Early Careers Talent Partner

Howden•New York, NY

1d•$120,000 - $140,000

About The Position

Howden Re is seeking an energetic and strategic Early Careers Talent Partner to lead U.S. university recruitment, internship, graduate, and insight-day programs and serve as a brand ambassador to students and early-career professionals. The role partners with the central Early Careers team and works within the learning and development team to shape onboarding and learning for interns and junior employees. The role’s core focus is the end-to-end design, delivery, and continuous improvement of Howden Re’s global technical development curriculum. This includes building a multi-year learning journey combining formal training, professional qualifications, experiential learning, coaching, and on-the-job development; developing a comprehensive reinsurance curriculum; and partnering with business leaders and subject matter experts across functions and regions. The position also supports wider learning and talent development initiatives, program measurement, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a similar field.
At least 5 years of full lifecycle recruiting experience, with a focus on university relations and campus recruiting.
Proven ability to build and maintain strong university partnerships.
Demonstrated success managing high-volume candidate pipelines.
Progressive talent acquisition experience.

Responsibilities

Partner with the central Early Careers team and lead U.S. attraction strategy across internship, graduate, and insight-day programs.
Build and manage relationships with target universities, actuarial and risk management programs, and student organizations.
Represent Howden Re at campus recruiting events, industry conferences, networking programs, and early talent forums.
Design and support fair, inclusive, and effective candidate selection processes.
Create and manage structured onboarding and induction programs that accelerate integration, engagement, and productivity.
Help new hires build connections across teams, networks, and business functions; coordinate mentoring, buddy programs, manager engagement, and cohort experiences.
Create scalable onboarding frameworks adaptable globally while maintaining a consistent learner experience.
Provide experienced talent acquisition support as needed.
Design, deliver, and continuously improve Howden Re’s global technical development curriculum.
Develop and manage a multi-year learning journey combining formal training, qualifications, experiential learning, coaching, and on-the-job development.
Build and enhance a reinsurance curriculum covering industry concepts, structures, and market dynamics.
Partner with business leaders and subject matter experts across broking, analytics, actuarial, capital markets, advisory, and other functions to create relevant learning experiences.
Ensure consistency, quality, and technical rigor across program content and delivery.
Align learning pathways with relevant U.S., UK, and other regional professional certifications and qualifications.
Manage external learning vendors and professional education partners.
Establish assessments, learning milestones, and progression checkpoints to demonstrate capability growth and readiness for advancement.
Ensure protected learning and study time is supported across the business.
Own assigned learning programs, projects, and operational activities, contributing to the learning and talent strategy.
Support broader initiatives such as a scalable Reinsurance Technical Academy, cross-regional and cross-functional cohort projects, learning technology and LMS capabilities, digital content strategies, self-directed learning pathways, and skills and capability frameworks.
Establish and track program metrics, including retention, promotion readiness, qualification progress, learner engagement, manager satisfaction, and participation outcomes.
Analyze program data and learner feedback, provide insights and recommendations to senior leadership, and evolve programs in response to business needs and industry trends.