TD&O Program Enablement Specialist - Early Talent

Truist•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The TD&O Program Enablement Specialist drives the business-owned execution of Truist's TD&O Early Career strategy. This role enables a strong candidate experience through business-side recruiting support, manages external partnership activations end-to-end, prepares host managers for a successful intern and rotational experience, and delivers a year-round communication program that keeps Truist top-of-mind with prospective early-career talent. The incumbent will translate TD&O's capability priorities into events, partner touchpoints, and prospective-talent engagement that convert to applications, offers, and hires. Success is measured by the strength of the candidate journey, the health of the TD&O partner portfolio, and the applicant tracking and hire-impact outcomes (ROI/ROO) of every activation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in business operations or related professional roles.
Strong knowledge of business processes and technology applications.
Proficiency in standard office software (e.g., Microsoft Office).

Nice To Haves

Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in one or more of: early career or campus program execution, event and partnership management, talent marketing, or business operations supporting a talent program.
Demonstrated experience owning end-to-end event execution, including logistics, day-of operations, and post-event follow-up.
Strong written communication skills, with the ability to draft candidate-facing and executive-facing content at pace.
Data literacy across Excel, PowerPoint, and dashboarding tools; comfort translating operational data into executive insights.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent events, partners, and deliverables under tight recruiting season timelines.
Financial services industry experience.
Experience designing and executing prospective-talent communication programs, newsletters, or nurture campaigns – e.g., campus talent communities, alumni networks, or brand engagement pipelines.
Working knowledge of external early-career talent partners such as Year Up United, Road to Hire, Recruit, Train, Deploy organizations, HBCU/HSI partner organizations, and professional-development conferences.
Experience with prospective talent or partner CRM tools (Yello, HubSpot, Salesforce, Marketo).
Experience preparing and coaching host managers, mentors, or executive sponsors for a talent program experience.
Experience managing contractual event deliverables, SOWs, and vendor invoicing.
Foundational project management training (CAPM, PMP-in-progress, or equivalent).
Familiarity with capability-based talent frameworks across Engineering, Data & AI, Cybersecurity, Analysis & Operations, and Product & Governance.

Responsibilities

Support the business side of Truist's early-career recruiting activities to create a differentiated candidate experience across every touchpoint, from first activation to offer acceptance.
Coordinate interviewer identification, briefing, and readiness for TD&O leaders and teammates participating in the recruiting cycle, ensuring interviewers are prepared to represent Truist and TD&O well.
Facilitate host manager readiness for LPD full time and intern, and nontraditional talent – including onboarding preparation, expectation-setting, coaching resources, and mid-experience check-ins that drive a strong participant experience and successful placements.
Own end-to-end execution of TD&O-hosted and co-hosted recruiting events and partnership activations, including run-of-show, day-of-logistics, materials, teammate engagement, and executive briefings.
Drive structured post-event follow-up within 48 hours of every activation, ensuring candidate touchpoints, partner commitments, and internal actions are closed out.
Manage year-round execution of contractual external partnership events, tracking partner deliverables against SOW milestones, and escalating risks in advance of key dates.
Serve as TD&O's day-to-day operational contact for external talent partners, ensuring commitments are met, invoices align to deliverables, and outcomes are documented.
Maintain the central TD&O partnership dashboard as the single source of truth for activation status, engagement, and outcomes.
Design and manage a year-round talent communication program – branded around "What's Happening in TD&O" for prospective early-career talent Truist meets through partnership activations, campus events, and conferences.
Independently works on day-to-day operational activities to ensure efficiency, reliability, and alignment with business objectives.
Identifies, designs, and implements improvements in operational workflows through technology and process enhancements.
Collaborates with cross-functional teams to align business operations with technology strategies and organizational goals.
Independently analyses performance metrics to drive continuous operational improvements and provide process improvement suggestions to senior professionals.
Assists with integrating innovative solutions to enhance business outcomes and operational effectiveness.
Ensures compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and risk management standards.
Communicates operational status, risks, and improvement plans to stakeholders and leadership.
When applicable, manages supplier activities to support effective cost control and ensure the timely delivery of goods and services.