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Job Summary As Finance Manager within the Distribution & Logistics Finance team, you will lead financial oversight and strategic analysis of freight and logistics operations. You will act as a key business partner to both internal stakeholders and third-party providers, driving financial performance, cost efficiency, and operational alignment across the supply chain. Key Responsibilities • Act as a strategic finance leader and trusted advisor to the Logistics and Distribution Services teams, providing financial insight and challenge to support business objectives., • Lead the development and delivery of budgets, forecasts, and financial plans, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with corporate goals., • Build and maintain strong relationships with third-party logistics providers to ensure financial transparency, compliance, and performance tracking., • Oversee invoice validation and cost control processes in collaboration with freight auditors and external partners., • Evaluate the financial impact of operational initiatives, including infrastructure investments and process improvements., • Enhance reporting and visibility of supply chain metrics to support cross-functional teams including Buying, Merchandising, and Logistics., • Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, tools, and reporting to support decision-making and operational efficiency., • Business partner across finance to ensure correct accounting for freight costs in the P&L., • Contribute to broader Commercial Finance initiatives, supporting both Distribution & Logistics and enterprise-wide financial strategies. Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience • Strong commercial and strategic insight, with a focus on operational efficiency and financial performance., • Proven experience in logistics, supply chain, or commercial finance roles, supported by expertise in financial modelling and data analysis., • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial planning systems., • Proven ability to lead cross-functional collaboration and influence stakeholders at all levels., • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills., • Skilled in evaluating business processes and leading the implementation of improvement initiatives., • Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments with strong prioritisation and time management., • Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA), with a solid foundation in financial governance and reporting. You must have the legal right to work in the country you are applying to.

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 . We're proud to be a Living Wage accredited Employer. About The Role We are seeking an experienced and highly structured Senior Program Manager to govern and enable CoreWeave’s full lifecycle data center design and deployment processes. This role does not execute technical engineering work directly. Instead, you will build and manage the workflows, stage gates, handover kits, documentation, and operating cadence that ensure deep-dive engineering teams operate efficiently and consistently at scale. You will partner with design, construction, site selection, operations, and R&D groups to keep owners, actions, decisions, and risks on track, ensuring downstream teams receive complete, high-quality information. In parallel, you will help identify, prototype, and productionise new technologies that streamline information flow, reduce cycle times, and improve program-wide technical outcomes. Travel to US data center sites and CoreWeave hubs is required. Key Responsibilities Process Governance & Enablement • Map current → target workflows across Site Selection, Design, Handover, Buildout, and Deployment., • Define program governance, including stage gates, entry/exit criteria, RACI, and a unified program playbook., • Standardise and maintain handover kits (Design Basis, BoMs, as-builts, test results, commissioning outputs, lessons learned)., • Implement defect and escape tracking mechanisms, including root cause analysis and continuous improvement loops. Program Management Oversight (Not Execution) • Run the operating cadence: stand-ups, risk reviews, cross-functional syncs, and steering meetings., • Maintain live RAID logs, action trackers, dependency maps, and decision registers with SLAs., • Drive cross-team unblocking, escalate critical-path risks, and ensure clear owner accountability., • Monitor and audit process adherence, publishing compliance reporting and follow-ups. Information Systems & Reporting • Establish a single source of truth for milestones, risks, decisions, and handovers., • Define, measure, and report KPIs such as lead time, cycle time, first-pass yield, on-time %, and decision latency., • Ensure documentation hygiene, version control, audit trails, and structured knowledge management. R&D, Prototyping & Productionization • Identify bottlenecks across design iteration, materials visibility, commissioning, field data capture, and test & turn-up., • Evaluate potential solutions (COTS, open-source, internal prototypes: e.g., DCIM/CMMS integrations, GIS, automation tooling, digital twins)., • Run proofs of concept with explicit success criteria, ROI analysis, and security/privacy reviews., • Transition successful PoCs into supported production tools, including runbooks, SLA definitions, training, and change-management processes. Qualifications • 10+ years of program or portfolio management experience in complex, multidisciplinary environments (infrastructure, hardware, or construction-adjacent preferred)., • Demonstrated ability to design and govern processes (stage gates, SOPs/MOPs, RACI, continuous improvement frameworks)., • Proven capability running structured operating cadences, maintaining RAID logs, decision registers, and dependency maps., • Strong analytical skills, with experience defining KPIs, dashboards, and decision SLAs., • Familiarity with program and information management platforms (e.g., Jira/Asana, Confluence/Notion, Airtable/Smartsheet)., • Experience evaluating and piloting tools or integrations, with structured success criteria and ROI justification. Preferred • Exposure to site analysis (GIS), BIM/IFC workflows, digital twins, commissioning processes, or DCIM/CMMS systems., • Experience with mobile data capture, automation/scripting (Python/JS), SQL/BI, or workflow integrations., • Understanding of infrastructure or data center design environments and related information flows. To fulfil our obligation to protect client data, successful applicants offered employment with CoreWeave will be required to complete a basic criminal record check, conducted in compliance with GDPR. Employment offers are conditional upon receiving satisfactory check results What We Offer In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs, including: • Family-level Medical Insurance, • Family-level Dental Insurance, • Generous Pension Contribution, • Life Assurance at 4x Salary, • Critical Illness Cover, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Tuition Reimbursement, • Work culture focused on innovative disruption Benefits may vary by location. Our Workplace While we prioritize a hybrid work environment, remote work may be considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office, based on role requirements for specialized 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 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, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. CoreWeave does not accept speculative CVs. Any unsolicited CVs received will be treated as the property of CoreWeave and your Terms & Conditions associated with the use of CVs will be considered null and void. Any unsolicited CVs sent by your company to us – that is to say, in any situation where we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy – will be considered by us to be a “free gift”, leaving us liable for no fees whatsoever should we choose to contact the candidate directly and engage the candidate’s services, and will in no way establish any prior claim by your company to representation of that candidate should the candidate’s details also be submitted by any other party. Export Control Compliance This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. • 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C., • 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.

Job Title: Senior Technical Manager Location: Watford, Hertfordshire Salary: £85,000 – £100,000 + Package About The Role You will be joining a leading residential contractor/developer with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality homes across London and the South East. The business pride themselves on innovation, sustainability, and excellence in design and construction. As the business continues to grow and win more work, they are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Manager to join our dynamic team based out of an office in West Hertfordshire. Role Overview The Senior Technical Manager will lead the technical function for multiple residential projects, ensuring design integrity, compliance, and timely delivery of technical information from planning through to completion. This is a senior leadership role requiring strategic oversight, team management, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Key Responsibilities • Technical Leadership: Oversee all technical aspects of developments from inception through to handover., • Design Management: Coordinate consultants, architects, and engineers to produce accurate and compliant working drawings., • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to Building Regulations, NHBC standards, planning conditions, and warranty provider requirements., • Programme & Budget Control: Manage technical programmes and budgets, ensuring timely delivery and cost efficiency., • Value Engineering: Work closely with commercial and construction teams to optimize design solutions without compromising quality., • Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with local authorities, statutory bodies, and third parties to secure approvals and agreements (Section 38, 278, 104)., • Team Development: Mentor and manage technical coordinators, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement., • Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout the project lifecycle., • Innovation & Sustainability: Drive best practices in design, materials, and construction methods to meet sustainability targets. Requirements • Proven experience as a Technical Manager or Senior Technical Manager within residential development, with strong management of Housing Association or Local Authority clients. Strong knowledge of UK Building Regulations, planning processes, and technical standards., • Excellent leadership and communication skills., • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively. Package • Competitive salary: £85,000 – £100,000 (DOE), • Car allowance, • Pension scheme, • Private healthcare, • Bonus scheme, • 23 days holiday + bank holidays

Location: Hybrid (typically 2 days per week in Watford) We’re looking for a talented Marketing Manager to join our growing Marketing team and play a key role in shaping how we engage, acquire and retain more owners and their pets. As Marketing Manager, you’ll lead the planning, creative development and co-ordination of the channel owners to deliver integrated brand and acquisition campaigns that build awareness, consideration, conversion and advocacy/loyalty. Reporting to the Head of Brand, you’ll own the overall campaign process from planning to creative brief and ensuring asset delivery from channel owners - working closely with our in-house team, agency partners and channel owners to ensure every campaign is insight-led, creatively compelling, and delivered on time and on budget. You’ll collaborate with channel owners across CRM, digital acquisition, community marketing, social, and PR to ensure campaigns are fully integrated, consistent, and effective across every touchpoint. What You’ll Do • Lead the planning and delivery of creative for brand and performance campaigns that drive awareness, consideration, and loyalty., • Coordinate channel owners (CRM, Digital Acquisition, Website, Social, PR, Community Marketing) to ensure execution of cohesive and aligned activity across the marketing mix to deliver campaign objectives., • Lead the creative approach, from concept and messaging through to final asset delivery., • Manage agencies and approval processes to deliver campaigns on schedule and budget., • Partner with channel leads to monitor and report campaign performance across all touchpoints, using insight and data to refine creative and messaging for continuous improvement. What You’ll Bring • Proven marketing experience, ideally within a multi-channel in-house role., • Experience managing integrated, multi-channel campaigns (digital, social, OOH, print, CRM, PR)., • Strong creative and strategic skills, with an eye for detail and delivery., • Excellent project management, coordination, and stakeholder communication skills., • Confident briefing and managing agencies, budgets, and timelines., • Data-driven mindset with experience interpreting campaign performance and insight., • Collaborative team player who enjoys orchestrating multiple moving parts to deliver results. Why Medivet Joining Medivet means becoming part of a nationwide community that puts care at the heart of everything we do. You'll work with a collaborative, people-first team where your expertise will be valued and your work will make a genuine impact on the lives of our colleagues and the animals they care for.

Job Title: Senior Technical Manager Location: Watford, Hertfordshire Salary: £85,000 - £100,000 + Package About The Role You will be joining a leading residential contractor/developer with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality homes across London and the South East. The business pride themselves on innovation, sustainability, and excellence in design and construction. As the business continues to grow and win more work, they are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Manager to join our dynamic team based out of an office in West Hertfordshire. Role Overview The Senior Technical Manager will lead the technical function for multiple residential projects, ensuring design integrity, compliance, and timely delivery of technical information from planning through to completion. This is a senior leadership role requiring strategic oversight, team management, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership: Oversee all technical aspects of developments from inception through to handover. Design Management: Coordinate consultants, architects, and engineers to produce accurate and compliant working drawings. Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to Building Regulations, NHBC standards, planning conditions, and warranty provider requirements. Programme & Budget Control: Manage technical programmes and budgets, ensuring timely delivery and cost efficiency. Value Engineering: Work closely with commercial and construction teams to optimize design solutions without compromising quality. Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with local authorities, statutory bodies, and third parties to secure approvals and agreements (Section 38, 278, 104). Team Development: Mentor and manage technical coordinators, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout the project lifecycle. Innovation & Sustainability: Drive best practices in design, materials, and construction methods to meet sustainability targets. Requirements Proven experience as a Technical Manager or Senior Technical Manager within residential development, with strong management of Housining Association or Local Authority clients Strong knowledge of UK Building Regulations, planning processes, and technical standards. Excellent leadership and communication skills. Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively. Package Competitive salary: £85,000 - £100,000 (DOE) Car allowance Pension scheme Private healthcare Bonus scheme 23 days holiday + bank holidays TPBN1_UKTJ