Sr. Early Careers Recruiter - Hybrid

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Company paid life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Leaves of absence

Job summary

The Cigna Group is seeking a senior recruiting leader to shape early careers strategies, drive undergraduate leadership development programs, internships, and enterprise-wide campus pipelines.

You will partner with business leaders, HR partners, and Talent Acquisition to translate workforce priorities into sourcing, assessment, selection, and offer strategies, while building strong relationships with universities, student organizations, and professional associations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of recruiting or related Talent Acquisition experience, including early careers and internships.
• Proven ability to lead complex recruiting initiatives with multiple priorities.
• Knowledge of applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management, sourcing tools, and analytics.
• Understanding of undergraduate recruiting cycles and campus trends.
• Ability to use modern recruiting tech responsibly and protect candidate data.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruiting for undergraduate leadership programs, internships, and early career hiring.
• Translate workforce priorities into sourcing, assessment, selection, and offer strategies with business leaders.
• Build sustainable talent pipelines through campus relationships, student orgs, associations, and virtual channels.
• Use labor market and funnel insights to advise stakeholders, identify risks, and adjust strategies.
• Guide hiring teams in structured, skills-based selection and compelling candidate experiences.
• Strengthen candidate and hiring manager experiences through clear communication and timely follow-through.
• Plan and deliver campus and virtual recruiting events while managing multiple projects.
• Champion a consistent employer brand and improve recruiting processes and tools.

Skills

End-to-end recruiting

Talent Acquisition leadership

University recruiting

Campus partnerships

Sourcing strategies

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

Phenom

Job description

Help shape the next generation of talent. In this senior recruiting role, you will turn enterprise workforce needs into practical early careers strategies, build strong undergraduate talent pipelines, and create an engaging, consistent experience for candidates and hiring teams. You will support undergraduate leadership development programs, internships, and other early career hiring needs across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruiting for undergraduate leadership development programs, internships, and other early career hiring needs, delivering strong talent outcomes across the enterprise.
• Translate workforce priorities into sourcing, attraction, assessment, selection, and offer strategies in partnership with business leaders, program managers, HR partners, and Talent Acquisition colleagues.
• Build sustainable talent pipelines through campus relationships, student organizations, professional associations, virtual channels, digital outreach, and other targeted partnerships.
• Use labor market, campus, competitor, candidate, and funnel insights to advise stakeholders, identify risks, and adjust recruiting strategies.
• Guide hiring teams in skills-based, structured, and consistent selection practices that support thoughtful assessments and informed hiring decisions.
• Strengthen the candidate and hiring manager experience through clear communication, timely follow-through, and effective offer closing.
• Plan and deliver campus and virtual recruiting events while managing multiple projects, requisitions, stakeholders, and deadlines.
• Champion a consistent employer brand and improve recruiting processes, tools, technology, and ways of working.

Required Qualifications

• At least 5 years of recruiting or related Talent Acquisition experience, including early careers, university recruiting, internships, leadership development programs, high-volume recruiting, or comparable talent programs.
• Demonstrated success leading complex recruiting work, influencing stakeholders, and managing competing priorities with close attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of applicant tracking systems and candidate relationship management platforms (Workday and Phenom), sourcing tools, interview and assessment practices, and recruiting analytics.
• Understanding of undergraduate recruiting cycles, candidate expectations, skills-based hiring, talent market trends, and emerging risks such as high application volume and candidate authenticity.
• Ability to use modern recruiting technology and emerging digital and AI capabilities responsibly, protect candidate information, and apply sound professional judgment.
• Strong consultation, relationship-building, written communication, interviewing, negotiation, organization, and project management skills.
• Ability to travel up to 20% annually, with the highest travel during peak recruiting seasons.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• NACE membership and active involvement in the organization is highly preferred.
• Experience recruiting for leadership development programs or enterprise internship portfolios across multiple functions or business areas.
• Experience designing campus strategies, using funnel data to improve outcomes, or introducing recruiting technology and process improvements.
• If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 99,500 - 165,900 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs.

• 401(k)
• Company paid life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• A minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
• Paid holidays
• Leaves of absence

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.