TakeTwo Interactive Software

Early Careers Program Lead

TakeTwo Interactive Software$78K — $116K *
Staffing
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in high-volume, full-cycle early-career recruitment, focusing on internships and campus programs.
  • 2+ years of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) experience in recruitment.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to engage diverse audiences.
  • Proficient in Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and virtual recruiting tools.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities.
  • Experience in conducting interviews to assess candidate suitability.
  • Solid experience with data tracking and analytics for recruitment metrics.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end recruitment for early-career programs, including sourcing, vetting, and onboarding.
  • Develop and execute tailored recruitment strategies in partnership with Talent Acquisition leaders.
  • Build and maintain the annual recruitment and marketing calendar for early-career initiatives.
  • Create innovative sourcing strategies to attract a diverse, high-caliber candidate pool.
  • Develop and implement strategies to enhance diversity within recruitment pipelines.
  • Plan and execute engaging campus recruitment events and networking sessions.
  • Ensure a positive candidate experience with timely communication and professional interactions.

Benefits

  • Great company culture that emphasizes creativity, innovation, and diversity.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth within a global entertainment company.
  • Engaging team activities, including corporate events and social gatherings.
  • Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) match.
  • Additional perks including fitness allowances, employee discounts, free games, and stocked pantries.
Full Job Description
This position is a 6-month contract with the potential to convert to a full-time employee based on performance and budget
What We Need:

The Early Careers Program Lead is a central and strategic role responsible for identifying, engaging, and securing the next generation of future-ready talent for T2's critical early-career pipelines. We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Early Careers Program Lead to own the end-to-end recruitment process for our high-volume early-career programs. You will be responsible for creating exceptional candidate experiences while scaling our early-career pipelines across the US, Canada and Dublin.
What You Will Do:
  • Intern & Apprenticeship Programs: Full-Cycle Recruitment Execution: Deliver against the entire recruitment lifecycle for our early-career programs, from initial sourcing, vetting & screening through to offer and onboarding handover.
  • Strategy & Execution: Partner with Talent Acquisition leaders to define and execute tailored recruitment strategies that meet hiring targets for new graduate talent across multiple regions.
  • Recruitment Calendar: In partnership with program leadership, build and define the annual recruitment and branding calendar for the early-career programs.
  • High-Volume Recruitment - Pipeline & Process: Develop innovative and scalable sourcing strategies to attract a diverse and high-caliber candidate pool from universities and relevant early-career communities. Establish processes that meet the requirements for high-volume applications.
  • Diversity Focus: Be intentional with recruitment planning to increase diversity within the pipelines and champion the program's commitment to equity and inclusion.
  • University Relations & Events: Build and maintain strong, strategic relationships with target universities and student organizations. Plan and execute engaging virtual and in-person campus recruitment events, career fairs, tech talks, panels, information sessions, and networking events.
  • Candidate Experience: Champion a best-in-class candidate experience, ensuring timely, transparent, and professional communication throughout the recruitment process.
  • Data-Driven Insights: Utilize Applicant Tracking System (ATS) data and other metrics to track recruiting success, identify areas for improvement, and provide regular reporting to program leadership. Work with People Analytics to build out dashboards.
  • Employer Branding: Act as a brand ambassador for the early-career programs on campus and online (e.g., LinkedIn), effectively communicating our Employee Value Proposition and creating awareness with our early-career audiences.
  • Vendor Management: Manage vendor relationships, new and existing, within our recruitment process.
  • Stakeholder Management: Partner closely with TA, Biz Ops, Business leaders. Provide regular updates to Hiring Managers and leaders on active interns and hiring updates.
What Will Make You a Great Fit:
  • Experience: High-volume, full-cycle early-career recruitment experience, specializing in internship, graduate, campus, or early-career program recruiting. 5+ years managing university recruiting or junior talent recruitment programs with exceptional knowledge of university placement strategies.
  • Diversity Mindset: 2+ years of DEI experience or focus in your work. Demonstrated ability to develop and execute Diversity & Inclusion recruiting initiatives within early-career programs.
  • Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage and influence diverse audiences, including students and senior executives. Ability to communicate with high energy and enthusiasm.
  • Tech Savvy: Proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) (e.g., Greenhouse, Workday), familiarity with virtual recruiting platforms and digital sourcing tools.
  • Project Management: Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and high-volume workloads in a fast-paced environment.
  • Assessment Skills: Ability to conduct deep-probe interviews and screens to assess key requirements for positions.
  • Data & Analytics: In-depth experience with data tracking, budgeting, and tracking expenses.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree.
  • Additional Requirements: Comfortable with up to 20% travel through the year to support on-campus recruiting activities.


What We Offer You:
  • Great Company Culture. Ranked as one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success.
  • Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company.
  • Work Hard, Play Hard. Our employees bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles - through corporate boot camp classes, company parties, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges.
  • Benefits. Medical (HSA & FSA), dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase plan, commuter benefits, in-house wellness program, broad learning & development opportunities, a charitable giving platform with company match and more!
  • Perks. Fitness allowance, employee discount programs, free games & events and stocked pantries.


The pay range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between 78,400 and 116,020 CAD per year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations.

Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company's discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses. The use of Artificial Intelligence is not being used to screen candidates. The position is for an existing vacancy.

About TakeTwo Interactive Software

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in New York City and founded by Ryan Brant in September 1993. The company owns two major publishing labels, Rockstar Games and 2K, which operate internal game development studios. Take-Two's portfolio includes numerous successful video game series across personal computer and video game consoles, including BioShock, Borderlands, Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K, Red Dead, and XCOM. The company also owns 50% of professional esports organization NBA 2K League. Take-Two's headquarters are located in the Broadway Theater District of Midtown Manhattan.
Learn more about TakeTwo Interactive Software
Size
7,799 employees
Market Cap
$16.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$492.8 million
Founded
1993
5 Year Trend
+14.5%
Revenue
$3.2 billion
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