Job Description

Summary To support the Talent Acquisition function in providing top talent to the client organization with appropriate talent to fill open positions; to provide excellent recruitment operations, products and services for a small client group and to contribute to making the Talent Acquisition function a Center of Excellence. Major accountabilities:

• Manage end to end recruitment of all requisitions within scope including sourcing, screening, assessing and selection. Execute a consistent talent acquisition strategy for positions opened.
• Develop engaging relationships with hiring managers locally and regionally at all levels across Development division and provide coaching and training in the end-to-end hiring funnel to enable co-ownership of the hiring agenda.
• Utilize a data-driven approach to optimize our efficiency, inform decision-making and enable more proactive planning of our workforce.
• Deliver a strong talent assessment process and rigor across all hiring teams that ultimately deliver the best talent.
• Proactively share market and competitive intelligence to inform talent, business, and organizational design decisions with the Business & P&O colleagues.
• Manage and champion appropriate sourcing, assessment, selection and pre-on boarding strategies
• Partner with Sourcing Specialist to support current hiring requirements with specific focus on niche & business critical skill areas.
• Ensure timely updates to Applicant Tracking System (ATS) when there is an update to candidate status and ensure data compliance within systems and tools (ATS, social media, job boards, etc.) and adherence to relevant labor and employment laws

• 10 to 12 relevant year experience in full-cycle recruitment either in an agency or in-house talent acquisition team with relevant experience preferably in hiring research and development roles, within pharma industry
• Exceptional assessment and interviewing skills, with a strong command of assessment and selection methodologies, instruments, and processes
• Ability to manage relationships locally and globally with Senior Leaders and partner with P&O peers to deliver a talent agenda
• Previous experience in driving a targeted D&I hiring agenda across a complex ecosystem.
• Expertise and understanding of the latest regional hiring trends with a focus on the pharmaceutical industry
• Effective and persuasive communicator with strong presentation, communication (both written and verbal), influencing and negotiation skills
• Strong project management and critical thinking skills with thorough attention to detail, with ability to navigate a complex and ambiguous environment
• Must be a full time Graduate or MBA.

Novartis