Wholesale Early Careers Program Lead

Truist; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Truist seeks a Wholesale Early Careers Program Manager for its Enterprise Payments program. This role partners with sales, product, liquidity, and client solutions to design a single-cohort experience, building foundational knowledge and commercial acumen. Open to candidates within the Truist footprint with in-office work five days a week.

The role emphasizes strategy, curriculum development, stakeholder management, and a strong talent-readiness focus, aiming to cultivate future Payments leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Five or more years of management experience with a financial services firm, including at least two to three years of campus recruiting and talent development experience.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with teammates at all levels.
• Ability to work under pressure and interact with senior leaders.
• Excellent communication skills and strong team orientation.

Responsibilities

• Own the Payments program as a single-cohort experience aligned to Treasury Sales, product, Innovation and Digital Solutions, Strategy and Execution, and client coverage teams.
• Build a cohesive curriculum spanning Payments foundations, products and economics, credit, risk, platform capabilities, sales, pitching, and an applied capstone.
• Partner with product, sales, strategy, risk, and business leaders to keep content current and connected to client needs and commercial priorities.
• Create meaningful business exposure that helps participants understand the relationship among products, platforms, client challenges, sales execution, and risk management.
• Ensure the program develops a pipeline for sales, product, platform, strategy, and client-facing talent needs within Payments.
• Develop a deep understanding of aligned Wholesale businesses, including strategy, clients, products, revenue drivers, market context, risk environment, operating model, workforce needs, and technical capability requirements.
• Own the strategy, design, delivery, and outcomes of the assigned early career program.
• Translate business and workforce priorities into the program model, annual plan, participant experience, development approach, and measures of success.
• Ensure program decisions remain grounded in business needs, role expectations, client impact, and the capabilities required for long‑term talent success.
• Use business judgment and data to prioritize work, make recommendations, and adapt the program as strategy, markets, or workforce needs evolve.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor to senior leaders, managers, Recruiting, and program stakeholders within the aligned businesses.
• Build credibility through strong business knowledge, command of the program, responsiveness, and a consistent focus on the business client.
• Lead program reviews and decision discussions with clear recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, ownership, and required actions.
• Influence across levels and functions without formal authority, reconcile competing priorities, and drive stakeholders toward decisions and execution.
• Navigate complex or sensitive matters with maturity, discretion, sound judgment, and appropriate escalation.
• Own end-to-end program execution across recruiting alignment, onboarding, training, rotations, performance milestones, conversion, placement, promotion readiness, and ongoing development.
• Partner with business leaders and subject matter experts to define the technical knowledge, business judgment, client capabilities, and performance expectations required for each role.
• Design business‑relevant experiences that prepare participants for the actual work, stakeholder demands, and client context of the aligned businesses.
• Advise leaders on talent pipeline needs, program structure, participant readiness, manager engagement, and workforce implications.
• Move priorities from concept to execution with speed, rigor, clear accountability, and strong risk management.
• Establish measures that provide visibility into program execution, participant outcomes, readiness, conversion, retention, stakeholder experience, and business impact.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to identify risks, evaluate effectiveness, and recommend actions.
• Develop executive‑ready dashboards and business reviews that connect program results to talent, workforce, and business priorities.
• Identify barriers, resolve issues, strengthen processes, and continuously improve the program while maintaining appropriate governance and controls.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Relationship-building

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Truist seeks a Wholesale Early Careers Program Manager for its Enterprise Payments program. This role partners with sales, product, liquidity, and client solutions to design a single-cohort experience, building foundational knowledge and commercial acumen. Open to candidates within the Truist footprint with in-office work five days a week.

The role emphasizes strategy, curriculum development, stakeholder management, and a strong talent-readiness focus, aiming to cultivate future Payments leaders.