Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Trinity Life Sciences•Waltham, MA

15h

About The Position

The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist serves as a strategic recruiting partner for experienced professional and leadership hiring, with a primary focus on Analytics, Insights, and Technology talent. The role supports hiring across Trinity’s practices, including individual contributors, managers, and senior leaders, and owns the end-to-end recruitment process from intake and sourcing through candidate assessment, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and acceptance. Working with business leaders, hiring managers, and HR colleagues, the specialist builds talent pipelines in areas such as advanced analytics, data science, business intelligence, market research, commercial insights, architecture, AI engineering, and software engineering. The role combines hands-on recruiting with talent market intelligence and data-driven hiring, and works independently with review at key stages and guidance for unusually complex searches. Trinity powers life sciences commercialization by combining therapeutic expertise, human ingenuity, and a technology platform. The company reports more than 30 years of experience and 1,300 professionals across 14 offices and five continents. The position has a base salary range of $94,000–$129,250 per year and eligibility for an annual discretionary performance bonus.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 5 years of recruitment experience spanning experienced professional through senior leadership hiring.
Demonstrated success recruiting Analytics and Insights talent and experience sourcing and recruiting technology professionals, such as architects, AI engineers, and software engineers.
Ability to recruit Analytics, Insights, and Technology professionals across multiple levels and distinguish analytical expertise, technical and engineering capabilities, insight generation, client-facing skills, and leadership requirements.
Ability to partner with technical hiring managers to translate architecture, AI engineering, and software engineering requirements into sourcing strategies and screening criteria, coordinating with subject-matter experts for deeper technical evaluation.
Proven success in direct sourcing, passive candidate engagement, talent mapping, and pipeline management for specialized and hard-to-fill roles.
Experience managing senior-level searches and supporting executives on candidate assessment, selection, and offer strategy.
Strong business acumen and ability to translate business priorities into recruiting strategies and compelling candidate narratives.
Ability to analyze recruiting data and talent market intelligence, identify trends, and communicate practical recommendations.
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and negotiation skills, with sound judgment and discretion in confidential searches.
Ability to manage multiple searches and deliver results in a competitive, fast-paced environment.
Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, Microsoft Office, reporting tools, and responsible use of AI-enabled recruiting tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting in consulting, professional services, life sciences, healthcare, or pharmaceutical environments.
Experience working with external search partners or recruitment process outsourcing providers.

Responsibilities

Partner with business unit leaders, executives, hiring managers, and HR colleagues to understand current and future talent needs, particularly for Analytics, Insights, and Technology capabilities.
Manage a portfolio of experienced-hire and leadership searches, balancing specialist, managerial, and senior leadership requirements across business priorities.
Lead recruitment intake discussions to confirm role scope, expertise, leadership expectations, candidate profiles, and assessment criteria.
Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies for Analytics, Insights, and Technology talent.
Build and maintain proactive candidate pipelines using direct outreach, LinkedIn Recruiter, professional networks, employee referrals, industry events, and other relevant channels.
Engage passive candidates for hard-to-fill and leadership opportunities.
Own candidate screening, interview coordination, evaluation, support for hiring-manager selection decisions, and offer negotiation within approved parameters.
Maintain clear candidate communications and a high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
Use structured, competency-based interviews and partner with subject-matter experts on role-relevant assessments.
Evaluate analytical and technical problem-solving, insight generation, communication, and business impact; assess people leadership and business development capabilities where applicable.
Advise hiring teams on talent availability, competitor landscapes, compensation expectations, and candidate motivations, and recommend search adjustments using market intelligence.
Track and interpret recruiting metrics, including pipeline health, source effectiveness, stage conversion, time-to-fill, and offer acceptance, and recommend improvements.
Maintain accurate candidate and search records and provide timely stakeholder updates.
Coordinate with external recruiting partners or recruitment process outsourcing providers when appropriate.
Represent Trinity Life Sciences as a company ambassador and support consistent, inclusive hiring practices.