Your work will involve having full ownership of your work and outcome, with broad latitude to run autonomously as you get up to speed. You will partner with, influence, and support the Scale executive team as we tackle the most difficult decisions in the business. You will help incubate, seed, and scale new teams, and design, manage, and iterate on the operational and analytical systems and processes that make Scale hum.

Ideally, you will have the ability to run on your own, operating at the highest level in a rapidly changing industry during a period of hypergrowth. You will have a penchant for digging deeply into the data yourself, thinking from first principles, and iterating quickly to deliver results. You will have a strong orientation toward outcomes, and a history of being scrappy when it counts. You will have low ego, and an easygoing interpersonal style that you bring to bear in everything from deep technical conversations with engineers to polished executive level comms.

You will have proven ability to build high trust relationships with a wide range of people across the organization, and a history of developing lightweight processes and getting them adopted. You will have experience in product or project management, taking projects from conception to launch. You will have excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills.

This role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.

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You will partner with cross-functional teams to understand performance, identify areas of opportunity, and support strategic decision-making. You will be a key player in driving coordination of strategic and financial planning processes as we scale.

You will also serve as a trusted advisor and critical business partner to G&A functional leaders across the organization.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, detail-oriented leader who wants to make a significant impact on Headway's growth and success.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and drive financial planning processes, ensuring resource allocation stays within budget and forecasts are tightly linked to the company's strategic goals

• Oversee the company-wide operating model, ensuring key inputs are linked to company growth and profitability for use in annual planning/budgeting and monthly forecasting

• Perform robust financial analysis on financial results and operating KPIs, identifying underlying trends and areas of opportunity

• Design and deliver monthly/quarterly reporting packages that tell the story behind the numbers for the exec team and Board

• Optimize systems to ensure automation of critical processes as we scale

• Support competitive intelligence, M&A and other corporate development initiatives

• Hire and develop a high-performing FP&A team to support the needs of the business

• Drive capital allocation strategy, cash management, and expense governance

• Support investor reporting, due diligence, and board-level discussions

You'd be a great fit if:

• You have 10-15+ years of strategic finance/FP&A experience at a high-growth startup, ideally including 2+ years of consulting/banking/investing

• You understand that people drive change, not spreadsheets, and are passionate about working with partners across all levels of the organization to steer progress

• You have exceptional analytical skills with the ability to drill down into the weeds while maintaining a strategic lens

• You are excited about AI and how it's reshaping finance, and you actively explore and apply AI tools to drive faster insights, greater efficiency, and smarter decision-making

• You have strong financial acumen and expertise in building financial models to support multiple business needs

• You are a curious self-starter, resourceful and have a knack for problem-solving

• You are a natural leader who enjoys hiring, mentoring and managing people to reach their highest potential

• You're energized by joining an early-stage startup and making immediate impact in a high-growth environment

• You are an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills

Compensation and Benefits: The expected base pay range for this position is $169,600 - $265,000, based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity.

Benefits offered include:

• Equity Compensation

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

• HSA / FSA

• 401K

• Work-from-Home Stipend

• Therapy Reimbursement

• 16-week parental leave for eligible employees

• Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership

• 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st

• Flexible PTO

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Training and professional development

We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.

Headway participates in E-Verify. To learn more, click here.

A notice to Headway applicants: To protect yourself against phishing and recruitment fraud, please note that Headway only accepts applications through our official careers page at https://headway.co/careers. Headway will never refer you to external websites, ask for payment or personal information, or conduct interviews via messaging apps. All official communication will come from a @findheadway.com email address. If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from Headway via an unofficial channel, please do not share any information and report it as spam.

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This includes managing M&A processes, analysing industry trends, assessing competitive landscapes, identifying investment opportunities, and supporting marquee fundraising initiatives. This person will work cross-functionally with a variety of stakeholders at all levels of CoreWeave and have frequent opportunities to interact with and support key executive-level decision makers.

Optimally, this person will have previous experience with generative AI, technology, digital infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, data centres or similar verticals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and evaluate M&A and direct investment opportunities based on industry knowledge, market situation, and financial analysis

• Develop, maintain, and analyse complex financial models to support M&A transactions, strategic investments, and other strategic initiatives

• Assist in all phases of transaction execution, including due diligence, valuation, documentation, and integration planning

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including finance, legal, operations, and senior executives to ensure alignment and successful execution of deals

• Support Strategic Finance, Investor Relations, Treasury, and FP&A on cross-functional Ad Hoc finance projects

• Assist in the preparation of company management presentations that deliver CoreWeave's investment thesis and growth strategy to external stakeholders

• Conduct comprehensive due diligence on M&A and investment targets, including financial, and operational analysis

• Monitor industry trends, competitive landscape, and market dynamics to identify opportunities and threats

• Collaborate with CDO, CSO and CFO to assist with highly impactful, complex, and visible projects, including scaled, complex equity and debt fundraising initiatives

• Complete special strategic projects and ad hoc modelling for senior executives as needed, such as projects regarding international expansion and JV partnerships

Who You Are:

• A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, applied mathematics, economics, engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Minimum of 2+ year(s) of experience in investment banking, private equity, private credit or similar roles

• Advanced analytical skills with an ability to perform quantitative and qualitative analysis on new ideas and concepts

Preferred:

• Excellent financial modelling and valuation skills, with a demonstrated track record of executing complicated financial analyses

• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with a preference for candidates that have demonstrably interacted with management or other executive-level stakeholders

• High level of self-sufficiency with proven success at self-teaching and a high intellectual motor

• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills

• Exceptional attention to detail, organisational skills, and ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

• Understanding of M&A processes for both public and private transactions, including deal sourcing/structuring, due diligence, and execution, with a proven track record of contributing to closed deals

• Experience with modelling debt transactions (e.g., leveraged buyout models and private/public credit) preferred

Wondering if you're a good fit? We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we've found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we'd love to talk.

• You love digging into complex financial problems and solving them with precision.

• You're curious about how AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure are reshaping the global economy.

• You're an expert in financial modelling, valuation, and supporting high-impact transactions.

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 organisation 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!

The base salary range for this role is $125,000 to $155,000. 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 programme (all based on eligibility).

What We Offer

The range we've posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 100% paid for by CoreWeave

• Company-paid Life Insurance

• Voluntary supplemental life insurance

• Short and long-term disability insurance

• Flexible Spending Account

• Health Savings Account

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Programme (ESPP)

• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health

• Family-Forming support provided by Carrot

• Paid Parental Leave

• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside

• 401(k) with a generous employer match

• Flexible PTO

• Catered lunch each day in our office and data centre locations

• A casual work environment

• A work culture focused on innovative disruption

Our Workplace

While we prioritise a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialised skill sets. New hires will be invited to attend onboarding at one of our hubs within their first month. Teams also gather quarterly to support collaboration.

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CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic

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This position requires a strong working knowledge of military operations, modeling & simulation (M&S), data science, and operational analysis techniques. Your analyses will directly support product decisions and customer engagements by helping demonstrate how Shield AI's AI-powered platforms perform in realistic and contested operational environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Executing operational analyses to assess the effectiveness of autonomous systems in representative military scenarios.
• Developing and running modeling, simulation, and wargaming analyses to evaluate system performance, mission impact, and survivability in contested environments.
• Collaborating with engineering teams and product managers to translate operational findings into actionable system insights.
• Performing trade studies and sensitivity analyses to assess system performance across varying operational conditions, assumptions, and threat environments.
• Building, modifying, and analyzing mission-level models using tools such as AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, Python, or similar M&S frameworks.
• Analyzing force-on-force engagements, sensor performance, and autonomy-enabled behaviors to support mission effectiveness assessments.
• Engaging with DoD stakeholders, operators, and analysts to understand mission needs and operational constraints.
• Contributing to the development and refinement of concepts of operations (CONOPS) for AI-enabled aircraft capabilities.
• Monitoring emerging threats and operational challenges relevant to autonomous and air combat systems.
• Preparing technical documentation, analysis reports, and briefings for internal teams, customers, and government stakeholders.

Required qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or math domain.
• 7+ years of experience in operational analysis, modeling & simulation, operations research, or related defense or aerospace roles.
• Active Secret at minimum, preferred active Top-Secret clearance (or ability to obtain one).

Preferred qualifications include:

• Prior experience in force-on-force analysis, CONOPS development, or military campaign modeling.
• Expertise in applicable design reference mission development such as OCA or SEAD.
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, tools (Brawler, ESAMS, etc.), Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), and military operational testing.
• DoD Program experience as analysis task lead.
• Prior experience in systems engineering product development lifecycle (SysML or MBSE preferred).
• Expertise providing program critical analysis for system design and integration/test.

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This position requires a strong working knowledge of military operations, modeling & simulation (M&S), data science, and operational analysis techniques. Your analyses will directly support product decisions and customer engagements by helping demonstrate how Shield AI's AI-powered platforms perform in realistic and contested operational environments.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, own and execute operational analyses to assess the effectiveness of autonomous systems in representative military scenarios.
• Develop and run modeling, simulation, and wargaming analyses to evaluate system performance, mission impact, and survivability in contested environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and product managers to translate operational findings into actionable system insights.
• Perform trade studies and sensitivity analyses to assess system performance across varying operational conditions, assumptions, and threat environments.
• Build, modify, and analyze mission-level models using tools such as AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, Python, or similar M&S frameworks.
• Analyze force-on-force engagements, sensor performance, and autonomy-enabled behaviors to support mission effectiveness assessments.
• Engage with DoD stakeholders, operators, and analysts to understand mission needs and operational constraints.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of concepts of operations (CONOPS) for AI-enabled aircraft capabilities.
• Monitor emerging threats and operational challenges relevant to autonomous and air combat systems.
• Prepare technical documentation, analysis reports, and briefings for internal teams, customers, and government stakeholders.
• Apply modern compute and development best practices (e.g., version control, scripting, scalable compute workflows, and reproducible analysis) to build and maintain reliable analysis pipelines.
• Be a force multiplier by coaching and developing incoming talent.

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This position requires a strong working knowledge of military operations, modeling & simulation (M&S), data science, and operational analysis techniques. Your analyses will directly support product decisions and customer engagements by helping demonstrate how Shield AI's AI-powered platforms perform in realistic and contested operational environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Executing operational analyses to assess the effectiveness of autonomous systems in representative military scenarios.
• Developing and running modeling, simulation, and wargaming analyses to evaluate system performance, mission impact, and survivability in contested environments.
• Collaborating with engineering teams and product managers to translate operational findings into actionable system insights.
• Performing trade studies and sensitivity analyses to assess system performance across varying operational conditions, assumptions, and threat environments.
• Building, modifying, and analyzing mission-level models using tools such as AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, Python, or similar M&S frameworks.
• Analyzing force-on-force engagements, sensor performance, and autonomy-enabled behaviors to support mission effectiveness assessments.
• Engaging with DoD stakeholders, operators, and analysts to understand mission needs and operational constraints.
• Contributing to the development and refinement of concepts of operations (CONOPS) for AI-enabled aircraft capabilities.
• Monitoring emerging threats and operational challenges relevant to autonomous and air combat systems.
• Preparing technical documentation, analysis reports, and briefings for internal teams, customers, and government stakeholders.

Required qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or math domain.
• 5+ years of experience in operational analysis, modeling & simulation, operations research, or related defense or aerospace roles.
• Active Secret at a minimum. Preferred Top Secret (or ability to obtain one).

Preferred qualifications include:

• Prior experience in force-on-force analysis, CONOPS development, or military campaign modeling.
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, tools (Brawler, ESAMS, etc.), Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), and military operational testing.
• Prior experience in systems engineering product development lifecycle (SysML or MBSE preferred)

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This position requires a deep understanding of military operations, wargaming, modeling & simulation (M&S), and operational analysis techniques. Your work will directly shape Shield AI's strategy by identifying how our AI-powered aircraft can best serve the evolving needs of modern warfare.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute operational analysis strategies to assess the effectiveness of autonomous aircraft in real-world military scenarios.
• Lead modeling, simulation, and wargaming efforts to evaluate system performance, mission impact, and survivability in contested environments.
• Work closely with engineering teams to translate operational insights into design decisions and system improvements.
• Conduct trade studies and sensitivity analyses to assess system performance under varying operational conditions and threats.
• Utilize advanced modeling & simulation tools (e.g., AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, Python) to develop high-fidelity mission models.
• Analyze force-on-force engagements, sensor effectiveness, and autonomy-driven decision-making to optimize mission success.
• Collaborate with DoD stakeholders, operators, and warfighters to understand mission needs and align system capabilities with operational requirements.
• Develop and present technical reports, briefings, and recommendations to senior leadership, customers, and government agencies.
• Support concept of operations (CONOPS) development for new AI-driven aircraft capabilities.
• Identify emerging threats and operational challenges, ensuring Shield AI's systems remain ahead of adversary capabilities.

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This position requires a strong working knowledge of military operations, modeling & simulation (M&S), data science, and operational analysis techniques. Your analyses will directly support product decisions and customer engagements by helping demonstrate how Shield AI's AI-powered platforms perform in realistic and contested operational environments.

Responsibilities:

• Execute operational analyses to assess the effectiveness of autonomous systems in representative military scenarios.
• Develop and run modeling, simulation, and wargaming analyses to evaluate system performance, mission impact, and survivability in contested environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and product managers to translate operational findings into actionable system insights.
• Perform trade studies and sensitivity analyses to assess system performance across varying operational conditions, assumptions, and threat environments.
• Build, modify, and analyze mission-level models using tools such as AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, Python, or similar M&S frameworks.
• Analyze force-on-force engagements, sensor performance, and autonomy-enabled behaviors to support mission effectiveness assessments.
• Engage with DoD stakeholders, operators, and analysts to understand mission needs and operational constraints.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of concepts of operations (CONOPS) for AI-enabled aircraft capabilities.
• Monitor emerging threats and operational challenges relevant to autonomous and air combat systems.
• Prepare technical documentation, analysis reports, and briefings for internal teams, customers, and government stakeholders.
• Apply modern compute and development best practices (e.g., version control, scripting, scalable compute workflows, and reproducible analysis) to build and maintain reliable analysis pipelines.

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