Senior Recruiter

Guardian Life

. Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on role design, talent availability, competitive landscapes, and hiring tradeoffs .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeNew York City • Connecticut • United StatesSenior💰 $86,210 - $141,635 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle recruiting, leveraging AI-enabled tools and data to enhance sourcing strategies and candidate engagement. Proven ability to build relationships and deliver equitable offer packages while maintaining compliance and data integrity.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle RecruitingAI-Enabled Recruiting ToolsWorkday RecruitingRelationship-Building SkillsInsurance Industry Experience

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Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills

Recruiting StrategiesSourcing StrategiesSkills-Based Hiring MethodologiesRecruiting Metrics AnalysisNegotiation SkillsClosing SkillsData IntegrityCompliance StandardsMarket-Competitive Offer PackagesTalent Data Proficiency

Soft Skills

Communication SkillsJudgmentBusiness Acumen

Tools & Technologies

Workday RecruitingGuardian Recruitment PlatformsAI-Enabled Tools

Industry Keywords

Insurance IndustryAsset ManagementCorporate RecruitingSearch Firm Environments

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on role design, talent availability, competitive landscapes, and hiring tradeoffs
Translate workforce plans, capability gaps, and future skill needs into recruiting strategies
Lead intake and needs-analysis conversations to define success profiles, sourcing strategies, and assessment approaches
Own full-cycle recruiting from intake through offer acceptance and onboarding partnership
Deliver personalized candidate engagement for critical and senior-level searches
Develop market-competitive and equitable offer packages with Compensation and Talent Partners
Design and execute sourcing strategies using outreach, referrals, talent communities, social platforms, and AI-enabled tools
Leverage labor-market insights on emerging skills, geographic considerations, and workforce trends
Apply skills-based hiring methodologies and support fair, consistent hiring decisions
Build and maintain internal and external talent networks
Use AI-enabled tools to improve recruiting workflows, sourcing effectiveness, and efficiency
Translate recruiting metrics into actionable insights
Use Workday Recruiting and Guardian recruitment platforms while maintaining data integrity, compliance, and reporting standards
Test, adopt, and improve recruiting technologies, workflows, and candidate engagement practices
Partner with HR partners, COEs, and external vendors
Manage vendor relationships for accountability, quality, and alignment with Guardian standards

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
Strong relationship-building, communication, negotiation, and closing skills
Excellent judgment and business acumen
High proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems
Insurance Industry/Asset Management experience preferred
Experience with Workday Recruiting preferred
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship/support now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks

Skill-building opportunities
Leadership development
Philanthropic opportunities
Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals
Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources
Annual, sales, or other incentive compensation may be available