Chemaxon is an industry-leading cheminformatics software company helping early-stage drug discovery and chemistry research for more than 20 years. Our clients are top pharmaceutical companies, innovative biotech startups, and leading academic institutions.
We are agile, innovative and friendly, offering compelling opportunities for frequent collaboration and cross-training with teammates and stakeholders.
We operate internationally, with regional teams based in Budapest (HQ), UK, Boston, San Diego and Basel (Switzerland), along with distributors in the Asia Pacific. We have recently been acquired by Certara, a US-based model-informed drug development services and software company. We are in an exciting time of organizational and business growth, so now is the perfect time to join our team!
About the team
We are looking for a Senior Recruiter to join our team in our Budapest HQ. You will contribute to our hiring efforts, delivering positions with different skill sets globally, improving our recruitment processes and you also will be involved in short and long-term planning. There is one thing for sure, besides the day-to-day tasks, you will have the opportunity to learn a lot and develop yourself in a proactive, hard-working, collaborative team.
About your responsibilities
- Full-scale of recruitment activities
- Source for candidates by using multiple channels
- Pre-screening candidates
- Conducting interviews and follow-ups
- Candidate communication and keeping good relationship with potential candidates on the market
- Owning the hiring processes
- Giving information, feedback and support to Hiring Managers and stakeholders
- Editing, updating, and managing job advertisements on webpage and social media
- Recruitment administration, managing ATS
- Participating in employer branding events or other initiatives
- Stay up to date with market trends
- Giving feedback and suggesting new initiatives for helping the recruitment team to be more efficient
- Taking full responsibility for specific projects related to recruitment team’s activities like social media platform management, event organization, etc.
Experience, skills and knowledge you should bring to us
- At least 4-5 years experience
- Experience in recruiting software developers and other IT related positions
- Experience in candidate sourcing with different tools
- Professional English language skills, be able to assess other’s English knowledge
- Proactive attitude
- Knowledge of various markets, tools, technologies
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Confident stakeholder management including all departments and management layers
- Strong organizational skills
Bonus skills that will help you hit the ground running
- Experience in employer branding activities
- Experience with Greenhouse
What we offer
- Hybrid-way of working (8 days/month home office)
- Private health insurance (Medicover)
- Daily entry into Life1 Fitness Clubs
- Generous annual training budget supporting your professional development (off-site training, international conferences, e-books)
- We work with global Top500 companies (R&D) and leading academic institutions, giving you a chance to gain insights into these dynamically evolving industries.
- Inspiring working environment - leisure and recreation area, playing corner for children, English lessons, yearly user conference with social programs, innovation days
- You will be a valued member of a creative and supportive agile team
- Everyday use of English in a multicultural environment
Location: Budapest, Váci Greens Office Park
For some info on Chemaxon, you can check out these videos:
- a shorter one about what we do in a nutshell (~1.5 min)
- and one about the Budapest HQ (~30 min)
Please note, we’re unable to support relocation or sponsor visa for this role.
What We Do
So, briefly: who are we?
Chemaxon is a leading cheminformatics company, with headquarters in Budapest, Hungary and offices in the US and Switzerland
And what do we do?
We provide chemical software development platforms mostly for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries - but any chemist might find us useful.
Why do our users prefer us?
Because we are known for our rapid and high quality technical support, we develop our tools together with our users (the reason we have good quality software); and because we support academic research and teaching like no one else in the industry!
All right, so exactly what are we good for?
Well, among many other things, you can draw & view chemical structures with Marvin Suite; manage and search your compounds with JChem tools; search your database in Excel or in our Instant JChem interface; perform a variety of calculations and predictions; cluster, screen, fragment or synthesize your compounds virtually and deal with Markush structures.
That's it really in a nutshell. If you are interested, contact us or post a message here.