Program Lead, Harbor Academy & Early Talent Strategy

The role

This role leads the evolution of the Harbor Academy program and executes a global university and early talent strategy. The person will identify workforce needs, establish university partnerships, and lead end-to-end hiring for interns and early-career professionals.

What you will do

• Partner with the Head of Talent Management to support global workforce and capacity planning.
• Translate workforce needs into proactive early talent sourcing and hiring.
• Define and execute global university partnership strategy.
• Build and foster relationships with universities, faculty, and career centers.
• Own the Harbor Academy program strategy, operating model, and participant experience.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting for interns and early-career professionals.
• Plan, coordinate and attend career fairs and university recruiting activities.
• Design a year-round engagement strategy for students between offer and start date.
• Develop early talent location strategy in partnership with business leaders.
• Design rotational pathways across functions.

Required qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in campus recruiting, university relations, full-cycle talent acquisition, workforce planning, or early talent program execution.
• Hands on experience designing, scaling, or leading internship or graduate development programs in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Familiarity with the Handshake campus recruitment platform.
• Previous experience using an Applicant Tracking System.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategic partnerships with universities and business leaders.
• Strong program management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication, executive presence, and relationship-building capabilities.

Nice to have

• Greenhouse preferred
• Experience developing and facilitating a rotational campus program preferred
• Experience supporting global organizations preferred

About the company

Harbor is a provider of expert services across strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence. Their globally integrated team of 900+ specialists works with law firms and corporations.