Senior Recruiter — Strategic Talent Advisor

UNKNOWN; Carmel (IN); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Life is seeking a strategic, experienced recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team. This role delivers high-impact recruiting across business groups, partnering with senior leaders and Centers of Expertise to shape hiring strategies aligned to business priorities and labor-market conditions.

With autonomy, you will own full-cycle recruiting for senior-level roles, leverage AI-enabled tools, and ensure a human-centered candidate experience while advising on offers and onboarding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of experience in professional and/or executive-level recruiting.
• Experience recruiting across multiple functions, business units, and geographies in corporate recruiting and/or search firm environments.
• Proficiency using AI-enabled recruiting tools and talent data to generate insights, improve sourcing and workflow efficiency, and support informed, equitable hiring decisions.
• Strong relationship-building, communication, negotiation, and closing skills with excellent judgment and business acumen.
• High proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing consultative guidance on role design, talent availability, competitive landscapes, and hiring tradeoffs.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to translate workforce plans, capability gaps, and future skill needs into actionable recruiting strategies.
• Lead comprehensive intake and needs-analysis conversations to define success profiles, sourcing strategies, and assessment approaches.
• Own full-cycle recruiting for a portfolio of roles, from intake through offer acceptance and onboarding partnership.
• Deliver high-touch, personalized candidate engagement for critical and senior-level searches.
• Partner with Compensation and Talent Partners to develop market-competitive, equitable offer packages and successfully close top talent.
• Design and execute sourcing strategies using direct outreach, referrals, talent communities, social platforms, and AI-enabled recruiting tools.
• Leverage labor-market insights to advise stakeholders on emerging skills, geographic considerations, and workforce trends.
• Apply skills-based hiring methodologies to define success profiles, assess talent against role-critical capabilities, and support fair, consistent hiring decisions.
• Build and maintain strong internal and external talent networks to support both immediate and future hiring needs.
• Leverage AI-enabled recruiting tools to streamline workflows, enhance sourcing effectiveness, and improve overall recruitment efficiency.
• Translate recruiting metrics into clear, actionable insights for business and HR leaders.
• Ensure well-adapted use of Workday Recruiting and Guardian’s recruitment platforms, maintaining data integrity, compliance, and reporting standards.
• Identify opportunities to test, adopt, and improve recruiting technologies, workflows, and candidate engagement practices based on data, user feedback, and business outcomes.
• Partner cross-functionally with HR partners, COEs, and external vendors, including search firms and other external partners where applicable.
• Manage vendor relationships to ensure accountability, quality, and alignment with Guardian standards.

Skills

Strategic recruiting

Executive recruiting

Stakeholder management

Data-driven recruiting

ATS proficiency

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Workday Recruiting

AI-enabled recruiting tools

Job description

Guardian Life is seeking a strategic, experienced recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team. This role delivers high-impact recruiting across business groups, partnering with senior leaders and Centers of Expertise to shape hiring strategies aligned to business priorities and labor-market conditions.

With autonomy, you will own full-cycle recruiting for senior-level roles, leverage AI-enabled tools, and ensure a human-centered candidate experience while advising on offers and onboarding.