Global Executive Talent Scout- R&D

AstraZeneca • Boston, MA

3d • $120,397 - $180,595 • Hybrid

About The Position

Global Executive Talent Scout – R&D operates at the intersection of business and talent strategy, insight and influence, supporting senior leaders as they make high-stakes decisions about who leads what’s next. As a trusted advisor, you will identify emerging talent trends, challenge conventional thinking, and translate insights into action.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5-8+ years in executive search, senior talent acquisition or related HR experience in complex, matrixed environments.
• Executive recruitment within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or related industry
• Proven delivery of diverse, high-quality slates and conversion outcomes at an efficient time.
• Partnership experience with business leaders and HRBPs; exposure to senior stakeholders, collaborating across global hubs with strong executive confidence, credibility, influence, and communication skills.
• Hands-on use of Eightfold/Workday (or similar ATS and CRM) with disciplined documentation and adoption of digital tools and workflow optimization.
• Experience managing external search partners within defined SLAs and inclusion expectations and addressing vendor performance to enterprise standards.
• Acts as an advisor and integrator, takes ownership, facilitates effective handoffs, and promotes consistent talent advisory standards and best practices.
• End-to-end ownership, pace management, and sequencing; driving outcomes across multiple concurrent searches while adapting to stakeholder needs.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, engage, assess, and convert senior talent, with a strong understanding of global talent markets and competitive talent landscapes. Ability to quickly build knowledge of AstraZeneca’s science, therapeutic areas, pipeline, and strategic priorities to hold informed conversations with leaders and candidates.
• Skill in defining success profiles, evaluating fit and readiness objectively and comfort giving balanced assessments between strengths and risks with clear evidence. Strong situational judgement.
• Trusted partner to senior leaders and HR partners; able to influence decisions, manage sensitivities, and align cross-functional stakeholders. Ability to craft clear narratives using data and insights.
• Navigating compensation, location, and role scope; partnering with Reward on competitive, equitable offers. Ability to articulate AstraZeneca’s total reward philosophy and full employee value proposition, including intrinsic and extrinsic considerations.
• Proficiency with talent data, insights, and AI-assisted tools to improve speed, quality and future scouting.
• Learns from feedback, stays current on market, assessment, reward, communication, technology, and AI/digital trends, and actively explores tools that improve quality, speed, and fairness.
• Sustains performance through continuous change, adapts to evolving priorities, and navigates ambiguity in sensitive and confidential environments with resilience and self-awareness.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a matrixed global environment
• Understanding and familiarity with the Boston R&D ecosystem

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end executive hiring, succession pipeline development, direct search, internal slates, and market mapping, primarily for Executive Director positions.
• Proactively monitor external talent markets and maintain diverse, high-quality talent pools aligned with business priorities.
• Translate business needs into talent strategies with risk-based contingencies and clear build/buy recommendations using standard advisory playbooks; apply talent intelligence, AI-assisted market/skills insights and commercial insights to surface mobility and transferable-skills options.
• Engage VPs and, where relevant, SVPs to align on success criteria, assessment plans, and decision quality; Present clear, executive-ready insights and build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Track and narrate impact (pipeline depth/diversity, conversion, time-in-stage, offer acceptance, mobility, succession readiness, business critical role validation) with documented executive-ready insights that inform talent strategy.
• Champion internal talent and transferrable skills; broaden talent pools and support fair, evidence-based selection while maintaining equity, confidentiality, compliance, and a high-quality experience.
• Manage preferred suppliers (PSL) partners; set scope, SLAs, inclusion and data quality expectations including use of digital/AI-assisted research and reporting; monitor and remediate performance while optimizing work processes and digital tools in line with PSL governance.
• Provide current market intelligence; articulate total reward narrative and internal equity; secure approvals; integrate AI-enabled talent intelligence and business insight with the right first-time approach.

Benefits

• Eligibility for various incentives—an opportunity to receive short-term incentive bonuses, equity-based awards for salaried roles and commissions for sales roles.
• Qualified retirement programs
• Paid time off (i.e., vacation, holiday, and leaves)
• Health, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

What This Job Offers

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