Early Talent Relationship Manager

@ Gallagher
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Early Talent Relationship Manager

New York, NY
Posted 3 days ago

About the job

Gallagher is a global community focused on trust, collaboration, and impact. As an Early Talent Relationship Manager, you'll lead talent initiatives, enhance internship programs, and influence future workforce development across the Eastern U.S.

Requirements

  • Experience leading talent initiatives
  • Relationship-building skills
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Managing large-scale projects
  • Influencing stakeholders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 5+ years experience in HR or recruiting
  • Strong communication skills
  • Analytical mindset
  • Ability to travel up to 30%

Full job description

Introduction

Welcome to Gallagher - a global community of people who bring bold ideas, deep expertise, and a shared commitment to doing what’s right. We help clients navigate complexity with confidence by empowering businesses, communities, and individuals to thrive. At Gallagher, you’ll find more than a job; you’ll find a culture built on trust, driven by collaboration, and sustained by the belief that we’re better together. Whether you join us in a client-facing role or as part of our brokerage division, our benefits and HR consulting division, or our corporate team, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, make an impact, and be part of something bigger. Experience a workplace where you’re encouraged to be yourself, supported to succeed, and inspired to keep learning. That’s what it means to live The Gallagher Way.

Overview

Do you have a passion for developing the next generation of talent? Are you energized by building innovative recruiting strategies, influencing senior leaders, and creating meaningful career experiences for emerging professionals?

We are seeking an Early Talent Relationship Manager to lead early career talent strategy across the Eastern United States. In this highly visible role, you'll help shape the future workforce of a global organization by driving our nationally recognized internship and early career programs, partnering with business leaders, and creating pathways that connect top talent to rewarding careers.

With more than 60 years of internship program success and strong executive sponsorship, you'll have the opportunity to elevate an already industry-leading program while making a measurable impact on business growth and talent outcomes.

Reporting to the Early Talent Development Manager, you'll serve as a strategic partner to leaders across multiple divisions, leading regional talent pipeline initiatives, campus strategies, internship experiences, and early career development programs.


How you'll make an impact

  • Lead the early talent strategy for the Eastern U.S., helping shape the future talent pipeline for Gallagher.
  • Partner with senior business leaders to identify workforce needs and develop innovative recruiting and development strategies.
  • Build and strengthen relationships across divisions to drive alignment, engagement, and accountability for early talent initiatives.
  • Oversee regional campus recruiting strategies, university partnerships, and talent attraction efforts.
  • Lead workforce planning activities, including internship and early career hiring targets, allocation planning, and performance tracking.
  • Analyze program data and participant outcomes to continuously improve recruiting effectiveness, program impact, and ROI.
  • Deliver exceptional internship and career development experiences that inspire and retain high-potential talent.
  • Collaborate with leaders and program participants to provide coaching, development opportunities, and career guidance.
  • Champion innovative ideas that enhance the candidate, intern, and early career employee experience.


About You

What Makes You Successful

  • Passion for attracting, developing, and retaining emerging talent.
  • Strong relationship-building and influencing skills with the ability to engage everyone from interns to senior executives.
  • Experience leading large-scale talent, recruiting, HR, or development initiatives across multiple stakeholders.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data to drive decisions and improve outcomes.
  • Exceptional project management and organizational skills.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment while balancing strategy and execution.

Preferred Experience

  • 5+ years of progressive experience in recruiting, talent management, HR business partnering, organizational development, or workforce planning.
  • Experience supporting university recruiting, internship programs, early careers, or talent development initiatives.
  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Willingness to travel up to 30% throughout the Eastern U.S.
  • Financial services, insurance, or professional services experience is a plus.

Why Gallagher?

At Gallagher, you'll do more than fill positions—you'll help shape careers, influence business strategy, and build talent pipelines that drive long-term organizational success. You'll join a collaborative team that values innovation, leadership, and professional development while giving you the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the next generation of talent.

If you're excited about building exceptional early career programs and influencing the future workforce of a global organization, we'd love to connect with you.

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Compensation and benefits

At Gallagher, we believe supporting our colleagues goes far beyond the role itself. For more information, visit our Benefits page.

  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits programs designed to support your well-being
  • Career development opportunities and ongoing learning
  • A collaborative, people-first culture with accessible leadership
  • The opportunity to do meaningful work with global reach and local impact

At Gallagher, we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to join our Talent Community to stay connected to additional career opportunities. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles.

Gallagher is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

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