Senior Program Manager, R&D Talent Programs
Core
Own the Product/Design talent program end-to-end, designing cohorts that become the next generation of leadership for Toast's R&D teams.
Role type
Senior Program Manager, R&D Talent Programs
Builds
Internship and early-career programs for Product and Design teams
Domain
Restaurant technology (SaaS) + Talent Operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Program management, talent program design and scaling, stakeholder alignment, evaluation framework design, headcount planning, university recruiting strategy, AI tool adoption
Preferred skills
MBA or university recruiting experience, early-career recruiting expertise, campus recruiting calendar familiarity
Technologies
AI tools for product discovery and execution
Responsibilities
Design and build talent programs from scratch to scale them into multi-function leadership pipelines; secure intern headcount and partner with recruitment on hiring plans; create world-class programming including onboarding, speaker series, and capstone events; design conversion processes and evaluation frameworks; align stakeholders on program direction and budget; represent Product at university events; run retrospectives to inform future planning.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC