Director, Recruiting Strategy & Analytics

pru; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudential Wealth Advisors is seeking a Director of Recruiting Strategy & Analytics to lead data-driven advisor recruitment across our wealth advisory platform. You will shape market opportunities, campaigns, and investment decisions leveraging analytics, movement intelligence, and industry insights.

This is a senior, cross-functional leadership role reporting to the Head of Recruiting. Responsibilities include developing performance dashboards, guiding prioritization, and presenting data-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Human Resources, Data Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in business analytics, sales analytics, workforce analytics, recruiting analytics, strategy, business intelligence, consulting, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing performance measurement frameworks, KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Proven ability to transform complex data into actionable business insights and strategic recommendations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience synthesizing large and complex data sets to support decision-making.
• Experience evaluating business performance, identifying trends, measuring return on investment, and recommending perfor

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive advisor recruiting strategies aligned to growth objectives.
• Partner with leadership to identify opportunities to improve advisor acquisition outcomes.
• Recommend and drive market focus areas, segments, and resource allocation.
• Support analytics-informed strategic decisions, investments, and recruiter deployment.
• Translate data into actionable insights for senior leaders and stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced analytics

KPIs & dashboards

Executive reporting

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional partnership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Human Resources, Data Science

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Job description

Job Classification: Sales - Sales

The Director, Recruiting Strategy & Analytics, is responsible for developing and driving advisor recruiting strategies that accelerate growth across Prudential Wealth Advisors. This role partners closely with Recruiting Leadership, Field Leadership, and business stakeholders to identify market opportunities, prioritize advisor acquisition efforts, shape recruiting campaigns, and influence strategic decisions that drive recruiting outcomes.

Leveraging data analytics, advisor movement intelligence, competitive insights, and industry trends, the Director provides actionable recommendations and go to market processes to support both the business and the centralized recruiting organization. The role transforms complex recruiting and market data into strategic guidance that informs recruiting investments, recruiter deployment, market prioritization, lead-generation campaigns, and long-term growth strategies.

Reporting directly to the Head of Recruiting for Prudential Wealth Advisors, this leader serves as a strategic advisor to the recruiting leaders and Managing Directors, helping ensure recruiting campaigns, tools, resources, communications and marketing plans are backed by data, market intelligence, and measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruiting Strategy & Business Partnership
• Lead the development and execution of advisor recruiting strategies aligned to Prudential Advisors' growth objectives.
• Partner with Recruiting Leadership, Field Leadership, and business stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve advisor acquisition outcomes and recruiting effectiveness.
• Recommend and drive recruiting priorities, market focus areas, advisor segments, and resource allocation strategies based on business objectives and market intelligence.
• Support the business and centralized recruiting organization in recommending strategic decisions informed by analytics, industry trends, advisor movement data, and competitive intelligence.
• Influence recruiting outcomes through effective target marketing campaign development, partnering on the development of strategic industry communications, complex advisor practice business case development, and thought leadership.

• Market Intelligence & Recruiting Campaign Strategy
• Analyze advisor movement trends, competitive activity, market opportunities, advisor segmentation, and recruiting landscape insights.
• Identify high-potential recruiting markets, advisor profiles, and growth opportunities to guide recruiting efforts.
• Recommend targeted recruiting campaigns and lead-generation strategies based on advisor movement patterns and market analytics.
• Evaluate emerging industry trends and competitive dynamics to proactively adjust recruiting strategies.

• Recruiting Performance Analytics & Insights
• Manage recruiting performance frameworks, metrics, scorecards, and KPIs that measure recruiting effectiveness.
• Monitor advisor acquisition outcomes, recruiter productivity, sourcing effectiveness, retention, AUM acquisition, GDC generation, and return on recruiting investments.
• Identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities through analysis of recruiting and business data.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights that support strategic decision-making.

• Executive Reporting & Strategic Recommendations
• Deliver executive reporting, dashboards, and business reviews that provide visibility into recruiting performance and business impact.
• Present data-driven recommendations to Recruiting Leadership, Field Leadership, Finance, and senior business leaders.
• Communicate recruiting trends, market opportunities, and key performance drivers that influence growth strategies.

• Strategic Planning, Forecasting & Investment Optimization
• Support Recruiting Leadership, P&A and Finance in establishing performance goals, forecast hiring outcomes, and evaluate recruiting investments.
• Develop analytical models, business cases, and projections that support recruiting strategy.
• Assess the effectiveness of recruiting programs, sourcing channels, recruiter deployment models, and investment decisions.
• Recommend optimization strategies to improve recruiting results and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Human Resources, Data Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in business analytics, sales analytics, workforce analytics, recruiting analytics, strategy, business intelligence, consulting, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing performance measurement frameworks, KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Proven ability to transform complex data into actionable business insights and strategic recommendations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience synthesizing large and complex data sets to support decision-making.
• Experience evaluating business performance, identifying trends, measuring return on investment, and recommending perfor