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Program Manager - Early Careers, AMS & EMEA

ByteDance

ByteDance

Operations
New York, NY, USA
USD 79,800-174,400 / year + Equity
Posted on May 20, 2025
Program Manager - Early Careers, AMS & EMEA
New York Regular Corporate Function / Support - HR Job ID: A54715
Responsibilities
About the Team: The Early Careers team is essential in shaping ByteDance’s future talent pipeline by engaging with universities and managing early-career programs across 15+ countries in the Americas and EMEA. The team ensures that interns, working students, apprentices, and graduate hires have meaningful experiences while contributing to ByteDance's expanding business. As a dynamic global group, the team collaborates across diverse cultures, teams, countries, and time zones. This role offers candidates the opportunity to work alongside colleagues worldwide, providing a rich international experience. Role Overview: This role blends university relation management and intern program execution, ensuring we attract top talent and provide a high-quality experience for those joining our early careers programs. University Relations Management - You will work closely with universities, career centers, and student organizations to attract high-caliber students, build strong talent pipelines, and ensure well-organized university engagements that result in top candidate hires. Intern Program Execution - You will support the management of the internship program across EMEA, ensuring its effectiveness and smooth operation. Your efforts will contribute to creating a strong and impactful experience for interns and early-career hires across key markets, helping them thrive within ByteDance. Candidate will work across the following key regions/focus areas: - London & France: Key hiring markets for Sales, Marketing, and Business roles, with a strong focus on internships, apprenticeships, and graduate programs. - Dubai: A growing hub for Computer Science and PhD hiring, particularly in engineering, AI, and research-focused roles. Focused efforts are needed to attract top STEM talent while aligning with labor laws. - Other Countries: Programming and recruitment efforts are also in place across other regions, including Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. - Although the position will be primarily focused on EMEA, the candidate will also play a role in supporting AMS-based initiatives, working collaboratively across both regions to ensure alignment and consistency. Key Responsibilities: 1. University Engagement & Early Talent Outreach - Manage EMEA university partnerships by driving outreach to career centers, student groups, and faculty, especially in London and Paris (sales, marketing, MBA, etc.) and Dubai for both business ( technical (computer science, PhD, etc.) hiring. - Coordinate engagements such as career fairs, information sessions, and networking events to engage students and increase ByteDance’s employer brand visibility. - Assist with event logistics and communications, including invitations, event materials, and follow-ups. - Provide data tracking and reporting to measure outreach effectiveness. - Support select AMS university engagements on a project basis by sharing insights, helping organize cross-regional events, and leading on site. - Support early talent identification efforts across EMEA and AMS to ensure a strong pipeline of high-potential students for hiring. 2. Intern Program Coordination - Support the execution of the EMEA intern program plan, ensuring smooth onboarding, engagement, and offboarding across multiple countries. - Assist in managing EMEA program logistics, including tracking intern headcount, start dates, and key milestones to ensure a seamless experience. - Coordinate intern event logistics, including booking venues, managing catering orders, handling reimbursements, and ensuring smooth execution of intern sessions. - Provide operational support for global intern engagement initiatives, including tracking attendance, collecting feedback, and maintaining program records. - Assist in managing intern program communications, ensuring interns receive timely updates about events, policies, and engagement opportunities. 3. Act as a secondary point of contact for select AMS internship initiatives, such as intern learning & development programs, engagement sessions, or intern mentorship programs.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, or a related field; 2 years of experience in program coordination, campus recruitment, and university relations in EMEA - Experience working on projects that involve cross-regional collaboration, particularly between AMS and EMEA. - Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. - Self-starter with the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a global team; interest in early careers university engagements and talent development. - Familiarity with internship structures and hiring processes in EMEA markets, especially London, France, or Dubai. - Comfortable working with data, tracking program metrics, and providing insights to improve outreach and engagement. - Ability to travel occasionally within the UK, Europe, and the Middle East; ability to occasionally meet during a timezone that is globally friendly. Preferred Qualifications: - 3-4 years of experience in university relations, campus recruitment, or early talent programs in the EMEA region, demonstrating an understanding of regional market nuances. - Experience working across both AMS and EMEA regions, with a demonstrated ability to navigate the unique cultural and operational differences in each region; knowledge of labor laws and internship regulations in EMEA markets (e.g., UK, France, Dubai). - Experience organizing large-scale events like information and networking sessions, ensuring seamless logistics and successful execution. - Demonstrated ability to manage relationships across functions, including university career centers, student groups, and internal stakeholders like interns. - Experience with data analytics and CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce, LinkedIn Recruiter), enabling data-driven decision-making and effective program tracking. - Content creation and management skills for outreach, event promotions, and internal communications. - Strong communication skills, with experience presenting to large audiences and engaging international groups effectively.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $79800 - $174400 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

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