Capgemini Invent - Campus Lead

Capgemini Invent is seeking a strategic and highly organized Campus Recruiting Lead to oversee the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of our North America campus recruiting program. This role is focused on program management, stakeholder engagement, operational excellence, and talent pipeline strategy, ensuring the successful attraction and hiring of top emerging talent across the organization.

As the Campus Recruiting Lead, you will drive the end-to-end campus recruiting calendar, manage university partnerships, oversee recruiting events and hiring campaigns, and collaborate with Talent Acquisition, business leaders, and external partners to deliver a best-in-class campus hiring experience. You will serve as the central point of coordination across multiple stakeholders, ensuring alignment between workforce planning needs, recruiting activities, and hiring outcomes.

This role is ideal for a recruiting professional with strong project and program management skills who can balance strategy, operations, data analysis, and stakeholder management while driving large-scale recruitment initiatives in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

As a Campus Recruiting Lead, you will:

• Lead the planning, management, and execution of the North America campus recruiting program, including internship, co-op, and entry-level hiring initiatives.
• Develop and execute annual campus recruiting strategies aligned to business growth objectives and workforce planning needs.
• Serve as the primary program manager for all campus recruiting activities, ensuring timely execution of recruiting milestones and hiring deliverables.
• Build and manage relationships with universities, career centers, faculty, student organizations, and external partners to strengthen talent pipelines.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition leadership and business stakeholders to forecast hiring demand, establish recruiting targets, and prioritize hiring efforts.
• Manage the campus recruiting calendar, including career fairs, information sessions, networking events, case competitions, interview days, and offer programs.
• Oversee recruiting operations, ensuring consistent processes, compliance standards, candidate communication, and interview execution across the program.
• Monitor pipeline health, conversion metrics, diversity goals, and hiring outcomes; provide regular reporting and recommendations to leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruiting efficiency, candidate experience, and program effectiveness through process enhancements and data-driven decision making.
• Collaborate with marketing and employer branding teams to increase Capgemini Invent's visibility and engagement within target universities.
• Manage recruiting vendors, event logistics, university sponsorships, and program-related budgets where applicable.
• Provide guidance and support to Recruiters, Campus Recruiters, Coordinators, and business stakeholders involved in the campus hiring process.
• Lead post-season program evaluations and implement continuous improvement initiatives to optimize future recruiting cycles.
• Drive diversity recruiting and early-career talent initiatives that support the firm's long-term talent strategy.