Senior Talent Acquisition Mgr - Wholesale Banking Early Careers

Truist • Atlanta, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Leads Wholesale Early Career Recruitment and manages a small to midsized team of experienced talent acquisition professionals. The role translates Enterprise and Wholesale talent strategies into recruiting plans for internship and full-time early career programs across Wholesale Banking. The leader partners with senior business leaders, program leaders, HR partners, universities, and campus stakeholders to deliver competitive, compliant, and high-quality hiring outcomes. Responsibilities span recruiting strategy, team execution, candidate evaluation, campus engagement, selection, onboarding coordination, metrics, and continuous improvement. Success requires strong knowledge of early career recruiting, financial services talent markets, and accelerated recruiting cycles common to Investment Banking and related markets businesses.

This is a five-day, in-office role based in Charlotte or Atlanta, with regular business and campus travel required, particularly during peak recruiting seasons. Travel may be up to 30%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and work-related experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in Human Resources or a related discipline.
• Proficient knowledge of talent acquisition, teammate relations, benefits, compensation, and training.
• Advanced leadership experience managing teams and recruitment operations.
• Ability to travel up to 30%, primarily during peak recruiting seasons.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading university or early career recruiting for Wholesale Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, Capital Markets, or similarly competitive financial services programs.
• Experience managing accelerated recruiting cycles, complex stakeholder groups, multi-school strategies, and high-volume campus selection processes.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and facilitating cross-functional collaboration.
• Certifications in HR, Talent Development, or Program Management, such as SHRM-SCP, PHR, or PMP.
• Experience with internal mobility, succession planning, or career pathing frameworks to support talent growth.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small to midsized team of experienced professionals within Wholesale Banking Early Talent to meet hiring needs.
• Lead the strategy and execution of Wholesale Early Career Recruitment, including internship and full-time recruiting plans, campus engagement, interview and selection processes, offer strategy, and hiring delivery across supported Wholesale programs.
• Build trusted partnerships with Wholesale executives, program leaders, HR partners, and school stakeholders to align hiring demand, recruiting timelines, school strategy, candidate profiles, interviewer readiness, and decision-making accountability.
• Translate talent acquisition strategies defined by senior management and executives into clear team objectives, workflows, and priorities, and ensure timely execution.
• Oversee day-to-day talent evaluation and selection, including appropriate use of assessments, testing, ranking, and reference checking, while improving consistency and quality of hiring decisions.
• Coordinate onboarding and induction activities for new teammates in the job area, working with managers to deliver an effective new-hire experience.
• Build and maintain pipelines for key roles by managing relationships with selected third-party recruiting agencies and local external partners, and adapting sourcing tactics within established guidelines.
• Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, and performance feedback to recruitment managers and individual contributors, fostering accountability, collaboration, and skill development.
• Identify and implement moderate to significant improvements to recruitment workflows, tools, and team practices to increase efficiency, quality, and candidate experience.
• Monitor team recruitment metrics and operational reports, using insights to adjust execution plans and inform job-area and departmental planning.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment coverage
• Tax-preferred savings accounts
• 401(k) plan
• At least 10 days of vacation during the first year, prorated based on hire date and full-time or part-time status
• 10 sick days, prorated
• Paid holidays
• Depending on position and division, defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or deferred compensation plan

What This Job Offers

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