Foundational Business Recruiting Lead, Corporate Vice President

New York Life • New York, NY

22d • $119,000 - $153,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Be part of a dynamic team shaping the future of talent at New York Life. As part of Human Resources, you'll contribute to a comprehensive strategy that attracts, develops and retains top talent. Whether it's identifying future leaders, crafting engaging learning experiences, enhancing offerings that support our people or fostering a workplace culture where everyone feels they belong, your work directly empowers individuals and fuels the company's growth. Join us and play a vital role in making New York Life an employer of choice for generations to come.
We are seeking a Talent Acquisition leader with 10+ years of experience leading recruiting teams in complex, enterprise environments. This role will report directly to the Head of Talent Acquisition and act as the centralized point of contact for delivering end-to-end recruiting services across New York Life’s Foundational business.
This leader will partner closely with senior business stakeholders to design and deliver scalable, data-driven recruiting strategies that attract high-caliber talent to support our protection first planning business (life insurance, annuities, wealth management). The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in stakeholder management, team leadership, innovative sourcing strategies, and continuous process improvement, while serving as a visible ambassador for New York Life’s employer brand in the external market.

Requirements

• 10–15+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition and/or within the insurance, annuities, or wealth management industry.
• Prior experience leading and managing recruiting teams in a corporate or large-scale recruiting environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and partner at senior levels.
• Demonstrated experience building sourcing strategies for both active and passive talent pools.
• Proven ability to drive recruiting outcomes through metrics, insights, and continuous improvement.
• High aptitude for recruiting technology, systems, and digital transformation.
• Collaborative, solution-oriented mindset with a strong sense of curiosity and innovation.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting within a retail, distribution, or advisor-based business model.
• Exposure to large-scale transformation initiatives or evolving operating models.
• Experience acting as a public-facing employer brand representative.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary recruiting lead and talent advisor to the Foundational business, partnering closely with senior leaders to deliver recruiting solutions aligned to business priorities.
• Translate workforce needs into scalable, commercial recruiting strategies that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrate sound judgment around when to escalate, when to bring in partners, and how to navigate ambiguity in a dynamic business environment.
• Maintain flexibility and adaptability as hiring volumes, business priorities, and operating models evolve.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters, fostering a high-performance, collaborative, and inclusive culture.
• Act as a coach and mentor, building recruiter capability across sourcing, stakeholder management, and consultative recruiting skills.
• Drive accountability through clear expectations, recruiter productivity metrics, and ongoing performance feedback.
• Design and execute diverse and innovative sourcing strategies, with a strong focus on identifying and engaging passive, high-caliber talent.
• Leverage deep understanding of the insurance, annuities, and/or wealth management landscape to attract specialized talent.
• Serve as an employer brand ambassador, promoting the work of the Foundational business externally through LinkedIn and aligned industry forums.
• Partner with internal teams to ensure a consistent, compelling talent narrative in the market.
• Act as a process champion, continuously evaluating and improving the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle.
• Drive adoption and optimization of recruiting technologies, including Eightfold, LinkedIn Recruiter, and SAP SuccessFactors.
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation, AI, and emerging tools to improve speed, quality, and candidate experience.
• Champion change management and ensure strong tool adoption across the recruiting team.
• Run recruiting as a business by leveraging data, analytics, and insights to inform strategy and decision-making.
• Track and analyze key metrics including recruiter productivity, time-to-fill, quality of hire, and pipeline health.
• Use data to proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and to influence business leaders with actionable insights.

Benefits

• We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level