Early Talent Programme Manager
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Job Summary
Your role
The Early Talent Programme Manager will manage the end-to-end delivery of our Early Talent programmes in the UK work closely with our technical development team to align our programme experience in Ireland.
The role will deliver high quality compliant future-focused Early Talent programmes that aligned with our business needs EMEA Early Talent strategy and future growth.
The Early Talent Programme Manager acts as a subject matter expert for UK&I Early Talent programmes and collaborates with key stakeholders and external education partners to ensure a great experience for our Early Talent and managers.
What youll do
Attract
Develop and execute the attraction strategy to increase our Early Talent pipelines and brand awareness through digital platforms schools engagement and external partnerships across our key locations.
Deliver engaging outreach initiatives (campus events careers fairs insights days)
Drive diversity focused attraction initiatives to boarded talent pipeline.
Recruit
Lead the recruitment process across our Early Talent programmes including supporting application screening leading and design fair and inclusive assessment centers and interview frameworks.
Monitor and optimize recruitment metrics (conversion rates time to hire and candidate experience)
Ensure an engaging and high-quality candidate experience throughout.
Onboarding
Deliver structured onboarding and induction programmes tailored to early careers hires and the transition from classroom to career.
Partner with HR and business teams to ensure readiness for new joiners
Deliver manager and mentor training in preparation for new early talent hires.
Grow
Manage relationships with training providers managers technical guides apprentices and key stakeholders.
Manage the annual cohort of apprentices hires with both their Apprenticeship pathway and Digital Realty journey.
Establish and maintain a robust framework for reviews feedback and monitoring with early talent managers technical guides and stakeholders to drive ongoing support and individual development.
Design and deliver soft skills training facilitate workshops and build opportunities for skills growth.
Create a community networks and mentoring opportunities that aligned with the EMEA Early Talent strategy.
Work with operations L&D technical trainers and local teams for technical training programmes alignment and needs.
Champion a strong pastoral approach creating a supportive and inclusive environment.
Support and coach technical guides and managers driving best practice.
Track progression performance and development outcomes.
Retain
Lead through data and feedback driven reporting and decision making.
Align and engage with industry forums to ensure continued best practice.
Gather feedback (surveys focus groups) to continuously improve the program.
Support career pathways and internal mobility
What youll need
Proven experience in Early Talent development or recruitment is essential ideally with a background delivering Apprenticeship programmes.
Experience designing and managing scalable programs and processes.
Experience in delivering diverse talent and inclusive hiring and attraction practices.
Excellent communication facilitation and presentation skills.
Strong stakeholder management skills.
Data driven mindset with the ability to analyse and improve outcomes
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
About Company
With Digital Realty, you can leverage our full interconnection capabilities across our global ecosystem including data centers, connectivity and cloud services.
