Talent Acquisition Lead

About the Role Join MGT as a Recruiter / Talent Acquisition Lead to own and drive recruiting for the management consulting practice. This role blends strategy and hands-on execution, with responsibilities spanning full-cycle recruiting, campus hiring, and employer branding to attract top consulting talent. What You'll Do

• Lead full-cycle recruiting efforts for consulting roles across the firm, including Analysts, Associate Consultants, Engagement Managers, and specialized hires.
• Partner closely with consulting leadership to understand hiring needs, workforce planning, and recruiting priorities.
• Build and manage relationships with top universities, student organizations, career centers, and MBA programs.
• Serve as the primary campus recruiting liaison for MGT, coordinating recruiting events, interview processes, and internship programs.
• Source and engage high-caliber candidates from consulting firms, graduate programs, and adjacent industries.
• Own the candidate experience from initial outreach through offer acceptance and onboarding coordination.
• Develop and improve recruiting processes, interview frameworks, and talent tracking systems.
• Manage recruiting operations, including scheduling, pipeline management, reporting, and coordination with hiring teams.
• Support employer branding initiatives, recruiting marketing, and thought leadership efforts.
• Take initiative in building scalable recruiting strategies and identifying opportunities to improve talent acquisition outcomes.
• Represent MGT with professionalism and credibility when engaging candidates, universities, internal stakeholders, and external partners. What We're Looking For
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Five (5) or more years of experience in management consulting, consulting recruiting, talent acquisition, or related professional services environment.
• Prior experience working in or recruiting for management consulting, strategy consulting, or professional services strongly preferred.
• Experience leading full-cycle recruiting searches for consulting, professional services, business, strategy, or analytical roles.
• Experience with campus recruiting, university relationship management, internship programs, or early-career hiring preferred.
• Experience sourcing and engaging candidates from consulting firms, graduate programs, universities, and adjacent industries.
• Experience supporting employer branding, recruiting marketing, recruiting events, or talent pipeline development preferred.
• Experience using recruiting systems, talent tracking tools, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, or similar business platforms.
• Ability to travel as needed based on recruiting events, campus engagement, business needs, and hiring priorities. Nice to Have
• Prior experience in management consulting, strategy consulting, or professional services is strongly preferred.
• Experience with campus recruiting, university relationships, internship programs, or early-career hiring.
• Experience using recruiting systems and standard business tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook). Compensation & Benefits
• Flexible paid time off
• 5% 401K matching program
• Equity opportunities
• Incentive and bonus programs
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible spending accounts
• Full-health benefits with base employee coverage fully funded (Medical, dental, and vision)
• Life insurance
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Income protection benefits