Director, Early Careers & University Relations

Director, Early Careers & University Relations

We are looking for a dynamic and strategic Director, Early Careers & University Relations to build and lead our global strategy for attracting, developing, and retaining emerging talent. This role will own our early careers programs — including internships, graduate hiring, and apprenticeships — while cultivating strong relationships with universities and academic partners worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver global early careers strategies that align with workforce planning and business growth.
• Lead and mentor a team responsible for early careers strategy and program management.
• Partner with leaders and HRBPs to create career pathways for early career hires, ensuring retention and progression.
• Build and sustain strategic relationships with universities, business schools, and technical institutions.
• Collaborate with academic partners on research projects, curriculum development, and thought leadership opportunities.
• Partner with the Employer Branding and Talent Acquisition teams to design campaigns targeting early talent audiences.
• Amplify our presence on campuses, social platforms, and through student organizations.
• Ensure early careers programs reflect and support our global DEI goals.
• Partner with cross‑functional leaders to integrate early careers talent into the broader workforce.
• Stay ahead of external trends in early careers and talent development to continuously evolve our approach.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of HR, talent acquisition, and/or university relations experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven track record designing and scaling early careers programs in a complex, global environment.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.
• A passion for developing the next generation of leaders.
• Fluent English.

Company Description

Renesas is one of the top global semiconductor companies in the world. We strive to develop a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter world, and our goal is to make every endpoint intelligent by offering product solutions in the automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT markets. Our robust product portfolio includes world‑leading MCUs, SoCs, analog and power products, plus Winning Combination solutions that curate these complementary products. We are a key supplier to the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics you rely on every day; you may not see our products, but they are all around you.

Renesas employs roughly 21,000 people in more than 30 countries worldwide. As a global team, our employees actively embody the Renesas Culture, our guiding principles based on five key elements: Transparent, Agile, Global, Innovative, and Entrepreneurial. Renesas believes in, and has a commitment to, diversity and inclusion, with initiatives and a leadership team dedicated to its resources and values. At Renesas, we want to build a sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. Join us and build your future by being part of what’s next in electronics and the world.

Additional Information

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘ To Make Our Lives Easier .’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system‑level know‑how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.

With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power‑efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘ To Make Our Lives Easier .’

At Renesas, you can:

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.
• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure.
• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people‑first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?

Join Renesas. Let’s Shape the Future together.

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. For more information, please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in‑office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.