Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition
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About the Role
IG Wealth Management is seeking a Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition to lead recruitment strategy for Asset Management and Technology portfolios. This role balances hands-on recruitment leadership, people leadership, and enterprise-level contribution.
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Responsibilities
- Lead end to end recruitment across a portfolio anchored in Asset Management, with additional oversight for Technology and other portfolios as required.
- Partner closely with HR Business Partners and Centres of Expertise to ensure alignment between hiring and broader talent strategies.
- Develop deep, credible partnerships with business leaders by building a strong understanding of Asset Management functions, talent segments, and competitive market dynamics.
- Provide informed perspective on talent availability, competitor landscape, and hiring strategies, particularly within Asset Management.
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, including executives, influencing decisions on role scoping, candidate assessment, selection, and offer strategy.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters, building capability in consultative recruiting, proactive sourcing, and stakeholder management.
- Establish clear expectations and strong team operating rhythms, driving accountability across quality, pace, and experience.
- Foster a collaborative, team first culture, aligned to broader TA and HR priorities.
- Operate as an active member of the Talent Acquisition leadership team, contributing to priorities, direction, and consistency of TA delivery across the enterprise.
- Partner with TA leadership and HR stakeholders to evolve recruitment practices, standards, and hiring capability across the organization.
- Lead or contribute to enterprise TA initiatives, including hiring excellence, process improvement, and capability building efforts.
- Personally lead and support complex and high impact searches, ensuring strong assessment rigor and alignment to business needs.
Requirements
- 8+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, with full cycle recruitment accountability in complex environments.
- Proven people leadership experience, including leading and developing a team of recruiters (required).
- Direct experience recruiting within Asset Management is strongly preferred, with deep domain understanding.
- Additional experience supporting Technology or other corporate portfolios is an asset.
- Demonstrated success hiring professional and leadership level talent, including complex or niche roles.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability, with the ability to partner effectively with senior leaders.
- Ability to balance hands on delivery, team leadership, and contribution to broader TA priorities.
- Technology forward mindset, with comfort leveraging recruiting systems, data, and emerging AI tools to enhance hiring outcomes.
- Highly collaborative, with a team first leadership approach and strong relationship building capability.
- Curious, solutions oriented, and comfortable operating in a dynamic, evolving environment.
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The Opportunity
- Reporting to the AVP, Talent Acquisition, as Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, you will play a critical role in delivering, shaping, and advancing recruitment strategy across a defined portfolio.
- Your primary focus will be supporting our Asset Management businesses, alongside select broader portfolios including Technology.
- You will lead a small team of recruiters and operate as a key member of the Talent Acquisition leadership team, contributing to the direction, consistency, and ongoing evolution of the function.
- This role balances hands on recruitment leadership, people leadership, and enterprise level contribution.
What you'll do
- Lead end to end recruitment across a portfolio anchored in Asset Management, with additional oversight for Technology and other portfolios as required.
- Partner closely with HR Business Partners and Centres of Expertise to ensure alignment between hiring and broader talent strategies.
- Develop deep, credible partnerships with business leaders by building a strong understanding of Asset Management functions, talent segments, and competitive market dynamics.
- Provide informed perspective on talent availability, competitor landscape, and hiring strategies, particularly within Asset Management.
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders, including executives, influencing decisions on role scoping, candidate assessment, selection, and offer strategy.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters, building capability in consultative recruiting, proactive sourcing, and stakeholder management.
- Establish clear expectations and strong team operating rhythms, driving accountability across quality, pace, and experience.
- Foster a collaborative, team first culture, aligned to broader TA and HR priorities.
- Operate as an active member of the Talent Acquisition leadership team, contributing to priorities, direction, and consistency of TA delivery across the enterprise.
- Partner with TA leadership and HR stakeholders to evolve recruitment practices, standards, and hiring capability across the organization.
- Lead or contribute to enterprise TA initiatives, including hiring excellence, process improvement, and capability building efforts.
- Personally lead and support complex and high impact searches, ensuring strong assessment rigor and alignment to business needs.
What you bring
- 8+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, with full cycle recruitment accountability in complex environments.
- Proven people leadership experience, including leading and developing a team of recruiters (required).
- Direct experience recruiting within Asset Management is strongly preferred, with deep domain understanding.
- Additional experience supporting Technology or other corporate portfolios is an asset.
- Demonstrated success hiring professional and leadership level talent, including complex or niche roles.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability, with the ability to partner effectively with senior leaders.
- Ability to balance hands on delivery, team leadership, and contribution to broader TA priorities.
- Technology forward mindset, with comfort leveraging recruiting systems, data, and emerging AI tools to enhance hiring outcomes.
- Highly collaborative, with a team first leadership approach and strong relationship building capability.
- Curious, solutions oriented, and comfortable operating in a dynamic, evolving environment.
Compensation & Benefits
- The expected annual base salary range for this role is CAD 113,000 CAD 141,500.
- In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for annual short term incentive, health and well being benefits, retirement and savings plan, paid time off and career development.
- Competitive compensation & recognition: competitive base salary, performance weighted bonus, education/career support, option to join Employee Share Purchase Plan with employer matching component.
- Employee benefits & insurance: competitive health and dental coverage, flexible plan for you and your family and short term & long term disability plans.
- Retirement savings programs: voluntary Defined Contribution Pension Plan.
- Work life balance: paid volunteer days, competitive time off, including 10 wellness days off, WorkPerks discount program, hybrid & flex work arrangements.
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