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 thorough 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 for the role
Bachelor's degree highly preferred with 5+ years of relevant 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 analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, 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.
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 for the role
Postgraduate qualification in a HR related specialization.
Recruiting experience within the pharmaceutical industry.
Office Working Requirements
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. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
The annual base pay for this position ranges from $120,396.80 - 180,595.20 USD. Our positions offer eligibility for various incentives—an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles. Benefits offered include qualified retirement programs, paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves), as well as health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.
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Date Posted
09-Aug-2026Closing Date
20-Aug-2026Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of relevant Talent Acquisition experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Demonstrable Talent Acquisition experience within a global environment
- Experience delivering full life cycle recruitment in-house or similar
- Experience planning and leading complex recruitment campaigns for hard-to-fill skill sets
- Proven experience leveraging AI-enabled recruiting analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, ATS/CRM insights, sourcing assistants, screening automations, content generation)
- Experience operating as a strategic, consultative talent advisor and influencing stakeholders using market/skills intelligence and recruiting analytics
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing agile environment
- Customer-focused, results-oriented approach
- Strong persuading and influencing skills, ability to manage expectations
- Hybrid office requirement: minimum three days per week in office
- Postgraduate qualification in an HR-related specialization
- Recruiting experience within the pharmaceutical industry
AstraZeneca Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AstraZeneca and has not been reviewed or approved by AstraZeneca.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles when total rewards are factored in. Senior scientific and leadership bands are described with high ranges that reinforce competitiveness at upper levels.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Bonuses, equity eligibility in many salaried roles, and solid sales on‑target earnings with upside are emphasized as meaningful parts of compensation. These elements boost overall value even where base pay is not the very highest.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program with a strong company match and immediate vesting is repeatedly cited as a standout. Generous retirement support is viewed as enhancing the total package relative to peers.
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