# AVP, Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner **Company**: Aviva **Location**: New York, US - New York **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $120,000-$160,000 **Category**: Human Resources **Industry**: Insurance **Apply**: https://aviva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/US---New-York/AVP--Strategic-Talent-Acquisition-Partner_R-175034?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_577a8e55-d13 ## Description Aviva is seeking a highly accomplished and strategic AVP, Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner who will play a critical role in shaping the future workforce of our organization. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to executive leadership and managers, driving talent acquisition initiatives that directly support business growth, competitive advantage, and organizational transformation. **Responsibilities:** - **Strategic Talent Partnership & Workforce Planning** - Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, managers and business executives on talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, organizational design, and succession planning considerations. - Partner with leaders to anticipate future talent needs and proactively build hiring strategies that support rapid organizational growth. - Consult with leaders on talent market conditions, competitive intelligence, compensation trends, organizational structure, and talent availability to support informed hiring decisions. - Influence and challenge hiring strategies where appropriate, balancing business needs with market realities and long-term organizational goals. - **Executive & Specialized Talent Acquisition** - Lead end-to-end recruitment efforts for highly specialized, leadership, and difficult-to-fill positions across underwriting, actuarial, claims, product, technology, operations, and corporate functions. - Drive multiple concurrent searches while balancing speed, quality and candidate experience. - Develop and execute innovative sourcing strategies to identify and engage top-tier passive talent within specialty insurance, financial services, and adjacent industries. - Build meaningful relationships with candidates and industry talent networks to create sustainable pipelines for future growth. - Ensure rigorous assessment methodologies are utilized to evaluate candidate capability, leadership potential, cultural alignment, and long-term fit. - **Talent Market Intelligence** - Serve as an internal subject matter expert on labor market trends, competitor hiring activity, talent availability, and industry best practices. - Leverage talent analytics and external market intelligence to provide data-driven insights and recommendations that support workforce planning and hiring decisions. - Translate market insights into actionable recruiting strategies that improve hiring outcomes and reduce time-to-fill. - Conduct talent mapping exercises to identify emerging talent pools, succession candidates, and strategic recruitment opportunities. - **Employer Brand & Candidate Experience** - Champion Aviva's employer value proposition and strengthen market awareness of the organization as an employer of choice within the specialty insurance industry. - Partner with marketing, communications, and business leaders to enhance employer branding initiatives and talent attraction campaigns. - Ensure a world-class candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle, maintaining high levels of engagement, communication, and professionalism. - Help shape and strengthen the culture of the organization through thoughtful hiring decisions. - **Process Excellence & Talent Acquisition Leadership** - Drive continuous improvement initiatives across recruiting processes, technology, assessment methodologies, and talent acquisition operations. - Leverage recruiting technologies, analytics, and automation tools to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability. - Establish and monitor key performance indicators, service levels, and recruitment metrics to measure success and identify opportunities for optimization. - Mentor and provide guidance to hiring managers, and stakeholders on talent acquisition best practices and interview effectiveness. - Champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives throughout the recruitment process and talent strategy. - **Organizational Impact** - Deliver exceptional hiring outcomes that support business performance, profitability, growth, and organizational capability. - Contribute to the development of a high-performing, people-focused culture that reflects Aviva's values and long-term vision. - Play an active role in shaping talent acquisition strategy as Aviva continues to expand its specialty insurance platform in the United States. - Balance process discipline with agility and pragmatism in a fast-moving environment. **Requirements:** - 7+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including significant experience recruiting within specialty insurance, commercial insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated and talent-competitive industries. - Proven success partnering with executive leaders and senior business stakeholders on strategic hiring, workforce planning, and organizational growth initiatives. - Demonstrated expertise recruiting for highly specialized, technical, executive, and leadership-level roles. - Strong understanding of the specialty property & casualty insurance landscape, including underwriting, claims, actuarial, product, risk management, operations, and corporate functions. - Exceptional executive presence and consultative influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility and trusted partnerships at all levels of the organization. - Advanced sourcing and talent research capabilities with extensive experience leveraging Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, talent intelligence platforms, and modern applicant tracking systems. - Experience developing and executing proactive talent mapping, succession pipeline, and workforce planning strategies. - Demonstrated success recruiting within high-growth, scaling, or transformational business environments. - Comfort operating in ambiguous, evolving environments with limited infrastructure. - Strong analytical and business acumen with the ability to interpret recruiting metrics, labor market data, and workforce trends to influence decision-making. - Demonstrated success leading complex searches in high-growth, transformational, or rapidly evolving environments. - Passion for delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring leader experience while maintaining a strong focus on quality, diversity, and business outcomes. - Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred. - Professional certifications such as AIRS, SHRM, HRCI, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, or equivalent are considered an asset. **Benefits:** - The salary band for this position ranges from a base of $120,000-$160,000. - Compelling rewards package including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, health benefits and volunteer opportunities. - Hybrid flexible work model. - Outstanding career development opportunities. - Competitive vacation package. ## Skills ### Required - Workday - LinkedIn Recruiter - talent intelligence platforms - applicant tracking systems - talent acquisition - workforce planning - organizational design - succession planning - recruitment - talent management --- Source: [Apply at aviva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com](https://aviva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/US---New-York/AVP--Strategic-Talent-Acquisition-Partner_R-175034?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)