Military Talent Program Manager

QTS Data Centers•Duluth, GA

About The Position

QTS is a global digital infrastructure company that designs, builds, and operates data centers supporting AI, cloud, and digital transformation initiatives. The Military Talent Program Manager leads QTS’s military talent hiring program and expands military-connected talent as a strategic workforce pipeline. This role serves as the program’s primary internal advocate and subject matter expert, partnering with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to identify workforce needs that military talent can address. A significant focus is internal business development: engaging leaders, understanding their talent needs, presenting military hiring solutions, addressing barriers or misconceptions, and encouraging participation in hiring SkillBridge and military-spouse talent. The role also builds external partnerships, manages program goals and performance, and recommends improvements that increase the program’s reach and business impact.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in Human Resources, Business Administration, Sales, Program Management, Military/Veteran Programs, or a related field.
Three or more years of experience in program management, talent acquisition, recruiting, business development, sales, military talent programs, or a similar role.
Ability to understand business challenges, identify talent solutions, articulate value, and influence leaders to take action.
Demonstrated ability to build internal adoption and engagement for a program, service, or solution.
Strong presentation and storytelling skills, including the ability to translate military hiring programs into clear business value.
Ability to build, execute, measure, and continuously improve a strategic talent program.
Ability to proactively identify opportunities, build relationships, generate internal demand, and drive adoption.
Understanding of recruiting processes, candidate pipelines, workforce planning, and hiring-manager engagement.
Understanding of military skills, transitioning service members, SkillBridge, veterans, and military-spouse talent populations.
Ability to partner effectively with Talent Acquisition, People Services, business leaders, hiring managers, and external organizations.

Nice To Haves

Military recruiting, veteran hiring, SkillBridge, military-transition, or military-spouse employment experience.
Experience working with transitioning service members, veterans, military spouses, or military/community partnerships.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement QTS’s military talent hiring program, including SkillBridge, veteran, transitioning service member, and military-spouse initiatives.
Champion military hiring by engaging business leaders and hiring managers and demonstrating how military-connected talent can address workforce needs.
Partner with hiring leaders to understand current and future workforce needs and identify roles, teams, and skills aligned with military-connected talent.
Promote the program, conduct targeted outreach, and create opportunities for Talent Acquisition to introduce qualified military candidates to hiring managers.
Consult with leaders unfamiliar with SkillBridge or military talent about transferable skills, program value, and potential talent solutions.
Partner with recruiters and Talent Acquisition leaders to turn business demand into military talent pipelines and hiring strategies.
Develop and maintain relationships with military talent organizations, transition programs, military installations, community partners, and other external organizations.
Develop and maintain program goals, timelines, resources, and key performance indicators.
Track program performance, including leader engagement, hiring opportunities, pipeline activity, candidate conversion, and hiring outcomes; present results and recommendations to leadership.
Partner on military-focused employer-branding and talent-marketing initiatives to increase awareness of QTS as an employer for veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses.
Evaluate the program and recommend partnerships, campaigns, processes, and opportunities to increase its reach and business impact.