Talent Acquisition Partner (Recruiter)

Northwestern Mutual; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee referral program

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a results-driven recruiter in San Francisco who will own full-cycle recruiting for financial advisor candidates, shaping our growth and standards while upholding the firm's high ethical bar.

You’ll build relationships through referrals and personal networks, guide candidates from first contact through offers, and help create a scalable recruiting function that aligns with business strategy and brand.

Qualifications

• You’re energized by people and reading potential.
• You value clear standards, structure, and accountability.
• You excel in a competitive market where offers from major firms are common.
• You are coachable, curious, and honest.

Responsibilities

• Run full-cycle recruiting for financial advisor candidates from sourcing to placement.
• Build relationships through referrals, warm networks, and community connections.
• Lead initial conversations to keep candidates engaged and move them toward next steps.
• Move sourced candidates from curiosity to signed offers in a competitive market.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Relationship building

Interviewing

Sourcing

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

Why This Seat Most recruiting jobs hand you a playbook and ask you to run it. This one asks you to help write it. The San Francisco Bay Area Group - backed by Northwestern Mutual, one of the most respected names in financial services - is building a centralized recruiting function across four Bay Area offices, and we’re doing it deliberately, with real investment and real standards. You’d come in early enough to shape how it works and own the results, with the backing of an established brand behind you.

What You’d Own You run full-cycle recruiting for financial advisor candidates - the people who’ll build the next generation of this firm. You find them, you get them curious, and you walk them toward a career that can genuinely change their trajectory. You’re not screening people out; you’re an evaluator who recognizes potential and pulls it forward. The best candidates rarely arrive obvious. Your gift is seeing them.

A Typical Week

• You build relationships, not lead lists. The recruiters who win here win through referrals, warm networks, and real community connection and you’ll have the tools and support to source that way from day one.
• You run initial conversations that leave candidates leaning in, curious enough to say yes to the next step. You keep it human and let the in-depth (second interview) do the heavy lifting.
• You watch candidates you sourced move from “just curious” to signed, and you know you’re the reason they found this.

Where This Goes This is a growth seat, not a holding pattern. Strong performers here have a clear path - into lead recruiting, into deeper strategy, into shaping the function as it scales. You’ll learn full-cycle recruiting inside a firm that takes talent seriously, alongside people invested in your development.

What You Bring

• You’re energized by people. Connecting, listening, and reading someone’s potential is where you come alive - not working a spreadsheet in a corner.
• You want clear standards and you rise to them. You see structure and accountability as what makes a team fair and a top performer visible, not as pressure.
• You’re resilient in a competitive market. The people you’ll recruit are also being courted by Salesforce, LinkedIn, and Deloitte and you like that challenge.
• You’re coachable, curious, and honest - the kind of person a team gets better around.

The Standard We’re transparent about what good looks like: a consistent activity rhythm (our 40 first interview / 10 second interview standard is a floor, not a ceiling), kept initials that convert to real interviews, and a pipeline weighted toward referrals. You’ll always know where you stand because clarity is how we protect our people, not pressure them.

• 401(k) with company matching
• health
• dental and vision insurance
• life insurance
• paid time off
• parental leave
• retirement plan
• an employee referral program.

Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees.