# Senior Manager, Agency Acquisition **Company**: Prudential **Location**: Kuala Lumpur **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: HR **Industry**: Finance **Apply**: https://prudential.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/prudential/job/Kuala-Lumpur/Senior-Manager--Talent-Acquisition--Recruitment-Strategy_26080365?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_42e07ed0-5bc ## Description Prudential is seeking a Senior Manager, Agency Acquisition to drive manpower growth and agency productivity by leading recruitment strategies, financing schemes, and agency enablement initiatives. The successful candidate will be responsible for: ### Key Role & Responsibilities #### 1. Talent Acquisition & Pipeline Building - Developing and executing proactive talent acquisition strategies for Standard Agent and PRUVenture Beyond recruitment - Building a sustainable pipeline of quality candidates, with emphasis on working professionals and experienced talent - Identifying and developing new sourcing channels, partnerships, and talent communities beyond traditional agency recruitment sources - Driving targeted sourcing initiatives for priority professional segments such as bankers, sales professionals, executives, and other high-potential career switchers #### 2. Recruitment Marketing Strategy & Proposition - Driving marketing, promotion, and awareness of recruitment proposition to strengthen reach, engagement, and candidate interest - Developing clear and compelling positioning for key recruitment propositions, including standard agent and PRUVenture, tailored to priority talent segments - Developing recruitment content, pitch materials, toolkits, and communication assets that enable agency leaders and recruiters to engage prospects effectively #### 3. Recruitment Activities & Activation - Initiating and driving recruitment activities at national, regional, and branch levels to continuously generate prospects - Developing recruitment campaigns, career events, networking sessions, referral initiatives, and candidate engagement activities - Partnering with agency leaders to strengthen their prospecting and recruitment activities - Translating recruitment strategy into practical field activities that generate measurable candidate pipelines #### 4. PRUVenture Onboarding & Controls - Building a dedicated candidate funnel for PRUVenture Beyond and other strategic recruitment propositions - Overseeing PVB application and onboarding governance, ensuring eligibility, process compliance, application & interview quality, timely enrolment, and accurate tracking - Positioning the agency career proposition effectively to attract quality professionals - Working closely with internal stakeholders and agency leaders to improve candidate engagement and conversion - Supporting recruitment initiatives that strengthen both recruitment quantity and quality #### 5. Funnel Management & Governance - Owning recruitment funnel tracking from prospecting through application, data discipline, pipeline governance, and follow-up to improve conversion and contracting - Identifying funnel gaps and implementing interventions to improve conversion - Establishing clear recruitment activity and pipeline KPIs - Using data and insights to identify high-potential sourcing channels, candidate segments, and recruitment opportunities #### 6. Agency Leader Engagement - Engaging agency leaders to identify recruitment needs and opportunities within their respective businesses - Supporting leaders in developing recruitment plans and building stronger prospect pipelines - Sharing market insights, sourcing opportunities, and recruitment best practices with the field - Driving stronger ownership and consistency of recruitment activities across branches and regions #### 7. Stakeholder & Partnership Management - Partnering with Agency Distribution, Recruitment Strategy, Marketing, HR/Talent Acquisition, and other relevant stakeholders - Exploring external partnerships with professional associations, corporations, universities, communities, and talent platforms where relevant - Coordinating recruitment campaigns and initiatives to ensure strong execution and measurable outcomes ### Job Specification: #### a. Qualifications - Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, or any other related field #### b. Experience - Minimum 7 years’ experience in insurance/financial services industry - Understanding of Agency business channel, compensation, and development structure - Project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities - Experienced in either Agency Training, Strategic Development, Agency Development, or Strategic Business Planning is an added value #### c. Knowledge - Strong leadership capabilities that can lead, influence, and motivate to create a high-performing team - Strong strategic and forward-thinking skills - Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills - Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate with senior management teams, internal and external stakeholders - Strong analytical skills and ability to connect the dots - Self-motivated and able to work under minimum supervision always - Demonstrate high willingness to learn and go beyond status quo - Works well under pressure, and a good team player - Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - Demonstrated proficiency in written and verbal communications skills in English ## Skills ### Required - leadership - strategic thinking - problem-solving - communication - analytical skills - project management - Microsoft Office ### Nice to have - Agency Training - Strategic Development - Agency Development - Strategic Business Planning --- Source: [Apply at prudential.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com](https://prudential.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/prudential/job/Kuala-Lumpur/Senior-Manager--Talent-Acquisition--Recruitment-Strategy_26080365?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)