In this role, you will take ownership of end-to-end recruitment across multiple talent segments, partnering with Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, and Talent Acquisition colleagues to anticipate needs and build strong pipelines. You will lead full life cycle hiring from initial engagement through to offer, ensuring every candidate experiences a clear, respectful, and timely process. Use AI-enabled tools, data and market intelligence to advise stakeholders, shape hiring strategies and influence decisions. Design and run targeted campaigns for hard-to-fill roles, experimenting with new channels and approaches to stay ahead in a competitive market. Maintain rigorous compliance with policies and procedures while still moving at pace. Act as a trusted talent advisor, challenging thinking where needed, aligning hiring with future skills needs and contributing to continuous improvement across our recruitment practices. Ready to champion change and help redefine how we attract talent in a fast-moving, digital environment?

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Demonstrable experience in Talent Acquisition – within a global environment
• Experience in delivering full life cycle recruitment services in an in-house environment or similar.
• Experience of planning and leading complex recruitment campaigns for hard to fill skills sets using a range of methods and tools attraction channels.
• Proven experience leveraging AI-enabled recruiting tools (e.g., ATS/CRM insights, sourcing assistants, screening automations, content generation) to improve funnel health, reduce cycle time, and enhance candidate experience and providing strategic, consultative talent advice using market/skills intelligence and recruiting analytics to shape hiring plans and decisions
• Experience operating as a strategic, consultative talent advisor to the business, and influencing stakeholder decisions through data-driven insights, market and skills intelligence, and structured hiring practices.
• Proficient at leveraging recruiting analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, ATS/CRM dashboards)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced changing agile environment.
• Customer focused, results orientated approach.
• Persuading and influencing skills, with a strong ability to manage expectations.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Postgraduate qualification in a HR related specialization.
• Recruiting experience in the United States within the pharmaceutical industry.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply now!

SO, WHATS NEXT?

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please complete the full application on our website at your earliest convenience it is the only way that our Recruiter and Hiring Manager can know that you feel well qualified for this opportunity. If you know someone who would be a great fit, please share this posting with them.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office is purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

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Annual base salary for this position ranges from 89,955.20 to 118,066.20.

AstraZeneca is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The range provided in this posting represents an offer pay range used in a majority of situations. The base pay offered will vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including the candidates skills and experience, job-related knowledge, and other specific business and organizational needs. In some cases, offers outside the range may also be considered to address unique circumstances.

In addition, our permanent positions offer an annual Variable Pay Bonus/Short Term Incentive opportunity as well as eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (if applicable to role). Benefits offered for permanent roles include a competitive Flex Benefits & Retirement Savings Program, 4 weeks paid vacation, and annual Personal Days. Fixed Term Contract/Temporary positions (excluding students) are offered a Contract Benefits Program.

We are using AI as part of the recruitment process.

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