Associate Director, Talent Partner

About the role

The Sustainability Career Studio seeks an Associate Director, Talent Partner to help develop and implement the studio’s employer engagement strategy in assigned sectors including building and maintaining employer relationships globally, collaborating with alumni and Stanford University staff to strengthen employer partnerships, planning and executing employer events, ensuring a robust pipeline of internship and job opportunities, and generating employment and market insights.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted talent partner to sustainability-relevant employers and hiring alumni in assigned sectors, building strong strategic relationships that connect their hiring needs to student and alumni talent.
• Develop a robust, highly curated pipeline of sustainability internship and job opportunities aligned with student interests.
• Coordinate with Sustainability Pathways Internship Program staff to ensure employer outreach alignment.
• Track where students and recent alumni land for internships and full-time roles, and proactively engage those alumni to surface market insights, employer intelligence, and new job and internship opportunities within their organizations — closing the loop between alumni career outcomes and current student opportunity.
• Manage employer-facing outreach, marketing and communications to optimize their campus engagement, event management and well curated jobs pipeline.
• Create and manage targeted email campaigns, the employer section of the Sustainability Career Studio’s website, event related information, and business development materials.
• Own end-to-end operations for two supplemental coaching service offerings: 1. Peer Coaching Program 2. Alumni Career Expert Program. This includes recruiting, onboarding, scheduling, logistics, and tracking engagement.
• Work closely with sector-relevant student clubs and alumni groups supporting them with networking opportunities and employer events.
• Lead student focus groups and surveys to collect feedback on student interest and perceived gaps.
• Develop and facilitate student workshops to support their understanding of market and employer trends and optimize their job search.

Qualifications

• Eight plus (8+) years of experience in relationship, program and event management.
• Proven track record building and scaling win-win employer partnerships from the ground up — sourcing, cultivating, and converting relationships across private, government, and civic sectors into pipelines that deliver meaningful, mutual value for both employer and students.
• Demonstrated success turning employer and labor market feedback into action — sharpening the opportunity pipeline and identifying where new employer partnerships should be built.
• Passion for taking care of the planet and life on it.
• Exceptional interpersonal and verbal communication skills, including confidence in engaging with employers, students, alumni and internal stakeholders.
• Commitment to the highest standards of customer service.
• Exceptional written skills and verbal presentation and facilitation skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, with demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership across a broad range of projects.
• High level of attention to detail and follow-through with the ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and work successfully in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate, up-to-date relationship management records.
• Experience using AI to automate repetitive tasks, generate insights and content.
• Experience with data analysis, reporting, and survey tools to develop insights.
• Demonstrated ability to own projects from start-to-finish, defining and executing business processes, and to evaluate new and improve existing projects and processes.
• Ability to manage differing interests of stakeholders and foster collaborative relationships.
• Embrace of innovation and creativity: Experiment with new ways of thinking about how to best connect talent with opportunity and serve our students’ unique career needs.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to contribute to a team culture of psychological safety, collaboration, entrepreneurship, commitment to excellence and fun.