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This role is accountable for the apprentice experience from demand planning and recruiting through onboarding, ongoing mentorship, project execution, semester-end presentations, and completion.\nThe program supports university students and recent graduates seeking practical experience working on real-world software, technology, and AI-related projects. The successful candidate will create a structured, engaging, and measurable program that helps apprentices develop professional skills, contribute meaningful business value, and prepare for successful technology careers.\nThis is a hands-on program leadership role that combines program management, recruiting coordination, communications, process development, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator and presenter who enjoys working with emerging talent, writing, building repeatable processes, solving problems, and creating a program that improves with every semester.\nThis position is based in our Houston, Texas office and requires working on-site five days per week.\nKey Responsibilities\nApprentice Program Strategy & Planning\nOwn the end-to-end apprenticeship program, including its structure, operating model, schedules, processes, and continuous improvement. \nDevelop semester-based demand plans in collaboration with technology and business leaders to identify upcoming projects, required skills, apprentice capacity, and staffing needs. \nCoordinate project assignments, mentor availability, team capacity, and program timelines. \nEstablish program goals, success metrics, performance measures, and feedback mechanisms. \nMaintain a forward-looking pipeline of projects that provide meaningful learning opportunities and measurable 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