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About the Role
DRW is seeking a Deputy Head of University Talent Acquisition to lead and grow university recruiting efforts across EMEA and APAC, identifying, interviewing, and hiring graduates and interns. This role partners with the Head of University Talent Acquisition to design and execute strategies reaching high-caliber students globally.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of university recruiters, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture
- Partner with the Head of University Talent Acquisition to design and execute our university recruiting strategy
- Champion a quality-first approach to recruitment, ensuring we target, assess, and hire the strongest talent from top universities
- Use data and market insights to evaluate recruiting processes and programs, identify improvements, and develop new initiatives
- Manage the full life cycle of university recruitment, including resume reviews, interview management, and offer execution
- Partner with internal stakeholders to create and implement effective interviewing, offer generation, and closing strategies
- Lead the planning, execution, and ongoing enhancement of intern programs across EMEA and APAC, partnering with business stakeholders to deliver a high-quality experience for interns and hiring teams
- Represent the firm at campus events and on-site programs
- Maintain a deep understanding of competitor hiring trends and the evolving university recruiting landscape
Requirements
- 8+ years in university recruiting experience, including leadership experience, ideally within competitive industries such as finance, technology, or consulting
- Experience managing or supporting university recruiting across EMEA and/or APAC markets
- Experience planning, managing, and executing intern programs, including onboarding, programming, stakeholder coordination, and intern experience initiatives
- Proven track record of engaging and hiring top talent from leading universities
- Understand regional differences in campus recruiting, candidate engagement, hiring timelines, and graduate talent programs
- Strong analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills
- Comfortable partnering with stakeholders across different countries, cultures, and time zones
- Willing to travel during key recruiting seasons across EMEA and APAC, as needed
- Demonstrate strong initiative and a sense of urgency, with proven success working in fast-paced environments
- Bring curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to challenge consensus in pursuit of better outcomes
Skills
- Data analysis
- Market insights
- Full life cycle recruitment
- Interview management
- Offer execution
- Stakeholder management
- Program management
- Campus event representation
- Competitor analysis
- Relationship building
- Communication
Location
- Chicago
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
About the Company
- DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.
- We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
- Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets.
- We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
- We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds.
- The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it.
- DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
- Our success depends on attracting and hiring the brightest minds from universities across the globe.