Job description

Talent Onboarding Manager
Location: Rockefeller Center, NYC
Employment Type: Full-time, In Person

We're looking for a Talent Onboarding Manager to lead the delivery and ongoing development of our flagship OJ Accelerator Program - a 13-week onboarding and training program, built around our award winning "OJ Way" recruiter training, designed to equip early career Analysts with the technical skills and behavioural competencies to become the next generation of top billers and leaders here at Oliver James NYC.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced recruiter with a strong track record of personal success and team management, who most importantly has a growing passion for pivoting their skills into a multi-faceted and high impact role within training and development.

If you enjoy coaching others, driving performance, and want to make your mark within an industry leading, best-in-class onboarding program, this could be your ideal next step.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Leadership & Delivery

• Oversee the end-to-end onboarding journey for Analysts enrolled in the OJ Accelerator program
• Facilitate structured group training sessions in line with the Accelerator curriculum
• Conduct daily huddles, sales floor support, and one-to-one coaching to drive Analyst development
• Provide real-time and scheduled performance reviews, coaching, and feedback

Performance Management & Reporting

• Track, analyse and report on weekly and cumulative performance data across individuals and cohorts
• Ensure consistent alignment between Analyst performance and KPI benchmarks
• Present regular updates and insights to senior stakeholders

Stakeholder Coordination & Program Operations

• Partner with hiring managers and internal teams to ensure seamless onboarding coordination
• Manage shared calendars, documentation, and resources related to the Accelerator program
• Coordinate key program milestones including shadowing, buddy schemes, and graduation events
• Maintain high-quality training content and continuously enhance the onboarding experience

People Experience & Engagement

• Create a structured and welcoming environment for new joiners, from IT setup to day-one logistics
• Coordinate feedback loops between Analysts, their managers, and the Talent team
• Positively market the Accelerator internally and externally as a benchmark for onboarding excellence
• Support new graduates post-program through ongoing check-ins and performance tracking

What We're Looking For:

• Proven recruitment experience, ideally within a professional services or high-performance environment
• Experience managing, mentoring, or coaching junior consultants or new hires
• A genuine interest in training, coaching, and developing others - you're energised by seeing people grow
• Strong commercial awareness and comfort working with performance metrics and data
• Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple moving parts simultaneously
• Confident communicator with the presence to engage at all levels - from new Analysts to senior leadership

Why This Role?

This role offers a unique bridge between recruitment and learning & development. You'll be empowered to shape the careers of early-stage consultants while gaining direct experience in training program delivery, performance management, and talent development.

You'll also benefit from industry leading benefits such as:

• Highly competitive salary between $90k and $105k, depending on experience
• Performance related commission, netting an expected OTE of $25k
• Lunch clubs, monthly team events & legendary annual summer & holiday parties
• Aetna Healthcare, dental & vision + FSA scheme
• Generous PTO, with additional festive shut down and paid public holidays

Interested?

We'd love to hear from you. Apply now to join a company that invests in people, performance, and potential.