Director of Recruiting

Job description

Job Description The Director of Recruiting leads the execution of Vanderbilt’s employer recruiting strategy, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery of internship and full-time hiring pipelines across all career pathways. Reporting to the Assistant Vice Provost for Employer Relations & Experiential Learning, this role is responsible for managing recruiting operations, optimizing employer engagement execution, and increasing student placement outcomes through structured, scalable recruiting processes. This position translates employer relationships into measurable hiring activity — including interviews, offers, and placements — and ensures Vanderbilt is a reliable, high-performing partner for recruiting organizations. Career Advancement & Engagement at Vanderbilt University is building a pathway-based career ecosystem that aligns academic experience, experiential learning, and employer engagement to improve student outcomes at scale. Through advising, internships, industry partnerships, and AI-enabled tools, CAE helps students explore, prepare for, and launch into meaningful careers across a broad range of industries. This model expands access to opportunities, strengthens employ...