CoreWeave is seeking a Business Development Manager to support our growing Partner Ecosystem. You’ll join a high-impact, collaborative partnerships organization that works closely with Sales, Marketing, Product, and our North America partnerships team to build differentiated joint offerings and go-to-market motions with top-tier partners across the AI and cloud ecosystem. In this role, you will forge and lead strategic partnerships with leading infrastructure, cloud and ISV, with a strong focus on the Data AI ecosystem.

You’ll define joint strategies and integrations, drive co-sell motions, and build scalable programs that accelerate revenue and market expansion. You will work cross-functionally to design and execute quarterly business plans with partners and ensure our joint value proposition is clearly understood and adopted across partner GTM teams.

Key Responsibilities

Build and lead the management of key partnerships, including infrastructure, cloud, ISV partners, defining strategy, go-to-market product integrations, co-innovation, and joint offerings. Work with partners to develop new and innovative integrations and distribution models that drive revenue and expand the reach of CoreWeave solutions. Actively participate in the sales cycle for larger opportunities to drive co-sell with partners, partnering closely with the field and partner organizations.

Proactively build relationships with partner GTM teams and educate them on the joint value proposition of CoreWeave and their respective offerings. Collaborate with Marketing to design and implement innovative partner marketing programs that support regional pipeline and revenue goals. Develop and execute quarterly business plans with partners, including goals, KPIs, and joint activities to ensure alignment and accountability.

Nurture strong field engagement between CoreWeave teams and partner sales organizations to ensure active co-selling and opportunity sharing. Serve as a visible ambassador for CoreWeave within the partner ecosystem, articulating our differentiation and competitive positioning.

Who You Are

: Experienced partnership leader: 5+ years of experience in roles focused on building and leading partnerships in the Data AI ecosystem with cloud and ISV partners. AI ecosystem fluent: Strong understanding of the companies, products, and use cases across AI/ML, cloud, and data, and how they come together in modern AI stacks. Deep strategic partner experience: Proven experience leading partnerships with NVIDIA as well as at least one of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud.

Clear and adaptable communicator: Ability to understand and communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels of partner and customer organizations. Value proposition builder: Strong ability to develop compelling joint value propositions with partners and cultivate champions within partner organizations.