The Role

About Lord Abbett:

Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.

From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.

We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.

Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?

We’re seeking to add a highly motivated individual to join the Talent Acquisition team as an Early Careers Recruiter. This role is responsible for both strategy and execution of the entire Early Careers hiring lifecycle, including management of the internship. The ideal candidate should possess at least 5 years of experience in either recruitment, project management or administration and can work well under pressure in a busy, dynamic environment.

We’ll trust you to:

• Take full responsibility for innovation, design and implementation of all stages of the Early Careers recruitment process: marketing; on-campus events; interviews; diversity partnerships & strategy; summer internship program.
• Act as Program Manager for the summer internship, planning and executing all firmwide programmatic elements such as onboarding/orientation, training, information series, philanthropy events, assessments etc
• Partner closely with the business and Head of TA to determine cohort headcount, using data to drive decision making
• Engage business leaders and key stakeholders to ensure buy-in to the early career plan and program
• Manage hiring decision process to ensure fairness, transparency and diverse representation within the class
• Take ownership of Day One for both intern and full time classes, partnering with onboarding to ensure that all compliance requirements are met and that new joiners have an immersive and positive experience on their first day.
• Work with the Marketing and Communications teams to design a holistic communications strategy for Early Careers, encompassing all aspects: campus events, diversity partnerships, intern activity etc
• Represent the TA team in division and/or firmwide projects as necessary
• Critically evaluate processes and use of technology on an ongoing basis, driving continuous improvement and alignment across hiring divisions to ensure that Lord Abbett remains an employer of choice among early career candidates

You'll need to have:

• Previous recruitment or project management experience
• Willingness and ability to travel
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills 
• Team player with a positive attitude 
• Ability to engage across all levels of the organization, influencing senior leaders
• High attention to detail 
• Ability to solve problems efficiently and creatively 
• Critical thinker
• Demonstrates high degree of integrity and confidentiality 
• Ability to work well under pressure, adapt to unexpected events, prioritize and multi-task in a deadline driven environment 
• Must have excellent judgment; independent thinker, proactive and resourceful 
• Proficiency using the Microsoft Suite (M365) including Excel, Powerpoint. Sharepoint, Teams and Outlook (email, shared inboxes, and calendars)

Why Lord Abbett?

Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.

• Principles-Led - We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
• Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
• Purpose-Driven - Embraces our mission: Securing a sustainable future for our clients, people, and world.

We are honored to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments and scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBTQ workplace equality.

Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $100,000 - $110,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.

Discretionary Bonus: Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, firm, team, and individual performance. 

Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett

Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.

Important notice to Search Firms - Please Read CarefullyWithout prior written agreement, Lord Abbett does not accept unsolicited submissions from employment agencies, search firms, placement services, or any similar provider (“Search Firms”) for employment opportunities. All candidates submitted by Search Firms to any employee or partner at our company without a written Search Firm agreement in place will be deemed the sole property of our company. In such circumstances, no fee, commission, or other compensation will be paid to such Search Firm in the event a candidate is hired by our company. To the extent a Search Firm has a written agreement in place, all introductions are position specific and should be directed to HR or the hiring manager, so we kindly request no unsolicited phone calls or emails.