Job Description
The Director of Recruiting leads the execution of
Vanderbilt’s employer recruiting strategy, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery of internship and full-time hiring pipelines across
all career pathways. Reporting to the Assistant Vice Provost for Employer Relations & Experiential Learning, this role is responsible for
managing recruiting operations, optimizing employer engagement execution, and increasing student placement outcomes through structured,
scalable recruiting processes.
This position translates employer relationships into measurable hiring activity – including interviews,
offers, and placements – and ensures Vanderbilt is a reliable, high-performing partner for recruiting organizations.
Career
Advancement & Engagement at Vanderbilt University is building a pathway-based career ecosystem that aligns academic experience, experiential
learning, and employer engagement to improve student outcomes at scale. Through advising, internships, industry partnerships, and AI-enabled
tools, CAE helps students explore, prepare for, and launch into meaningful careers across a broad range of industries.
This model
expands access to opportunities, strengthens employer relationships, and positions Vanderbilt as a leading source of talent in a rapidly
evolving workforce.
Duties and Responsibilities
Recruiting Operations Leadership
- Oversee all on-campus
and virtual recruiting activities, including interviews, events, and employer engagement workflows - Ensure seamless execution of
recruiting cycles across all pathways
Pipeline Management
- Track and manage internship and full-time hiring
pipelines - Monitor application ? interview ? offer ? placement conversion rates
- Identify bottlenecks and improve funnel
performance
Employer Experience Execution
- Ensure a high-quality, consistent employer experience across all recruiting
interactions - Standardize processes for employer onboarding, scheduling, and engagement
Cross-Functional
Coordination
- Partner with Employer Relations to convert relationships into active recruiting engagement
- Collaborate with
advising and experiential teams to align student readiness with recruiting timelines
Data & Performance Management
- Develop
dashboards tracking recruiting activity, conversion rates, and employer engagement - Use data to improve efficiency, predict demand,
and drive outcomes
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree is necessary.
- 8-10+ years in
recruiting, talent acquisition, or university recruiting operations is necessary. - Strong experience managing recruiting pipelines
and employer engagement execution. - Data-driven mindset with strong operational leadership skills.
- Ability to travel 20% of
time.
Required Skills
- Career Planning – VU
- Comparative Analysis – VU
- Cultural
Responsiveness – VU - Event Planning – VU
- Interview Preparation – VU
- Job Market Research – VU
- Job Posting
Systems – VU - Partner Relationship Management – VU
- Program Development – VU
- Program Management – VU
- Service Improvement – VU
- Student Development – VU
- Student Information Systems – VU
About
Us
At Vanderbilt University , our work -
regardless of title or role – is in service to an important and noble mission in which every member of our community serves in advancing
knowledge and transforming lives on a daily basis. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, on a 330+ acre campus and arboretum dating back to 1873, Vanderbilt is proud to have been named as one of “America’s Best Large Employers” as well
as a top employer in Tennessee and the Nashville metropolitan area by Forbes for several years running. We welcome those who are interested
in learning and growing professionally with an employer that strives to create, foster and sustain opportunities as an employer of choice.
We understand you have a choice when choosing where to work and pursue a career. We understand you are unique and have a story. We
want to hear it. We encourage you to apply today so that you might become a part of our story.
Vanderbilt University is an
equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by
law.
Job Info
- Job Identification 10008191
- Posting Date 04/22/2026, 10:02 AM
- Locations
Nashville, TN, United States (On-site) - Job Schedule Full time
- Job Category Student Services
- Job Function
Career Services - Management Level Management 3
