North America University Programs Lead

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off policies

11 paid holidays

Flexible paid vacation and sick leave

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a North America University Programs Lead to design, deliver, and improve internship and graduate programs across North America. You will own program roadmaps, ensure inclusive participant experiences, and oversee lifecycle activities from onboarding to offboarding.

In this role, you will partner with recruiters, workforce planners, and business leaders to optimize conversion planning, manage budgets, and deliver executive-ready dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Communications, Education, Human Resources or related field.
• 5 years of experience in program management, recruiting program management, or early careers program management.
• Experience presenting to executives and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision making.
• Experience developing dashboards, executive-ready reporting, and program governance.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of North America intern and graduate programs.
• Develop and execute annual program roadmaps aligned to enterprise talent objectives.
• Ensure a consistent and inclusive participant experience across all sites and organizations.
• Manage intern and graduate lifecycle activities including onboarding, engagement, development, and offboarding.
• Lead intern conversion planning with recruiters, workforce planners, and business leaders.
• Implement standardized onboarding experiences across North America and coordinate with Wayfinder, People Ops, IT, Payroll, and site leaders.
• Deliver learning, networking, executive engagement, and career development opportunities throughout the program lifecycle.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and quarterly business reviews for executive audiences.
• Partner with university recruiting and programs teams to support campus engagement and talent brand initiatives.
• Drive executive engagement activities, speaker series, intern showcases, and graduate development opportunities.

Skills

Program management

Recruiting program management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Executive communication

AI process automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Communications, Education, Human Resources or related field

Job description

North America University Programs Lead

Description - North America University Programs Lead

Location: Vancouver WA, Houston TX

Reporting To: Global Director, University Recruiting & Programs

Function: Human Resources / Talent Acquisition / University Recruiting & Programs

Key Responsibilities

Internship & Graduate Program Management Own the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of North America intern and graduate programs. Develop and execute annual program roadmaps aligned to enterprise talent objectives. Ensure a consistent and inclusive participant experience across all participating sites and organizations. Manage intern and graduate lifecycle activities including onboarding, engagement, development, recognition, and offboarding. Lead intern conversion planning in partnership with recruiters, workforce planners, and business leaders.

Onboarding & Participant Experience

Implement standardized onboarding experiences across North America. Partner with Wayfinder, People Operations, IT, Payroll, and Site Leaders to ensure seamless onboarding execution. Create communications, webinars, office hours, toolkits, and resources for interns, graduates, managers, and mentors. Deliver learning, networking, executive engagement, and career development opportunities throughout the program lifecycle. Measure participant satisfaction and implement improvements based on feedback and program analytics.

Executive, Business & Stakeholder Partnership

Serve as the primary program lead for North America university talent initiatives. Partner with executives, HR leaders, hiring managers, workforce planning teams, site councils, and recruiters to align talent needs with program execution. Drive executive engagement activities, speaker series, intern showcases, and graduate development opportunities. Consult with business leaders on program strategy, onboarding readiness, and conversion planning.

Program Operations & Governance

Manage program budgets, forecasts, approvals, and expense tracking. Maintain program policies, processes, governance standards, and compliance requirements. Track and report key performance indicators including hiring progress, conversion rates, retention, engagement, and diversity outcomes. Develop executive-ready dashboards, presentations, and quarterly business reviews. Identify risks and implement mitigation plans to ensure successful program delivery.

Campus & Talent Brand Collaboration

Partner with university recruiting and programs teams to support strategic campus engagement initiatives. Collaborate with employer branding, diversity recruiting, site leaders, and affinity organizations to strengthen HP's university presence. Support large-scale recruiting events, conferences, and talent attraction activities when needed.

Leadership & Influence

Lead cross-functional teams to deliver programming onsite in several sites and influence stakeholders without direct authority. Provide guidance and best practices to site leads, program coordinators, and regional partners. Drive adoption of global standards while tailoring program delivery to local business and site needs.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Communications, Education, Human Resources or related field. 5 years of experience in program management, recruiting program management, early careers program management, stakeholder management, talent development, HR, or a related field. Experience managing large-scale programs, internship, graduate, leadership development, or early career programs, or other program delivery. Strong project and program management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Experience presenting to executive audiences and influencing senior stakeholders. Strong analytical skills and experience using data to measure program outcomes and drive decision‑making. Developing experience using AI to automate, create, and simplify processes, documentation, reporting, and program delivery. Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship management skills. Experience working within a global organization. Knowledge of university recruiting, workforce planning, and talent pipeline strategies. Experience managing budgets and executive reporting. Familiarity with recruiting systems, talent platforms, and HR technologies. Experience leading large‑scale change and process improvement initiatives.

Success Measures

• Deliver a seamless North America intern and graduate experience.
• Guide the business to meet conversion and retention targets for university talent.
• Increase executive and manager engagement in university programs.
• Improve program satisfaction and participant engagement metrics.
• Strengthen operational excellence, reporting, and scalability across North America.
• Build strong partnerships across recruiting, HR, workforce planning, business leadership, and site teams.

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Salary: The pay range for this role is $105,050 to $152,000 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job - Human Resources

Schedule - Full time

Shift - No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel - 25%

Relocation - Not Specified

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