About Talent at Modal

Modal is growing fast, and the programs that bring people in and set them up to succeed are still being built. You'll join the Talent team as one of its first hires focused purely on programs; working closely with recruiting and leadership to build the events, internship, and campus presence that shape how the best people discover and experience Modal for the first time.

The Role

As Talent Programs Manager, you will own Modal's talent events, our intern program, and our presence at career fairs, end-to-end. This is a build-from-the-ground-up role for someone who wants full ownership rather than an existing playbook to execute. You'll work directly with recruiters, hiring managers, and marketing to make sure every program ladders up to real hiring outcomes, and you'll be the person who makes candidates' and interns' first experience of Modal a great one.

What You'll Do

• Own Modal's talent events strategy; meetups, recruiting mixers, tech talks, and community events, from concept through post-event follow-up

• Design and run the intern program end to end: recruiting timeline, project scoping with hiring managers, mentorship matching, and conversion

• Represent Modal at career fairs and campus events, and recruit and prep employee brand ambassadors to join you

• Build and maintain relationships with university programs, bootcamps, and community organizations that feed our pipeline

• Manage program budgets and vendor relationships; venues, swag, catering, event platforms

• Track and report on program metrics: event pipeline conversion, intern conversion rate, cost per hire from programs

• Move quickly without sacrificing the candidate or intern experience

Requirements

• 3+ years running recruiting/talent programs, events, or university relations, with a track record of owning a program end-to-end including budget and vendors

• High influence, low ego: you build relationships easily across recruiting, hiring managers, and marketing, and share credit freely

• Strong project management skills; comfortable juggling multiple concurrent events and timelines without dropping details

• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable representing Modal externally

• Someone who takes ownership seriously: you drive programs to completion and build structures that let them scale

• Based in or willing to relocate to NYC, in-office