Strategic Talent Acquisition Lead

Northwestern Mutual; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a driven Talent Acquisition Manager to lead recruiting across the organization. This role manages the full lifecycle for positions supporting established advisor practices, leadership, and operations, partnering with leaders and hiring managers to identify talent needs.

The right candidate combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, is highly organized, and excels at building community relationships to engage top talent for growth across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressively responsible experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, sales, relationship management, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting forFinancial Advisor roles, advisor team positions, and other organizational openings.
• Build and maintain pipelines of qualified candidates for current and anticipated hiring needs.
• Develop candidate leads through referrals, centers of influence, direct outreach, professional networking, community involvement, career fairs, and recruiting technology.
• Establish productive relationships with community leaders, professional organizations, colleges, universities, and other talent sources.
• Build effective referral partnerships with Financial Advisors, team members, organizational leaders, and existing employees.
• Engage passive candidates and communicate the professional opportunities available within Northwestern Mutual and its advisor practices.
• Maintain relationships with other Northwestern Mutual recruiting professionals to share leads, ideas, and recruiting best practices.
• Develop and execute recruiting plans designed to attract high-quality candidates for full-time Financial Advisor opportunities.
• Clearly communicate the Financial Advisor career opportunity and guide candidates through each stage of the selection process.
• Conduct resume reviews, candidate screenings, initial interviews, and other selection activities.
• Maintain the integrity, quality, and consistency of the Financial Advisor selection process.
• Coordinate the transition of selected Financial Advisor candidates into contracting, licensing, registration, training, and development.
• Partner with leadership to strengthen recruiting activity, improve candidate quality, and achieve organizational growth objectives.

Skills

Talent acquisition

Candidate sourcing

Interviewing

Relationship management

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

ATS

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a driven Talent Acquisition Manager to lead recruiting across the organization. This role manages the full lifecycle for positions supporting established advisor practices, leadership, and operations, partnering with leaders and hiring managers to identify talent needs.

The right candidate combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, is highly organized, and excels at building community relationships to engage top talent for growth across the enterprise.