Early Career Development Manager
About The Position
The Early Career Programs Manager serves as the strategic leader responsible for the design, execution, and continuous enhancement of SouthState Bank’s Infoship and Commercial Banking Internship programs. This role ensures a high-quality and consistent experience for all early talent participants while strengthening SouthState’s talent pipeline for future banking leaders. This individual partners closely with senior and executive leadership, human resources, campus recruiting, corporate learning, credit administration, and business-line leaders to align program goals with organizational talent strategies. The Early Career Programs Manager serves as the strategic leader responsible for the design, execution, and continuous enhancement of SouthState Bank’s Infoship and Commercial Banking Internship programs. This role ensures a high-quality and consistent experience for all early talent participants while strengthening SouthState’s talent pipeline for future banking leaders. This individual partners closely with senior and executive leadership, human resources, campus recruiting, corporate learning, credit administration, and business-line leaders to align program goals with organizational talent strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of experience in banking, training, human resources, or event/project management.
- Required annual compliance training, New Employee Orientation
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills for stakeholder management.
- Strong multitasking skills to manage multiple projects and cohorts concurrently.
- Ability to analyze program data, report on metrics, and make data-backed improvements.
- Ability to mentor and guide interns while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the overall structure, curriculum, and goals for SouthState’s Infoship and Internship programs, ensuring alignment with the management associate program.
- Collaborate with Campus Recruiting team to recruit high-potential students, participating in the interview process and intern placement across the SouthState’s footprint.
- Plan and facilitate orientation sessions, training modules, and workshops to familiarize interns with bank technology, systems, compliance, and policies.
- Monitor intern performance, providing ongoing feedback, coaching, and career development support.
- Act as the primary liaison between interns, local market leadership, and department heads.
- Identify and define impactful projects for interns to complete, ensuring they deliver business value.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement within the program to enhance the intern experience and drive organizational goals.
- Ensure all internship activities adhere to banking compliance standards and internal policies.
- Assist the Director of Early Career Development with the management associate program as needed
- Determine the host markets for the summer interns annually
- Proper management of the early career development budget in partnership with the Director of Early Career Development and the Campus Recruiting Manager
- Assess the needs of the program and recommend needed resources
- It is the responsibility of this role to take ownership of all tasks and challenges that they encounter in the operation of their assigned position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
