National Recruiting Director – Principal Financial Network Management

Imea; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Financial Network is seeking a National Recruiting Director to lead strategies for attracting high‑performing Financial Professionals. You will identify, vet, and recruit top candidates with quick learning curves to drive revenue and growth.

You'll develop sourcing pipelines, target passive candidates, and partner with field leadership to optimize platform options and hiring practices across a national footprint, with remote/hybrid work options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 6+ years of related experience.
• Experience with Direct Financial Professional Recruiting and hiring strategies.
• Familiarity with KPIs for financial representatives.
• Strong decision-making and organizational skills toward hiring strategies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities for candidate interactions.

Responsibilities

• Develop recruiting strategy and execute recruiting goals.
• Source and cultivate prospective financial representatives; target top performers.
• Direct candidate sourcing via referrals, networking, social media, and search methods.
• Develop leads and maintain ongoing contact with prospective representatives.
• Provide consultation on platform options and collaborate with leadership and recruitment teams.

Skills

Strategic recruitment

Sourcing & headhunting

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Decision making

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

What You’ll Do

We’re looking for a National Recruiting Director to join our Principal Financial Network Management team! In this role you’ll lead efforts to identify and attract qualified, high performing candidates within the financial services industry to join Principal Financial Network as a Financial Professional. This role will identify and vet the very best candidates with the shortest learning curves and time to revenue possible.

You’ll Also Have The Opportunity To:

• Develop recruiting strategy, then plan and execute on recruiting goals.
• Source and develop prospective financial representatives. Proactively target top performing, passive candidates within our industry.
• Direct the sourcing of candidates through referrals, networking, social media, and through knowledge of effective search methods. Network with current employees, acquaintances, and industry professionals to build a pipeline.
• Develop leads and build relationships with prospective financial representatives, maintaining continued, on-going contact with prospective representatives.
• Provide consultation and education to prospective financial representatives on platform options and partnering with field leadership and the advisor recruitment team to evaluate platform options.

Operating at the intersection of financial services and technology, Principal builds financial tools that help our customers live better lives. We take pride in being a purpose‑led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years!

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and 6+ years’ work‑related experience.
• Experience with Direct Financial Professional Recruiting, hiring strategies and applicable labor law.
• Familiarity with prescribed key performance indicators (KPIs) for financial representatives.
• Excellent decision‑making and organizational skills toward developing successful hiring strategies.
• Exceptional interpersonal skill and strong recruitment‑related intuition.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with candidates and internal teams.
• Excellent communication and persuasion abilities (particularly when making cold calls and sending recruiting emails)
• Familiar with online and offline sourcing techniques.

Salary Range Information

Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non‑sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salary Range (Non‑Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)

$104400 – $187200 / year

Tagged as: Fully Remote, Hybrid