Recruiting Manager, Early Careers

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

A career at Roblox means you'll be working to shape the future of human interaction on the world's largest immersive platform. Reporting to the Director, Early Careers you will own the vision, strategy, and execution for bringing the next generation of exceptional talent to Roblox, specifically focusing on our high-impact University, Internship, and rotational programs.

This is a critical leadership role that requires a deep analytical mindset and a proven track record of innovation.You will not only manage a team of Recruiters, but will also act as a strategic force multiplier across the organization. We are looking for an expert with a deeply data-driven approach who can create and scale programs that are not just operationally excellent, but are a competitive differentiator, modeling the caliber of talent acquisition found at the world's most ambitious technology and AI companies.

If you are a builder who sees recruiting as a complex optimization problem, and you excel at translating ambiguity into technical rigor and actionable process, this is the team for you. 

You will:

Technical Program & Systems Design

• System Ownership: Design, implement, and own the end-to-end technical recruiting pipeline for early careers talent, treating the process as a scalable, distributed system that must maintain a high quality bar under extreme volume.
• Innovation & Automation: Drive the automation roadmap for the Early Careers function. Identify high-leverage opportunities to deploy new tooling, including AI-first solutions and system integrations 
• Assessment & Hiring Rigor: Partner directly with People Science and Analytics to continue to champion our skill-based, automated and consistent evaluation methodologies 
• Build to Scale: Design, implement, and continuously refine scalable, end-to-end early career programs that deliver an outstanding, human-centered candidate experience from first touchpoint through conversion and onboarding.

Data & Analytical Leadership

• Metrics-Driven Strategy: In partnership with Data Analytics leader, relentlessly track KPIs and recruiting health metrics (e.g., offer acceptance rates, time-to-hire, source effectiveness, conversion rates, NPS) to translate complex data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations.
• Forecasting & Capacity: Continuously think long term using data-driven forecasting to predict capacity needs across the recruiting team and interviewers, ensuring the system can scale ahead of demand.

Team Management

• Manager of Builders: Lead, mentor, and performance-manage a team of technical Recruiters, focusing their development on operational expertise, data literacy, and structured problem-solving.
• Strategic Blueprint: Serve as a subject matter expert on early career market trends and innovative sourcing techniques. Define the multi-year Engineering hiring strategy ensuring alignment with Roblox’s long-term business goals.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as a strategic partner to executive leadership, hiring managers, and cross-functional teams (PBPs, People Analytics, Engineering) to forecast needs, secure resources, and influence hiring velocity and quality.

You have:

• Experience: 9+ years of progressive experience in Talent Acquisition or People Operations, with a focused track record in Technical Early Careers or University Recruiting.
• Management Expertise: 3+ years of direct people management experience,  ideally leading technical recruiting or operations teams.
• Deep Analytical Acumen: Proven capability t