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If you’re 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 entrepreneurial spirit where we run fast and take balanced risks.

Reporting to the Director of Leads, as the Global Talent Acquisition Lead for Europe & Canada (EUCAN) you will support the EUCAN region in developing, implementing and delivering Talent Acquisition strategies in partnership with the Leadership teams, Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, Talent Scouts, Country TAq Leads (where applicable) and business area Global TAq Leads.

The Europe/Canada (EUCAN) SET (Senior Executive Team) area is part of the Biopharmaceuticals Business Unit (BBU) and is made up of 30 countries across Europe, plus Canada. You will play an integral part of the EUCAN HR Leadership Team (HRLT) and will represent as the Regional Talent Acquisition (TAq) Lead, working closely with the other Centre of Expertise (CoE) regional leads to ensure that the EUCAN HRLT are kept up to date with any global CoE initiatives and partnering with the country HR Directors in any Talent Acquisition related regional projects or initiatives. 

Your direct regional team will be accountable for recruiting regional and 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 stakeholders 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 region, 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 EUCAN 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.

Contributing to the design of the Global CoE standards, frameworks and tools you will be responsible for driving implementation across EUCAN. You will drive accurate data quality across EUCAN, continuously analysing to drive and improve the strategy and ensuring tools and systems are optimised and embedded within the markets eg Employer brand portal, LI recruiter / sourcing licences etc. You will roll out and lead team training programmes for EUCAN across various areas eg direct sourcing, workday optimisation, and data quality, ensuring TAq best practice insights are continuously captured and shared.

You will be responsible for managing the cost per service program (resource and finance management) across EUCAN and also ensuring regular reporting to key stakeholders on core TAq topics is implemented and shared. You will continue to embed the TAq Inclusion & Diversity strategy by working closely with the EUCAN markets to understand their requirements and to share and drive the TAq I&D strategy in all markets.

This is a key opportunity to be part of our cutting edge 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

• Stakeholder management and influencing skills

• Team leadership experience – 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 – Workday, Beamery etc

• Creating a community of practice TAq leads in EUCAN & support capability uplift in the market

• 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

• Another language in addition to English

• Proficient in data and reporting

• Resource and budget management

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 already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

• 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.

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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.