ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development
We are currently seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our diverse and dynamic team. In this role, you will play a key part in developing and executing effective recruitment strategies to attract and secure top talent. Your efforts will be essential in delivering a seamless, engaging candidate experience across the entire hiring journey.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Managing full-cycle recruitment for a variety of roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and extending offers.
- Partnering closely with hiring managers to understand role requirements and develop tailored recruitment plans.
- Leveraging creative sourcing techniques and networking strategies to build and maintain a diverse candidate pipeline.
- Maintaining accurate records using the applicant tracking system (Workday preferred) and providing regular updates on recruitment progress.
- Ensuring a positive candidate experience by maintaining timely and transparent communication throughout the hiring process.
Your Profile:
- Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent relevant experience).
- Proven experience in talent acquisition, preferably within the healthcare, clinical research, or life sciences industry.
- Experience recruiting for roles across the EMEA or U.S. regions is highly preferred.
- Flexibility to support hiring across multiple time zones, including EMEA or U.S., as needed.
- Proficient in applicant tracking systems (Workday strongly preferred) and recruitment technologies.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with candidates and internal stakeholders.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and committed to upholding compliance and best practices.
- Demonstrated commitment to inclusion and belonging in recruitment practices.
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What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
Various annual leave entitlements
A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
Global Employee Assistance Programme, TELUS Health, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialised professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
Life assurance
Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidised travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here.
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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What We Do
Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. We do this by delivering best in class information, solutions and performance, with an unyielding focus on quality at all times. We offer a full range of consulting, development and commercialisation services from a global network of offices in 53 countries. We focus our innovation on the factors that are critical to our clients – reducing time to market, reducing cost, and increasing quality – and our global team of experts has extensive experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas.
