Northwestern Mutual
Assistant Director, Talent Selection Design
Milwaukee, WI Corporate · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 28 days ago
Stakeholder ManagementRecruitingHRHRISCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingCritical Thinking
About the role
- This role modernizes how the organization identifies and selects talent, strengthening internal and external selection practices.
- The role ensures the talent selection process is effective, scalable, and aligned with business priorities, talent strategy, skills, and organizational culture and behaviors.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end design of the enterprise selection philosophy, processes, and governance anchored in skills to improve quality of hire, candidate experience, and business outcomes.
- Accountable for supporting delivery of the talent selection processes through developing clear guidance, materials, draft communications, and readiness support for recruiters, HR Business Partners, hiring managers, and employees.
- Providing day-to-day support and management of processes, including escalated technical inquiries, issue coordination, and follow-through with HR stakeholders.
- Partners with the HR Advisory team to brainstorm and enable Career Center consultations related to talent selection, including resume support, and interview preparation.
- Lead retrospectives and synthesize quantitative and qualitative feedback to identify opportunities to simplify and strengthen talent selection practices.
- Translate insights into clear recommendations and design enhancements that improve clarity, consistency, impact, and the candidate, hiring manager, and recruiter experience.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for the talent acquisition team on enterprise talent selection processes. Strengthens knowledge management for recruiters, hiring managers, HR Services, HR business partners.
- Provide consultation, guidance, and problem-solving support related to process execution, interpretation, and application.
- Partner with Enterprise Risk and Legal to support audits, compliance reporting, and risk-based inquiries related to enterprise talent selection processes.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- Graduate degree strongly preferred
- 6-8 years of experience in talent management, Talent Acquisition, or related HR disciplines with a focus on high-impact, enterprise talent processes
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide talent acquisition and selection processes (e.g., requisition-to-offer workflows, structured interviewing and assessment, selection governance, and skills-based hiring)
Skills
- The focus is on improving quality of hire and enabling faster, more equitable decisions through data, technology, and AI-enabled tools.
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Company info
- Connects with stakeholders to understand and gain specific information to help resolve customer problems in a given domain.
- Communicates effectively intent to customers, solicits customer requirements, utilizes domain knowledge and collaborates with the right stakeholders.
Equal opportunity
- Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds.
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