Senior Recruiter, Early Careers Talent

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Charlotte, North Carolina

About Our Company

We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Recruiter to join our Early Careers Talent Acquisition team. In this role, you will support hiring across recurring entry-level roles within our Wealth Management & Service and Operations business, with a particular focus on phone-based, operations, and entry-level sales positions across the United States.

You will play a key role in building and managing always-on talent pipelines, creating a consistent flow of candidates for roles with recurring hiring demand. You will engage and regularly screen candidates, understand their skills, interests and career goals, and help align them to the opportunities and career pathways most suited to their experience.

You will have direct impact on our ability to build sustainable early-career talent pipelines, while also supporting class-based hiring and broader Early Careers recruitment priorities as business needs evolve. You will build strong partnerships with hiring leaders and colleagues across Talent Acquisition, while developing expertise in early-career talent, candidate engagement and pipeline management.

Responsibilities

Build and manage always-on talent pipeline strategy across recurring entry-level hiring needs, including phone-based, operations, and entry-level sales positions.

Engage and regularly screen candidates to understand their experience, skills, interests, career goals, location preferences, and alignment to available opportunities.

Connect candidates to the most appropriate opportunities by understanding the requirements of different roles and pathways and helping candidates navigate potential career options.

Maintain active and engaged talent pipelines, regularly reconnecting with candidates and ensuring talent pools remain current and aligned to anticipated hiring demand.

Deliver class-based hiring where needed, managing candidate pipelines against defined hiring volumes and start dates while providing a consistent candidate experience.

Partner with hiring leaders and Talent Acquisition colleagues to understand hiring needs, candidate requirements, and upcoming demand across entry-level populations.

Use pipeline insights and recruiting data to understand candidate flow, identify gaps, and focus sourcing and engagement activity where additional talent is required.

Deliver at pace across recurring hiring needs, effectively prioritizing candidate activity and maintaining momentum across multiple roles and hiring classes.

Provide additional recruiting support across the broader Early Careers team as priorities and hiring demand evolve.

Qualifications

Minimum 5–7 years of relevant recruiting experience, ideally supporting early careers, entry-level, high-volume, class-based, or recurring hiring.

Experience building, engaging, and managing candidate pipelines across ongoing hiring needs.

Experience screening candidates and assessing their alignment across multiple roles or career opportunities.

Strong candidate engagement skills, with the ability to build relationships and maintain candidate interest throughout the recruiting process.

Experience supporting class hiring or multiple concurrent hiring needs preferred.

Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage candidate activity and maintain momentum in a fast-paced environment.

Ability to use recruiting data and pipeline insights to prioritize activity and identify gaps in candidate supply.

Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with hiring leaders and Talent Acquisition partners.

Strong communication skills, with the ability to provide candidates with clear and concise information about roles, career pathways, and next steps.

Adaptable and team-oriented, with the ability to provide recruiting support across broader Early careers priorities as business needs change.

Experience with Workday Preferred

Visa Sponsorship

Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H-1B, F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, TN).

In-Office Collaboration

We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Base Pay Salary

The estimated base salary for this role is $87,400 - $120,200 / year. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competiti