Early Career Talent Acquisition Lead

Marsh McLennan•Philadelphia, NY

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Marsh, Early Career hiring is a critical driver of our future talent pipeline. We are seeking an experienced Early Career Talent Acquisition Lead to drive the strategy and delivery of Early Career hiring across the US and Canada. In this role, you will help shape how we attract, assess, and hire early career talent, while supporting consistent, inclusive, and high-quality candidate experience. You will lead a team and play a hands-on role in delivering high-quality recruiting outcomes. This is a leadership position for someone who brings both strategic thinking and day-to-day execution, with the confidence to influence stakeholders, improve processes, and help build a scalable early career hiring model. This is a hybrid position with an expectation of working in a local office at least three days per week.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree
A minimum of 7 years of Early Career hiring experience.
A minimum of 3 years of people management experience, including setting early career hiring direction and building on performance.

Nice To Haves

Stakeholder management skills and experience driving and aligning strategy with key stakeholders, including senior leaders, TA colleagues and Early Career Program team.
Experience working in a matrixed and collaborative environment, that is agile and can adapt.
Experience shaping Early Career hiring strategy, with a focus on stakeholder experience.
Ability to use recruiting data to inform decisions and recommendations.
Strong communication, relationship-building, and organizational skills.
Interest in developing early talent and building long-term pipeline capability.
Thrive and be motivated by an environment that embraces AI and technology-enabled tools.

Responsibilities

Lead the early career recruiting strategy across the US and Canada, aligning hiring plans to business priorities and talent needs.
Manage and develop a team by setting priorities, goals, and expectations, and supporting team performance and development.
Provide leadership to the early career hiring team and build on strategy in alignment with stakeholders and team.
Responsible for operational excellence.
Partner with business leaders, hiring managers, and people partners to understand hiring needs, confirm role requirements, and support hiring decisions.
Oversee early career sourcing strategy, event planning, interview design, assessment, and offer management.
Leverage recruitment platform and build on relationships with universities and early talent communities.
Implement structured and inclusive hiring processes that support quality, efficiency, and consistency.
Use data and insights to track performance (e.g., pipeline health, conversion rates, time to fill, acceptance rates, candidate experience) and identify opportunities for improvement.
Support a positive candidate experience and help ensure recruiting interactions reflect our culture and values.
Contribute to broader talent acquisition priorities by sharing best practices and partnering across the recruiting organization.
Operate effectively at both the strategic and execution levels—able to set direction while remaining hands-on with day-to-day delivery during peak periods
Focus on building strategy, including candidate and stakeholder engagement, and integration with the broader Talent Acquisition organization.
This role will partner closely with the Early Career Hub for operational excellence and Early Career Program team.