Senior Director, Talent Solutions
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Responsibilities
- Executive Leadership & Departmental Management
- Head of TSOL: Provide primary leadership and strategic direction for the entire New York City Market Talent Solutions team. You are responsible for hiring, mentoring, and performance-managing an eight person team of Directors, Sr. Managers and Managers.
- Direct Partnership: Serve as a key member of the market Leadership Team, working in lockstep with the NYC Managing Director and NY+NJ High Growth Market Executive Director to align placement goals with regional growth, fundraising, and sustainability target outcomes.
- Thought Leadership: Represent Per Scholas NY at industry conferences, roundtable discussions, and with the media as an expert on tech-equity and future-of-work hiring trends.
- High-Level External Partnerships
- Enterprise Account Architect: Personally manage and grow relationships with C-Suite executives and HR heads at New York's leading firms. You will move these partnerships beyond "one-off" hires to multi-year, revenue-generating talent pipelines.
- You will also bring a rolodex of existing employer partner relationships
- Prior employer partnerships, preferably in tech-enabled careers, with a track record of high-level employer relationship management.
- Strategic Negotiations: Lead the design and execution of complex contracts, Master Service Agreements (MSAs), and fee-for-service models that ensure Per Scholas is a preferred vendor for technical talent.
- Advisory Board Engagement: Collaborate with the NY Advisory Board and employer councils to ensure Per Scholas remains the "first call" for enterprise-level tech hiring needs.
- Cross-Functional Operations & Integration
- Operational Bridge-Building: Act as the lead collaborator between Instruction, Admissions, and Professional Development. You ensure that what is being taught in the labs is exactly what the market is demanding, facilitating real-time curriculum feedback loops.
- Systems Architect: Design and enforce the operational standards for the placement process. You own the "Standard Operating Procedures" (SOPs) that govern how graduates are vetted, matched, and presented to clients.
- Change Management: Lead the NY team through the adoption of new technologies, placement methodologies, and market pivots (e.g., shifting focus toward AI or Cloud-specific roles).
- Data Governance & Performance Analytics
- Regional Accountability: Own the NY Salesforce (CRM) dashboard. You will use data to identify trends, forecast placement outcomes, and provide the Managing Director with transparent, real-time reports on team productivity.
- Metric Excellence: Ensure the region consistently hits an 80% placement rate within 4 months of graduation while meeting or exceeding all revenue-based job attainment goals.
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ABOUT PER SCHOLAS: For 30 years, Per Scholas has been on a mission to drive mobility and opportunity in the ever-advancing technology landscape by unlocking the untapped potential of individuals, uplifting communities, and meeting the needs of employers through rigorous tech training. By teaming up with dynamic employer partners, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups, we're forging inclusive tech talent pipelines, fulfilling an ever-increasing need for skilled talent. With national remote training and campuses in 20+ cities and counting, Per Scholas offers no-cost training programs in the most sought-after tech skills, spanning Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, IT Support, Software Engineering, and more. To date, 30,000+ individuals have been trained through Per Scholas, propelling their professional trajectories into high-growth tech careers with salaries three times higher than their pre-training earnings. Learn more by visiting PerScholas.org and follow us on LinkedIn , X , Facebook , Instagram , and YouTube . Per Scholas preferred hires reside within the following states : AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, WA POSITION TITLE: Senior Director, Talent Solutions LOCATION: New York City Market REPORTS TO: Managing Director, Per Scholas New York WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR Per Scholas New York seeks a visionary and operationally rigorous Senior Director of Talent Solutions to lead our largest High Growth Market's employer engagement and placement engine. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will be the architect and lead for the entire NY TSOL team, responsible for the strategy, people, and processes that transition hundreds of graduates annually into high-wage IT and tech-enabled careers. You are a thought leader in the workforce development and tech-staffing space. You don't just react to the market; you anticipate it. You will serve as a high-level consultant to external partners-including Fortune 500 executives and civic leaders-while ensuring that, internally, our operational "supply chain" from classroom to career is seamless, data-driven, and scalable.
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