Job Description

Job Title - Global Talent Acquisition Lead - IT

Career Level - F

Leverage technology to impact patients and ultimately save lives

Do you have expertise in, and passion for, information technology? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the IT strategy in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world\xe2\x80\x99s most serious disease. But we\xe2\x80\x99re more than one of the world\xe2\x80\x99s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we\xe2\x80\x99re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

Ground-breaking work that impacts lives

Join a versatile distributed team that\xe2\x80\x99s powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients, every day. Ambitious self-starters, here we foster an entrepreneurial spirit where we run fast and take balanced risks. Make a greater impact on lives through a digitally-enabled enterprise.

Our pipeline is growing. And it takes something special to get that out to patients, responding to their evolving needs, as well as those of healthcare professionals and partners.

If you\xe2\x80\x99re interested in working at high speed, on agile projects in a dynamic and changing environment, then this is the place for you. To thrive here we foster an ambitious spirit where we run fast and take balanced risks.

Reporting to the Director of Leads, as the Global Talent Acquisition Lead for IT you will support in developing, implementing and delivering Talent acquisition strategies in partnership with the Leadership teams, Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, Talent Scouts, and Centre of Excellence Partners.

You will play an integral part of the IT Leadership Team and will represent as the Global Talent Acquisition (TAq) Lead, to ensure true partnering in any Talent Acquisition related projects or initiatives. You will work closely with LT members from the SET area, Centre of Excellence Partners, and HRBPs.

With the support of your direct distributed team you will be accountable for recruiting local and global leadership vacancies. You will ensure we hire best in class talent in the right place, at the right time and right cost.

Partnering closely with key collaborators you will anticipate talent demand across the region, developing and resource planning to ensure execution and delivery of the TAq strategy, including the sourcing strategy and activity, and be personally involved in the process of screening, interviewing, shortlisting and offer management for executive hires. You will be responsible for driving out the global TAq standards across the IT team, such as ensuring global initiatives are adopted and implemented by local HR teams. (e.g. employer branding and referral programs).

Main Responsibilities:

You will have the responsibility for developing and implementing talent acquisition strategies in partnership with HR Business Partners, Senior Business Leaders and Hiring Managers.

Working pro-actively across IT you will be anticipating talent needs and providing talent acquisition forecasting and develop robust sourcing plans.

Collaboration is key and you will be recognised as the expert and point of contact in Talent Acquisition and work with colleagues across multiple locations to identify and fill vacancies with top talent in a timely and cost efficient manner. This will measure your success.

Chipping in to the design of the Global CoE standards, frameworks and tools you will be responsible for driving implementation across the IT function.

You will drive accurate data quality across IT, continuously analysing to drive and improve the strategy and ensuring tools and systems are optimised and embedded eg Employer brand portal, LI recruiter / sourcing licences, Workday optimisation, and data quality, ensuring TAq standard methodology insights are continuously captured and shared.

With the support of your Team Lead you will roll out and lead team training programmes for your team across various areas where required. Eg LinkedIn, Interview training etc

You will continue to embed the TAq Inclusion & Diversity strategy by working closely with the Leadership teams to understand their requirements and to share and drive the TAq I&D strategy in all SET areas.

This is a key opportunity to be part of our brand new in-house talent acquisition function, to work at executive level sourcing and use a broad range of influencing techniques.

Essential Requirements:

Experience of running a global/regional recruitment team in a matrix environment

Executive/senior hands on recruitment experience

Ability to develop Talent Acquisition Strategy

Project Management

Partner management and influencing skills

Team leadership experience \xe2\x80\x93 ability to coach and performance develop a regional team to achieve their full potential

Development and execution of multi-channel recruitment marketing campaigns

Experience of recruitment ATS/CRM systems \xe2\x80\x93 Workday, Beamery etc

Excellent written and spoken English (additional language desirable)

Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience

Desirable requirements:

Work experience in Pharma/ life sciences industry

Proficient in data and reporting

Resource and budget management

WHY JOIN US?

We\xe2\x80\x99re a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.

We\xe2\x80\x99re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it\xe2\x80\x99s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.

SO, WHAT\xe2\x80\x99S NEXT?

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we\xe2\x80\x99d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we\xe2\x80\x99ll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Date Posted 21-Jul-2023

Closing Date 30-Jul-2023

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

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