Director, Global Early Talent Recruiting

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Waltham, MA

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About The Position

The Global Director of Early Talent Recruiting will architect and lead the transformation of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s global Early Talent strategy. This leader owns the design and evolution of the end-to-end Early Talent ecosystem — including university relations, internships, employer brand, regional expansion, and intern-to-full-time conversion — ensuring scalable, future-ready pipelines aligned to enterprise workforce strategy. Partnering closely with Talent Management, HR, Finance, and TA leaders, this role will modernize how we attract, engage, and convert early career talent globally. The Director serves as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, leveraging data, market intelligence, and operational rigor to drive measurable business impact and long-term capability strength.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8+ years of Talent Acquisition experience.
• 5+ years leading Early Talent and University Relations within a global organization.
• Demonstrated experience building or transforming early talent programs at scale.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in multinational, matrixed environments preferred.
• Experience with Workday, Phenom People, or similar recruiting technologies preferred.
• Proven ability to lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives across regions.
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder influence skills.
• Demonstrated success building scalable, data-driven talent strategies aligned to workforce planning.
• Expertise in governance design, operational excellence, and process modernization.
• Deep understanding of early career employer branding and digital engagement.
• Vendor management and technology optimization capabilities.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute a forward-looking global Early Talent strategy spanning University Relations, Internships, Employer Branding, Regional Expansion, and LDP/GM-LDP recruiting.
• Build scalable governance frameworks, KPIs, dashboards, and operating rhythms that enable enterprise visibility and accountability.
• Lead organizational evolution of the Early Talent function, driving standardization, modernization, and continuous improvement across regions.
• Partner with HRBPs, Finance, and TA leaders to align early talent investments with AOP, workforce planning, and long-term capability priorities.
• Reimagine and implement a globally consistent University Relations strategy, including optimized school portfolios, strategic faculty partnerships, and data-driven campus engagement models.
• Elevate Thermo Fisher’s employer brand through integrated campus and digital strategies, leveraging platforms such as Handshake, LinkedIn, and region-specific channels.
• Design and scale a globally consistent internship framework that strengthens experience quality, performance rigor, and retention outcomes.
• Lead the enterprise Intern-to-FTE Conversion strategy, integrating headcount planning, standardized evaluations, streamlined offer workflows, and structured engagement to improve conversion and readiness.
• Own recruiting strategy and execution for LDP and GM-LDP programs in partnership with Talent Management, ensuring strong alignment between program design and enterprise capability needs.
• Build and activate regional Early Talent playbooks across EMEA, LATAM, and APAC, balancing global standards with local market strategy.
• Pilot and scale innovative and nontraditional talent pathways aligned to evolving business demands.
• Oversee early talent technologies and vendor ecosystems, driving optimization, analytics maturity, and digital enablement.

Benefits

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director