Talent Acquisition Partner

What You'll Do

Principal is seeking a Talent Acquisition professional to help grow our technology early careers pipeline. In this role, you’ll partner with technology leaders to attract top intern and early career talent while shaping strategies that build strong pipelines from campus engagement through internship and full-time hire conversion. You’ll also support broader full-time hiring needs across our technology community, helping connect talent strategy across early career and experienced hiring. We’re looking for candidates with hands-on experience in technology intern hiring and a strong understanding of the full recruiting cycle, including campus engagement, keep-warm strategies, and intern-to-full-time conversion. This role also partners closely with recruiting committee leads on monthly planning, market insights, and early career talent strategy, while supporting full-time technology hiring needs as part of the broader talent acquisition team. Here are a few examples of what you’ll do in this role: Partner closely with technology leaders and hiring teams to understand current and future talent needs, build diverse early career talent pipelines, and lead full-cycle recruiting for internship and entry-level opportunities. You’ll help attract, assess, and hire top talent across areas such as software engineering, data, infrastructure, product, delivery, and service desk while creating a candidate experience that reflects our brand and values. Guide candidates and hiring teams through a thoughtful, well-organized hiring process while ensuring recruiting practices align with company policies, employment laws, and regulatory requirements. You’ll bring consistency, professionalism, and sound judgment to every step of the process. Partner with senior talent acquisition team members, technology leaders, and recruiting committee leads to understand business priorities, workforce plans, and long-term pipeline needs. You’ll contribute to shaping recruiting strategies that support both immediate hiring goals and the broader vision for building a strong early careers talent pipeline. Leverage recruiting systems and data to manage the hiring process efficiently, maintain accurate candidate records, and evaluate the effectiveness of recruiting efforts. You’ll use metrics and insights to identify trends, solve problems proactively, and continuously improve how we attract and convert early career talent. We take pride in being a purpose-led firm, motivated by our mission to make financial security accessible to all. Our mission, integrity, and customer focus have made us a trusted leader for more than 140 years! Who You Are Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. 2 plus years of related recruiting or talent acquisition experience, ideally supporting technology or intern roles. Strong relationship building, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills. Attention to detail and ability to operate with a sense of urgency and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment. Ability to partner effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization. Technically savvy and adaptable to change. Skills That Will Help You Stand Out Experience with technology or intern hiring. Experience hiring within the financial services industry. Experience assessing talent through a structured interview process. Experience with iCIMS (ATS), Hire Vue (Prerecorded Interviewing), and LinkedIn Recruiter (Sourcing). Salary Range Information Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly) $55800 - $100800 / year Salary Details The following locations are examples of market-specific salary ranges across different geographies. Grand Island, NE: $55,800 - $75,600 / year Des Moines, IA: $58,900 - $79,800 / year Charlotte, NC: $62,000 - $84,000 / year Chicago/Minneapolis: $68,200 - $92,400 / year Los Angeles/New York City: $74,400 - $100,800 / year Time Off Program Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided. Pension Eligible Yes Work Environments This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA or Charlotte, NC.). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors. Work Authorization/Sponsorship At this time, we're not considering applicants that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs, please use the following links. 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Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Posting Window We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline. Original Posting Date 5/29/2026 Most Recently Posted Date 5/29/2026 AI Usage Posting Verbiage Principal uses artificial intelligence tools to assist in reviewing and evaluating job applications, fraud prevention, and candidate matching and comparisons. 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