Sr. Program Manager, University Recruiting Partnerships

Overview:

We are seeking a driven, innovative and impactful Sr. Program Manager to help drive our global university recruiting partnership strategy. The Sr. Program Manager, University Recruiting Partnerships will support building and strengthening Gartner’s employer and recruiting brand with our partner organizations. As the Program Manager, Partnerships you will report to our Director, University Recruiting Partnerships & Programs and work with them to develop and scale external university partnerships and events strategy. This is your opportunity to help us identify and recruit early career talent across the global organization through strategic partnership management and by planning and executing events. 

What You Will Lead:

• Execute the management of our highest impact partnerships approach that supports Gartner’s talent acquisition focus and priorities, while ensuring the strategy is tailored to region and country specific needs
• Initiate, cultivate, maintain, and evaluate relationships with the external partners that serve and support early career talent
• Manage key stakeholder relationships with recruiting leaders, business leaders, and other key partners to build critical components of the University Recruiting Partnership Strategy
• Effective and impactful management and execution of partnership activities including, development and planning, research, communication, briefing, production, vendor/partner management, and reporting
• Creating and manage project plans and setback schedules to manage program deliverable
• Mentor associates across the University Programs & Partnerships team and support ongoing learning and development opportunities in partnership with leadership
• Support onboarding training of new associates on the University Recruiting team
• Manage and execute event planning for partnership events to ensure positive experience for internal leaders and associates who attend and support
• Lead planning and strong collaboration with internal teams on all logistical support
• Lead design and execution of comprehensive portfolio marketing strategy to align with partnership goals and objectives
• Develop and establish best practices that support innovative and creative ways to attract the best and brightest early career candidates and increase our competitive advantage through partnerships
• Conduct market and program research to provide relevant data, analysis, and recommendations to inform and guide decision making across all strategic partnership efforts. Lead sharing these best practices across the team
• Evaluate ROI and measures of success for assigned partnerships, and make recommendations for longer term partnership trajectory leveraging these insights
• Lead partnership renewal proposals and partner with leadership to secure approvals
• Support managing Partnership annual budgeting tasks and lead securing monthly spend projections.
• Collaborate with the Director, University Recruiting Partnerships & Programs, external and internal cross-functional partners to operationalize, scale, and execute events and activities identified as a part of the partnership agreement (i.e. events, competitions, social media activations, outreach efforts, partner job boards)
• Manage candidate data, reporting and analysis across university partnership conferences, events and special programming/initiatives. Provide input and make recommendations into cross-functional analysis of university strategy and initiatives to ensure effectiveness and consistent execution
• Develop knowledge and fully utilize key systems to drive more effective partnership results across the global portfolio (Workday, Beamery, etc.)
• Serve as primary workstream leader for key partnership initiatives and projects (systems, reporting, marketing, etc.)

What You Will Need:

• 6+ years of experience in university recruiting
• 1-2 years of experience in creating, cultivating, and managing partnerships
• Clear demonstration of driving results
• Ability to build influential relationships, internally and externally while also leading and driving change
• Proven experience of influencing other in a team setting and building effective relationships
• Experience in creating processes and best practices with a focus on operationalizing and streamlining
• Experience working with recruiting tools and systems (CRM, ATS, etc)
• Strong organizational skills and ability to plan multiple events simultaneously
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration both internally and externally
• Experience in creating, cultivating, and managing partnerships
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills, proactive, resilient and ability to