Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Biogen•Cambridge, MA

2d•$109,000 - $146,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner is responsible for developing and executing talent acquisition strategies based on the businesses’ short-term and long-term talent needs across various groups within the Commercial organization. They will be responsible for identifying, implementing, and championing innovative ideas within the talent acquisition function and at the enterprise level when applicable. This role reports into the Talent Acquisition Leader, Commercial. You are passionate about talent attraction and recruitment within the life sciences, driven by the goal of bringing innovative therapies to patients with unmet medical needs. You enjoy leading functional level discussions and consulting with the business to drive innovative hiring strategies. You have an established track record of working strategically, operationally and collaboratively with key internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of experience and education. Bachelor’s degree preferred
Six (6) or more years of strategic talent acquisition experience, including agency and/or in-house experience required.
Strong preference for life sciences experience in a commercial function and experience with both home office and field sales expansions.
Excellent communication skills; ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and effective manner.
Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with developing and executing innovative sourcing strategies, techniques, tools and results e.g. direct sourcing/cold calling passive candidates, market intelligence gathering, target company/organization mapping and org-charting, pipeline building.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence and build support for ideas and initiatives.
Solid candidate assessment skills, expert in behavioral interviewing techniques.

Nice To Haves

life sciences experience in a commercial function and experience with both home office and field sales expansions.

Responsibilities

Drive the hiring process while executing the recruitment strategy as the primary point of contact for assigned functions
Consult managers on talent assessment, selection and leading the end-to-end candidate life cycle for critical business roles
Proactively align key partners (i.e. talent attraction, compensation & benefits, mobility, culture & inclusion, HRBP, etc.) to execute in support of achieving hiring goals
Identify optimal sourcing channels and consult the business on best practices for talent acquisition while incorporating the elements of culture and inclusion.
Drive Biogen brand awareness to increase attraction of talent leveraging corporate brand and EVP collateral to market Biogen using multiple modalities (i.e., job postings, social media, etc.)
Create and foster a data-driven and innovative culture to ensure the talent acquisition function is constantly evolving given the dynamic talent landscape.
Collect and analyze data, presenting regularly to business leaders to share insights and influence business outcomes.
Responsible for the service delivery including direct partnership with outsourced solution providers
Participate and/or co-lead for special projects including hiring builds (home office & field sales), continuous improvement initiatives, or change management exercises.
Actively participate in Culture and Inclusion initiatives, such as Employee Resource Groups programming, to reinforce HR’s commitment to an inclusive, engaging environment

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
80 hours of sick time per calendar year
Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
Employee Resource Groups participation