Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

About Our Company

We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Job Description

Ameriprise is seeking a strategic and consultative Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to support Technology, Service & Operations, a critical function enabling the organization’s business strategy, operational effectiveness, technology capabilities, and client experience.

In this role, you will partner closely with senior and executive leaders to attract, assess, and hire top talent across Technology, Service & Operations. You will support a diverse portfolio of complex, specialized, and leadership-level positions and develop talent strategies aligned with evolving business, technology, operational, and workforce needs.

This position requires a trusted talent advisor who can influence hiring decisions, provide actionable talent market intelligence, develop proactive sourcing strategies, and align recruiting outcomes with business objectives. You will build deep relationships with leaders, anticipate workforce and capability needs, and deliver innovative talent solutions that support organizational priorities and long-term talent planning. The role combines strategic partnership, executive-level consulting, and hands-on recruiting execution for complex and highly visible positions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting efforts for complex, specialized, and leadership-level positions across Technology, Service & Operations.
• Develop and execute innovative sourcing and talent attraction strategies that generate diverse, high-quality candidate pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill capabilities.
• Partner directly with senior and executive leaders to understand business priorities, organizational strategies, talent gaps, and evolving workforce needs.
• Utilize direct sourcing, professional networking, talent mapping, market research, and proactive pipelining techniques to identify and engage high-caliber passive talent.
• Serve as a trusted talent advisor by providing labor market insights, competitive intelligence, talent trends, and candidate market perspectives that inform hiring and workforce decisions.
• Develop a strong understanding of the Technology, Service & Operations organization, including critical talent segments, emerging capabilities, and business priorities, to anticipate hiring needs and proactively develop talent solutions.
• Partner with HR Business Partners, Compensation, and business leaders to support candidate assessment, compensation discussions, and offer strategy.
• Effectively communicate Ameriprise’s employee value proposition and compensation philosophy to candidates, facilitating successful offer negotiations and acceptance.
• Consult with hiring leaders on selection strategies, candidate assessment, interview practices, and recruiting approaches to support high-quality hiring decisions.
• Ensure compliance with applicable employment regulations, company policies, and affirmative action requirements while developing recruitment strategies that support organizational objectives.
• Leverage recruiting data, market intelligence, and analytics to measure effectiveness, identify opportunities, and influence talent acquisition and business decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement across Talent Acquisition and lead or contribute to cross-functional projects, process enhancements, and strategic initiatives.
• Support workforce planning, succession planning, talent mapping, and proactive recruiting strategies that strengthen leadership pipelines and critical talent capabilities across Technology, Service & Operations.

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years of Talent Acquisition experience, including extensive knowledge of recruiting processes, sourcing strategies, candidate assessment, and recruiting strategy execution.
• Demonstrated consultative and proactive leadership style with the ability to operate as a trusted advisor to business and HR leaders.
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively partner with senior-level and executive leaders and provide coaching and consultation throughout the selection process.
• Subject matter expertise in sourcing methods, talent identification, market research, and candidate engagement techniques.
• Strong technology skills, including experience with Microsoft 365, Workday, recruiting databases, sourcing platforms, and social media recruiting techniques.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior financial services industry experience.
• Experience recruiting for technology, operations, service, digital, data, engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, transformation, or related corporate functions.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting for complex, specialized, and leadership-level positions in competitive talent markets.
• Experience partnering with technology and/or operations executives and leadership teams in a large, highly matrixed organization.
• Knowledge of workforce planning, talent mapping, succession planning, competitive talent intelligence, and strategic talent advisory practices.
• Experience translating business and workforce strategies into proactive recruiting and talent pipeline solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to use data, labor market intelligence, and external talent insights to influence senior-level hiring decisions.

Visa Sponsorship

Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H-1B, F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, TN).

In-Office Collaboration

We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific

requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Base Pay Salary

The estimated base salary for this role is $100,000 - $150,100 / year. We have a pay-for- performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.Full timeExemptHuman CapitalHR Human Resources

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, disability status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, speak to your recruiter to discuss how we can support you.