Manager, Talent Programs & Initiatives

## Company Description Position location: Santa Monica, CA The Manager, Talent Programs & Initiatives will report to the Sr. Manager, Emerging & Pipeline Programs within Talent Acquisition (TA). This role is responsible for translating the team’s strategy and priorities into well-executed projects, programs, recruitment activations, and external partnership initiatives that support emerging talent, broader talent pipelines, recruitment marketing, and employer brand priorities. Through strong project leadership, stakeholder enablement, and data-informed recommendations, this role helps build scalable talent solutions that support the broader TA team and address current and future business needs. ## Job Description **Talent Pipeline Programs & Initiatives** - Translate established business priorities and talent needs into actionable project plans, recruitment activations, partnerships, and program solutions. - Lead the execution of talent pipeline initiatives focused on priority communities (e.g., veterans , alumni, etc.) and custom Red Bull programs designed to address current and future business needs. - Facilitate project meetings, establish clear ownership and milestones, and drive alignment, follow-through, and accountability across stakeholders. - Proactively manage risks, dependencies, competing priorities, and roadblocks, recommending solutions and escalation paths that support timely delivery. **Stakeholder Enablement & Management** - Partner with TA leaders and other stakeholders to understand talent needs, build alignment, and implement pipeline, program, and partnership priorities. - Develop rollout and adoption plans that support the successful introduction of new programs, processes, tools, partnerships, and ways of working. - Create presentations, training materials, toolkits, FAQs, and other resources that clarify changes, expectations, and available talent solutions. - Facilitate briefings, training, working sessions, and other forums that build stakeholder readiness and accountability. - Gather feedback, monitor adoption, and provide insights and recommendations that strengthen implementation and inform future direction. **Deliver Talent Program Events & Experiences** - Own the planning and delivery of recruiting events and other key experiences for current and future talent programs. - Oversee event plans, budgets, timelines, communications, participant logistics, staffing requirements, vendor relationships, and contingency planning. - Partner with internal teams and external vendors to ensure contracts, purchasing, travel, and operational requirements are effectively managed. - Ensure events provide a premium, inclusive, and consistent experience for candidates, interviewers, hiring managers, and stakeholders. - Evaluate event outcomes and feedback and implement improvements that strengthen future program cycles. **Emerging Programs Delivery** - Provide targeted recruiting and operational support during critical Emerging Program hiring cycles, including candidate communications, interview preparation, stakeholder coordination, and selection-process execution. - Support final-selection events and other key program experiences by coordinating hotel room blocks, group dining, transportation, venue arrangements, participant communications, and related logistics in partnership with the Manager, Emerging & Pipeline. - Equip interviewers and hiring managers with structured tools, resources, and guidance that support informed, consistent, and equitable selection decisions. - Provide additional project and operational support during peak program periods and as Emerging & Pipeline priorities evolve. **Measurement, Insights & Continuous Improvement** - Define success measures and evaluate project, pipeline, partnership, program, event, adoption, and candidate-experience outcomes. - Analyze quantitative and qualitative information to identify trends, gaps, barriers, and opportunities to improve effectiveness and busines…