What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Fellow Outreach and Selection position at Break Through Tech?
About Break Through Tech
Break Through Tech transforms how tech talent is discovered, developed, and connected to opportunity in the age of AI. Working across higher education and industry, Break Through Tech delivers programs nationwide and integrates technical training, work-based learning, mentorship, and career readiness with deep employer partnerships to create more effective and scalable routes into early tech careers. Break Through Tech is actively shaping the field of early tech talent development by identifying what works, translating those insights into replicable models, and helping define more consistent approaches to how talent is prepared, assessed, and hired across institutions and employers.
At a moment when AI is reshaping every aspect of work and society, Break Through Tech’s mission is urgent: to ensure that the people who build what comes next — and who are in the room where the most consequential technology decisions of our time get made — look like the world they will shape. Learn more about our work at www.breakthroughtech.org/.
Position Summary
We’re looking for a strategic and collaborative Director, Fellow Outreach and Selection to join our Program Delivery team. Reporting to the Senior Director, Program Delivery, this full-time, exempt role will lead outreach, recruitment and selection for our innovative work-based learning programs nationwide. You will own both strategy and execution to ensure we reach, attract, and enroll top quality undergraduate talent from historically overlooked populations to take part in our programs, including Sprinternships and the AI Program.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
The essential duties of this role are grouped into categories, with the approximate percentage of time spent on each category indicated below
Functional Strategy and Leadership (30%)
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
This role operates in a hybrid work arrangement and is expected to work on-site in New York City at least 1 day per week on Wednesday, based on Break Through Tech and team needs.
Compensation
The annual salary range is $117,000–$130,000, depending on experience.
Benefits
At Break Through Tech, we care deeply about supporting our employees and their families. We offer a competitive, thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports health, financial wellbeing, and work-life balance. Eligible employees have access to day-one medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with tax-advantaged HSA and FSA options, mental health resources, wellness offerings, commuter benefits, and convenient prescription support. We also provide employer-paid life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and a generous 401(k) benefit with a 10% employer contribution, regardless of employee participation. Additional voluntary benefits and wellbeing programs help support employees and their families both at work and beyond.
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Break Through Tech believes in creating a more equitable playing field for applicants and values the depth of relevant skills built through successful education, work, and life experiences. If your background and skills are a close match for this position, you are strongly encouraged to apply. Break Through Tech is committed to further building and maintaining a staff that reflects the full range of communities we serve and is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. Break Through Tech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Employment at Break Through Tech is contingent upon successful completion of references and a background check, which may include verification of employment history, education, criminal record, and other relevant screenings as permitted by law. Background checks are conducted after a conditional offer of employment and in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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Break Through Tech transforms how tech talent is discovered, developed, and connected to opportunity in the age of AI. Working across higher education and industry, Break Through Tech delivers programs nationwide and integrates technical training, work-based learning, mentorship, and career readiness with deep employer partnerships to create more effective and scalable routes into early tech careers. Break Through Tech is actively shaping the field of early tech talent development by identifying what works, translating those insights into replicable models, and helping define more consistent approaches to how talent is prepared, assessed, and hired across institutions and employers.
At a moment when AI is reshaping every aspect of work and society, Break Through Tech’s mission is urgent: to ensure that the people who build what comes next — and who are in the room where the most consequential technology decisions of our time get made — look like the world they will shape. Learn more about our work at www.breakthroughtech.org/.
Position Summary
We’re looking for a strategic and collaborative Director, Fellow Outreach and Selection to join our Program Delivery team. Reporting to the Senior Director, Program Delivery, this full-time, exempt role will lead outreach, recruitment and selection for our innovative work-based learning programs nationwide. You will own both strategy and execution to ensure we reach, attract, and enroll top quality undergraduate talent from historically overlooked populations to take part in our programs, including Sprinternships and the AI Program.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
The essential duties of this role are grouped into categories, with the approximate percentage of time spent on each category indicated below
Functional Strategy and Leadership (30%)
- Develop and execute a comprehensive, organization-wide annual strategy for outreach and selection that drives our mission
- Drive conversion from interest to application and through to matriculation
- Ensure a world-class candidate experience by owning key metrics for candidate acquisition, application review, decision velocity and Candidate Support Desk
- Identify and implement opportunities to streamline and automate operations leveraging existing systems and new solutions to build capacity and efficiency
- Partner with executive leadership to ensure outreach and selection strategies and operations are aligned with Program design and mission
- As a member of the Delivery & Operations team, ensure strategies and operations are aligned with overall Fellow Journey and standards for Fellow Experience
- Lead recruitment for all Break Tech Programs nationwide, driving interest and applications from 15,000 undergraduates annually
- Own a portfolio of strategic external relationships with outreach partners including university faculty and staff as well as key non-profit and community partners
- Develop and execute marketing strategies for reaching our target audiences including events, partnerships, conferences, email and social media
- Oversee the development and launch of a new website and platform for Fellow Outreach and Selection
- Drive conversion from interest to application and through to matriculation
- Design, develop and maintain key selection processes and operations including playbooks, applications and rubrics
- Make selection decisions for each program and manage offers and enrollments
- Recruits, hires, and onboards part-time application readers.
- Assigns and reviews work of part-time application readers to ensure quality and timely completion.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong affinity for and connection to Break Through Tech’s mission
- Demonstrated experience successfully designing and leading recruitment and selection for work-based learning or other educational programs, preferably with a focus on undergraduates and/or early career professionals in tech
- Demonstrated ability to plan, execute and measure effective marketing campaigns direct-to-student and through partners
- Familiarity with the Higher Education landscape, with a focus on Computing majors and/or Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs
- Prior experience successfully managing external partnerships to drive outcomes
- Prior experience successfully leading teams (including full-time and temporary reports) to deliver results
- Prior experience successfully designing and delivering info sessions and events online to a distributed audience.
- Experience working effectively as a player/coach with a strong interest in leading strategy while delivering
- Data-driven decision maker with experience leveraging software and AI to evaluate and report on impact and effectiveness.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills, particularly when working with high level internal and external stakeholders
- Detail-oriented and organized systems thinker with an ability to mentor and coach others
- Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, quickly changing work environment
- Culture builder with expertise in successful change management and organizational effectiveness
- Fluency in the following tools, or equivalent/similar tools: Excel/Sheets, Salesforce, MailChimp/Constant Contact, Zoom Webinars, Generative AI
- Experience leading university recruiting and/or talent sourcing for technical teams
- Past experience working with Minority Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Large Public Universities
- Fluency in the following tools, or equivalent/similar tools: Salesforce, Zendesk, FormAssembly, JazzHR, Mailchimp, Google Suite
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Public Relations, or a related field required.
- Master’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field preferred. 5-7 years of progressive experience in marketing, communications, campaign management, or business development support.
- Demonstrated success developing and executing integrated marketing strategies that drive measurable business results.
- Experience managing multiple projects, stakeholders, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Prior experience working with CRM systems, marketing automation tools, analytics platforms, and digital marketing channels preferred.
This role operates in a hybrid work arrangement and is expected to work on-site in New York City at least 1 day per week on Wednesday, based on Break Through Tech and team needs.
Compensation
The annual salary range is $117,000–$130,000, depending on experience.
Benefits
At Break Through Tech, we care deeply about supporting our employees and their families. We offer a competitive, thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports health, financial wellbeing, and work-life balance. Eligible employees have access to day-one medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with tax-advantaged HSA and FSA options, mental health resources, wellness offerings, commuter benefits, and convenient prescription support. We also provide employer-paid life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and a generous 401(k) benefit with a 10% employer contribution, regardless of employee participation. Additional voluntary benefits and wellbeing programs help support employees and their families both at work and beyond.
__________
Break Through Tech believes in creating a more equitable playing field for applicants and values the depth of relevant skills built through successful education, work, and life experiences. If your background and skills are a close match for this position, you are strongly encouraged to apply. Break Through Tech is committed to further building and maintaining a staff that reflects the full range of communities we serve and is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. Break Through Tech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Employment at Break Through Tech is contingent upon successful completion of references and a background check, which may include verification of employment history, education, criminal record, and other relevant screenings as permitted by law. Background checks are conducted after a conditional offer of employment and in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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Salary : $117,000 - $130,000