Talent Acquisition Partner Team Leader, Biopharmaceutical Business Unit
AstraZeneca

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Talent Acquisition Partner Team Leader, Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit

Do you have expertise in leading talent acquisition teams, and passion for talent acquisition strategy within biopharmaceutical business groups? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the direction and growth of talent within a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then 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's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.

A place where we lead from the front, inspiring and bringing others on our journey. It's our transformational leaders who set the direction, rallying our enterprise behind a common goal, with clarity, compassion and energy.

Wilmington Campus

Welcome to Wilmington, one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca's priorities, it's important to us that you bring your full self to work every day. Wilmington, Delaware is the location of the North America Commercial Headquarters and home of the US Business Organization, as well as 1,600 committed people. The campus also includes experts who work across a variety of global functions.

The campus is being transformed into mixed-use community called Avenue North, with over 1.5 million square feet planned for office, residential, retail, restaurant and recreational space. With more than 400,000 square feet of vibrant open workspace, our campus is designed to foster collaboration. You're never far away from an interesting conversation. You can find a good cup of coffee at Wilmington - and good company too! Amenities include indoor and outdoor patio dining, a popular fitness center and health and wellbeing clinic and charging stations for electric vehicles.

Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit

Taking a forward-looking approach we look at the world through a different lens. We go above and beyond to find solutions that impact patients - harnessing science with technology and connecting the entire healthcare ecosystem. Our BioPharmaceuticals 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. A challenger who is rethinking the way things can be done and acting on it. In the BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit team we thrive in our diverse and vibrant environment. Part of a global research-led enterprise, there's always novel science to bring to market.

What you'll do

As a Talent Acquisition Team Leader and Partner supporting the Biopharmaceutical Business Unit, you will play a pivotal role in delivering on our positive impact to changing patients' lives. Talent Acquisition helps to deliver AstraZeneca's ambitious business strategy through recruiting best in class (internal and external) talent to meet the needs and demands of the business.

Talent Acquisition at AstraZeneca is transforming. Our ambition is to build a world class function by being more proactive with our recruitment approach and developing long term pipelines of talent. We are passionate about delivering a truly differentiated candidate experience and are building in house teams to deliver this for the business. If you are motivated by the opportunity to drive that change then join us!

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

In this role, you will be responsible for implementing Talent Acquisition strategies in partnership with the Human Resources Business Partners, Global Talent Acquisition Leads and Hiring Managers to identify and fill vacancies with passionate individuals with the right capability and skills in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Your role will involve proactive activity, developing and implementing sourcing plans, screening, interviewing, pre-selecting, offer management and leading the hiring administration process. Typical accountabilities will include:

• Leading a team of Talent Acquisition partners and delivering on hiring needs (req load) for the business.
• Managing Talent Acquisition delivery team across hubs or in country. People management responsibility for the team. Assess performance, holds regular 1:1 meetings, identifying and resolving any issues regarding Talent Acquisition delivery for the team.
• Collaborate with the business on strategic workforce plan and achieving and exceeding strategic objectives. Ensuring data quality, driving a great candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Work with the HUB and Global Talent Acquisition leads to understand business priorities, reporting, projects and ad hoc requests to achieve/support business goals.
• Mentor/coach direct reports and identify talent for development.
• Demonstrate discernment to support the goals of the business, proactively innovate to achieve team and business goals.
• Monitor KPI's, deliver reports, metrics and ad hoc reports as required.
• Developing and managing recruitment services delivery, both personally and through vendors, against delivery of key Time, Cost and Quality targets and metrics
• Developing strong partnerships with hiring managers and candidates, building a bench of people to meet both current and anticipated business needs
• Ensuring assigned recruitment services are in compliance with Global Recruitment and country policies/guidelines
• Proactively building and developing relationships with Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners and other colleagues - providing consultation, project management and service delivery
• Ensuring 3rd party providers to required procurement and policy standards
• Gathering and analyzing feedback from various sources for continuous improvement
• Participating in all activities in the recruitment life cycle including; sourcing planning, screening, interviewing, pre-selecting, offer management, hiring and onboarding
• Supporting the Global Talent Acquisition Lead with recruitment projects
• Supporting and attending Conferences, College and Career Fairs - ensuring consistency in messaging and materials for recruitment branding and abilities targeting.
• Educating business client in the use of Interviewing approach, recommend resources and techniques for interviewing, assessing and evaluating applicants
• Implementing practices and contributes to new ways of working and lean methodology to ensure a great candidate and hiring manager experience
• Appropriately challenging the recruitment process to ensure hiring activities have the appropriate priority and to select the top candidate considering a mix of skills, abilities, potential, and diversity.
• Advising clients about recruitment responsibilities, legal requirements and appropriate candidate management techniques; providing resources and tools as needed to educate and enhance the skills of individuals involved in the hiring processes

Essential for the role

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 10+ years of relevant talent acquisition experience
• Prior experience with the Pharma industry, specifically with Nationwide Sales Buildouts
• Prior experience in delivering workforce planning, territory mapping, resource allocation for sales builds
• Prior management experience is required
• Demonstration of ability to influence and drive strategic value to the business and operational efficiency
• Experienced in delivering full life cycle recruitment services
• Experienced in identifying and securing passive candidates via various 'direct' channels - Social Media; LinkedIn etc., networking, market mapping, careers fairs, industry events, etc
• Competent IT skills, including all Microsoft office, spreadsheets, databases, reports and able to produce meaningful management information.
• Communication, presentation and project management skills
• Stakeholder management and relationship building skills
• Persuading, influencing, negotiating and consultation skills
• Comprehensive knowledge of government regulations regarding employment topics

Desirable for the role

• Broad understanding of Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industry
• Corporate recruiting experience in the Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology industry

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We're on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what's next?

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it's yours.

Where can I find out more?

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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.

AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.

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