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

A career at Roblox means you'll be working to shape the future of human interaction on the world's largest immersive platform. As the Senior Talent Business Partner - AI/ML PhD on the Early Careers Recruiting team, you will be a driver for cultivating and converting the next generation of exceptional AI/ML technical talent. We’re looking for a PhD Recruiting expert to support Roblox’s ML and AI engineering growth as well as create and scale programs that are not just operationally excellent, but are a competitive differentiator, modeling the caliber of talent acquisition found at the world's most ambitious technology and AI companies.

You Will:

• 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 our process - influencing and improving processes to help the team work smarter, faster, and at scale.
  

You have:

• Progressive experience with 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
• 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
  
• 1+ year of demonstrated success hiring talent as research scientists, ML engineers, applied AI practitioners, and data leaders in highly competitive markets experience recruiting (bonus)
• Deep familiarity with the academic landscape and research trends in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Systems (bonus)
• Experience in mid to large scale early career recruiting programs (bonus)
• ML/AI Events and Conference strategy and engagement preferred (bonus)
• Experience managing an internship program preferred (bonus)