Talent Manager

Talent Manager – Robert Half | West Des Moines

Full-time | On-site | Client-facing + Talent-facing | Impact-driven career

Do you love people, relationships, fast decisions, and meaningful work?

As a Talent Manager in our West Des Moines branch, you’ll play a dual role:

• Advisor to job seekers

• Consultant to hiring managers

You’ll interview and coach candidates, match them to opportunities, and ensure a standout experience. You’ll also partner with local companies — uncovering their staffing needs, delivering talent solutions, negotiating, and ensuring success on both sides.

What you’ll do

Candidate-facing responsibilities:

• Build candidate pipelines for accounting, administrative, HR, customer support roles
• Interview talent and identify their strengths
• Match candidates to active jobs quickly and effectively
• Guide candidates through onboarding, offer details, and first-day prep
• Maintain ongoing relationships to support retention and redeployment

Client-facing responsibilities:

• Develop business with new and existing clients
• Conduct discovery conversations to understand hiring needs
• Present top candidates and staffing solutions
• Negotiate pricing, pay rates, and deal structure
• Collaborate with business development peers to ensure delivery + satisfaction
• Become a trusted advisor to local companies in the Quad Cities

What makes someone successful here

• You enjoy people (you’ll talk to lots of them!)
• You can prioritize quickly and stay organized
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
• Comfortable with influence, negotiation, and advising decision-makers
• Curious, resilient, and competitive in a healthy way
• You like solving problems in real time
• You’re motivated by impact — and also by goals

Why Robert Half in West Des Moines

• Strong, stable branch with a supportive leadership structure
• Clear, yet flexible, career path + professional development
• Strong base salary complemented by performance-based bonus opportunities
• Collaborative environment where we celebrate team wins
• National brand + local autonomy
• Work that feels meaningful — you can see the impact every week

If you want a role that blends consultative business development, people interaction, and problem-solving, this is the place to grow your career.

Requirements:

• Accounting/Finance/Business Administration degree is preferred.
• 1+ years finance, accounting, or banking experience preferred.
• 2+ years’ experience with Business Development in a Metrics Driven environment. At least one with success in developing new business in a multi‐call, multi‐decision maker environment.
• Prior success marketing to and closing top level decision makers at small/medium sized businesses and cultivating mutually beneficial long-term relationships.
• Working knowledge of current Windows Operating System, Microsoft Office Suite, and any Contact Management Application (Salesforce).
• Knowledge and familiarity with department operations of those that we support (accounting and finance, administrative, customer support, HR).
• Positive attitude and an engaging businesslike approach.