Senior Talent Business Partner, Early Career – AI/ML PhD

Roblox

Senior Talent Business Partner driving PhD recruiting for AI/ML at Roblox. Partnering with engineering leaders to cultivate exceptional technical talent in a competitive market.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $13,271 - $16,719 per monthWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the end-to-end technical recruiting pipeline for PhD AI/ML roles including full-time and internships, helping to define the process as a scalable, distributed system that must maintain a high quality bar under extreme volume.
Partner with engineering and data leaders to define role scopes, assess capability gaps, and shape hiring strategy across emerging domains like generative AI, LLMs, NLP, computer vision, and infrastructure automation.
Relentlessly monitor recruiting health metrics to translate complex data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations with hiring partners.
Act as a talent business partner to executive leadership, hiring managers, and cross-functional teams (PBPs, People Analytics, Engineering) to forecast needs, secure resources, and influence hiring velocity and quality.
Design, implement, and continuously refine scalable, end-to-end PhD hiring programs that deliver an outstanding, human-centered candidate experience from first touchpoint through conversion and onboarding.
Partner with leaders and cross functional partners to execute the PhD strategy including ML conferences, campus strategy, academic collaborations, and creative outreach strategies.
Serve as a subject matter expert on AI/ML PhD market trends and innovative sourcing techniques.
Ensure that operational excellence is at the forefront of your process - influencing and improving processes to help the team work smarter, faster, and at scale.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of full-lifecycle technical recruiting experience in a fast-paced environment, with a focused track record in Technical or University Recruiting
Proven ability to manage high-volume pipelines, delivering quality results while championing a best-in-class candidate experience
Proven capability to use data to drive decisions; strong proficiency in understanding recruiting data models, measuring ROI, and influencing strategy, ideally within a globally-recognized tech company (e.g., AI/ML, SaaS, Gaming, or similar competitive sectors)
Experience acting as a strategic thought partner to technical leadership — bringing structured insights on global AI/ML talent dynamics and shaping long-term hiring strategies
A strong track record of influencing stakeholders and solving complex recruiting challenges with creativity and innovation
Ability to travel up to 25% to college campuses for various recruiting events (career fairs, info sessions, conferences) - contingent on health regulations.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

technical recruitingfull-lifecycle recruitingdata analysisrecruiting data modelsmeasuring ROIsourcing techniquescandidate experience designpipeline managementstrategic hiringinfluencing strategy

Soft Skills

stakeholder influencecreativityinnovationstrategic thinkingcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsdata-driven decision makingrelationship building