Campus Recruiter

McKinsey & Company; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 82,600 - 103,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Parental leave and family planning benefits

Job summary

McKinsey & Company is seeking a Recruitment Lead for its Philadelphia office. This role involves leading recruiting strategy, managing candidate relationships, and collaborating with teams to ensure recruitment success. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience in recruiting, strong analytical abilities, and excellent interpersonal skills.

The position offers a salary range of $82,600 - $103,200 annually, along with a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, retirement, and wellness programs.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recruiting experience, preferably for professional services.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong strategic thinker with analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruiting strategy for Philadelphia office.
• Manage candidate relationships and plan recruiting events.
• Analyze recruiting data for improvement opportunities.

Skills

Recruiting experience

Analytical ability

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Education

University degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

YOUR IMPACT

• Lead recruiting strategy and execution for the Philadelphia office and assigned campus sources, helping attract, assess, cultivate, and onboard distinctive talent for McKinsey & Company.
• Collaborate with Partners, Professional Development, consultants, source recruiters, and the broader North America recruiting team to develop and execute recruiting strategies across attraction, assessment, cultivation, interview scheduling, offer support, onboarding, and summer internship programming.
• Manage candidate relationships end‑to‑end and plan events such as office presentations, interview days, dinners, office visits, campus presentations, small group events, and interview workshops.
• Utilize recruiting data and year‑end analysis to identify opportunities to improve results.
• Ensure the Philadelphia office and assigned campus sources attract and hire the best talent to meet our recruiting priorities, while creating a thoughtful, responsive, and personalized experience for candidates.

YOUR GROWTH

• Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development.
• A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions and encourage diverse perspectives, which are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
• Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm's diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions.
• Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well‑being for you and your family.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• University degree required.
• 2+ years of recruiting experience, with a preference for experience in hiring for professional services and/or technical roles.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment; growth mindset and willingness to dive in where priorities require leadership.
• Strong strategic thinker – ability to see and manage the big picture while driving impact on specific initiatives.
• Strong analytical ability, including high degree of comfort with Excel & PowerPoint.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills with the ability to build great relationships with candidates, consultants at all levels, and recruiting colleagues.
• Proactive problem solver capable of identifying issues and generating solutions; desire and energy to continuously improve recruiting processes.
• Outstanding organizational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple streams of work independently; close attention to detail.
• Demonstrated initiative, judgment and maturity; track record as self‑starter; mindful of external reputation; discreet, respectful and caring with confidential information.
• Flexibility to deal with last minute changes; ability to remain calm under pressure; comfortable working with minimal direction and flexibility to work overtime as required.
• Ability to have flexible schedule and travel to campus as needed.
• Ability to look beyond own responsibilities to help team members with time‑sensitive deadlines as needed.

FOR U.S. APPLICANTS: McKinsey & Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Certain U.S. jurisdictions require McKinsey & Company to include a reasonable estimate of the salary for this role. The salary range for new joiners in this role in the United States, including all office locations where the job may be performed, is $82,600 - $103,200 USD gross per year. This reflects our best estimate of the lowest to highest for this role at the time of this posting. Factors such as office location, your unique blend of experience and skills, start date, and our current organizational needs all play a role in determining the final figure. Certain roles are also eligible for bonuses, subject to McKinsey's discretion and based on factors such as individual and/or organizational performance.

Additionally, we provide a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our commitment to the wellness of our colleagues and their families. This includes medical, mental health, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, a generous retirement contributions program, financial guidance, and paid time off.

FOR NON-U.S. APPLICANTS: McKinsey & Company is an Equal Opportunity employer. For additional details regarding our global EEO policy and diversity initiatives, please visit our McKinsey Careers and Diversity & Inclusion sites.