Campus Diversity Recruiting Programs Manager

About Us:

We are PIMCO, a leading global asset management firm. We manage investments and develop solutions across the full spectrum of asset classes, strategies and vehicles: fixed income, equities, commodities, asset allocation, ETFs, hedge funds and private equity. PIMCO is one of the largest investment managers, actively managing more than $2.2 trillion in assets for clients around the world. PIMCO has over 3,070 employees in 22 offices globally. PIMCO is recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients.

PIMCO is one of the world's premier fixed income investment managers with thousands of professionals around the world united in a single purpose: creating opportunities for our clients in every environment. Since 1971, we have brought innovation and expertise to our partnership with the institutions, financial advisors and millions of individual investors who entrust us with their assets. We aspire to cultivate performance and leadership through empowering our people, diversity of thought, and a commitment to an inclusive culture that engages in our global communities.

Position Description:

JOB DESCRIPTION
As PIMCO continues to expand it efforts in building and retaining a more diverse workforce in the Investment Management industry, we are looking to hire a talented professional in our NYC office to scale our early career diversity-focused programming. Three current projects this person will drive are our Career Exploration Program, the PIMCO Scholarship, and Girls Who Invest.

The Career Exploration Program launched in 2019 as a diversity-focused sophomore intern program. This program provides sophomore year college students the opportunity to learn about the asset management industry and feeds directly into our intern and full-time Analyst hiring.

The PIMCO Scholarship awards historically underrepresented groups interested in pursuing careers in financial services with one-time scholarships as an effort to aid their educational journeys. In addition, the scholarship program serves as a foundational pipeline toward our MBA and undergraduate hiring efforts.

The Girls Who Invest (GWI) program is driven by our Client Management and Marketing teams and host up to six sophomore interns a year. The program runs similarly to our summer intern program but is truncated and includes some Girls Who Invest specific programming.

We believe that for this effort to be successful, it will need to be seamlessly integrated into our current recruiting practices and processes. As such, our new colleague must have a process-oriented mindset, strong candidate engagement strategies, event management skills and a deep intrinsic commitment to diversity recruiting.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Serve as project manager for our annual PIMCO diversity scholarship, including:

o Deploying a marketing strategy to hit ambitious scholarship application goals

o Developing and arranging a scalable selection and interview structure

o Planning and organizing an in-person scholarship recipient reception in Newport Beach in partnership with our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

o Following top scholarship recipients through the summer intern application and closing process

• Manage the applicant life cycle for our sophomore internship program (~25 interns annually):

o Drafts and obtains approvals for offers

o Interacting with high quality candidates throughout the process

o Audit pipeline to ensure accuracy of process and to ensure all top candidates are considered

o Review and select candidate resumes to be sent to assessment teams

o Facilitating interviews to ensure timely selection of candidates

o Leading final round superday debriefs to reach consensus on which candidates to move through offer process

o Drive offer process inclusive of delivering employment contracts, communicating offers and closing candidates

• Support the sophomore intern programs (Career Exploration Program and Girls Who Invest)

o Manage the document collection process to support intern onboarding

o Collect names of managers and intern projects

o Develop and lead pre-internship programming and mentorship for incoming interns

o Drive intern internal mobility programming to ensure interns understand the career options available to them for their junior year

o Partner with business stakeholders to coordinate intern programming with PIMCO clients

o Collect feedback on interns and ensure they communicated effectively to interns

o Debrief with managers to determine return offer status for all interns

o Communicate and close interns on return offers

In addition, a top candidate will be able to add value to the broader Campus Recruiting Team by:
•Partnering closely with the head of Campus, Campus Recruiters, and PIMCO's Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
•Create and maintain relationships with school-based organizations;
•Maintain and deepen relationships with diversity organizations currently partnering with PIMCO;
•Liaise with members of the Executive office on Inclusion, Diversity, and Culture (IDC) initiatives;
•Coordinate usage of most appropriate social media for each search with PIMCO Marketing team. Share best practices and identify continuous improvement opportunities;
•Actively connect with the global (US, EMEA, APAC) campus and lateral talent acquisition teams to share best practices and provide a seamless service to internal clients;
•Maintain the accuracy, quality and integrity of all information in Avature (ATS);
•The ability to coach and mentor teammates as well as the desire to learn from colleagues.

Position Requirements:

•Must be client centric, highly collaborative, and possess a team-first attitude; a creative thinker, who leverages resources wisely.
•At least 3 years of program / event management experience, preferably for diversity-focused efforts
•Demonstrable track record of success stakeholder management and partnering with internal functions outside of recruiting
•Proven ability to have complex conversations with internal stakeholders and external candidate related to race, gender and institutionalized racism as it relates to careers and opportunities in financial services
•Proven ability to provide outstanding customer services to the candidates as well as client base; serve as an ambassador, representing PIMCO in the candidate market;
•Strong interviewing/assessment skills and ability to influence and close candidates in highly competitive situations;
•Highly motivated, self-starter with strong organizational skills; strong prioritization skills with proven track record of adapting to quickly changing business needs;
•Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship-building skills required

Benefits:

PIMCO is committed to offering a comprehensive portfolio of employee benefits designed to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Benefits vary by location but may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance and travel coverage
• 401(k) (defined contribution) retirement savings, retirement plan, pension contribution from your first day of employment
• Work/life programs such as flexible work arrangements, parental leave and support, employee assistance plan, commuter benefits, health club discounts, and educational/CFA certification reimbursement programs
• Community involvement opportunities with The PIMCO Foundation in each PIMCO office