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Modal is building a new infrastructure layer for AI—a serverless cloud platform for AI, data, and compute-intensive applications. The company recently raised $355M in Series C funding at a $4.65B valuation and has crossed $300M+ ARR, growing fivefold since September 2025. Customers include Lovable, Ramp, Cognition, DoorDash, and Suno.
As Talent Programs Manager, you will own Modal's talent acquisition programs end-to-end, including events, internship programs, and campus presence. This is a build-from-the-ground-up role with full ownership rather than execution of an existing playbook.
Key responsibilities:
- Own Modal's talent events strategy: meetups, recruiting mixers, tech talks, and community events from concept through post-event follow-up
- Design and run the intern program end-to-end: recruiting timeline, project scoping with hiring managers, mentorship matching, and conversion tracking
- Represent Modal at career fairs and campus events; recruit and prepare employee brand ambassadors
- Build and maintain relationships with university programs, bootcamps, and community organizations that feed the pipeline
- Manage program budgets and vendor relationships (venues, swag, catering, event platforms)
- Track and report on program metrics: event pipeline conversion, intern conversion rate, cost per hire from programs
- Move quickly without sacrificing candidate or intern experience
You will work directly with recruiters, hiring managers, and marketing to ensure every program drives real hiring outcomes and creates a great first impression of Modal.
Requirements:
- 3+ years running recruiting/talent programs, events, or university relations, with a track record of owning a program end-to-end including budget and vendor management
- High influence, low ego: build relationships easily across recruiting, hiring managers, and marketing; share credit freely
- Strong project management skills; comfortable juggling multiple concurrent events and timelines without dropping details
- Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable representing Modal externally
- Takes ownership seriously: drive programs to completion and build structures that let them scale
- Based in or willing to relocate to NYC; in-office role
About Modal Labs
AI / Data / Infrastructure — serverless cloud platform for AI, data, and compute-intensive applications.
