Job Description
As a Talent Acquisition Senior Associate at Amgen, you will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic hiring plans, handling the end-to-end recruitment process, and building strong relationships with potential candidates and hiring managers.
Amgen is the world's leading biopharmaceutical company with a versatile portfolio of products. Our science-based approach has led to the discovery of novel therapies in the areas of cardiovascular disease, oncology, bone health, neuroscience, nephrology, and inflammation. Our patient-centered culture fuels our commitment to enhance their experience with innovative medicine delivery systems.
The Talent Acquisition Senior Associate plays an integral role in ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality TA services. The combination of recruitment data analysis, outstanding sourcing and selecting techniques, partnership with clients in HR and Line Management, and successfully using tools and knowledge to build TA capabilities drive organizational performance in acquiring the best talent.
This role reports into the Talent Acquisition Manager and will have responsibility for performing full life-cycle recruitment activities across various functions, including sourcing, assessment, selection, offer negotiation, and the onboarding process.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partner with Hiring Managers and the business to fully understand the business needs and deliver a best-in-class recruitment service, while meeting tight deadlines in line with recruitment plans and campaigns.
- Build comprehensive talent sourcing strategies and robust hiring plans.
- Act as a trusted partner to managers and leaders, providing market insights and knowledge of the talent landscape.
- Responsible for posting of jobs/positions in line with hiring plan and preparation of job offers.
- Responsible for compiling and maintaining candidate information, job listings, and role requirements.
- Maintain a local database and contact management of prospective candidates to enable the improvement of the talent pipeline for key roles.
- Coordinate events associated with attracting talent and talent assessment in support of the Talent Acquisition Manager.
- Responsible for contributing to the completion of specific projects around the Talent Acquisition activity.
- Responsible for recognizing and calling out challenges or risks, as and when they arise in line with the business requirements.
- Support data interpretation and analytical insights from key HR parameters to drive insights to optimize the Talent Acquisition process.
The ideal candidate is a team player with a customer-focused and problem-solving mindset. You are able to handle multiple tasks, prioritizing in a logical manner.
Basic qualifications and experience:
- University degree in HR, Business, or Science.
- 5 years of experience in recruitment.
- Ideally experience in a high-volume manufacturing setting.
Preferred qualifications and experience:
- Experience working in a multinational Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology organization.
- Successful delivery of high-volume recruitment campaigns.
- Knowledge and experience of various branding and recruitment marketing tools and processes.
- Knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems – ideally Workday.
- Ability to work on own initiative and to tight deadlines.
Competencies:
- Demonstrates personal credibility and flexibility.
- Strong sense of service delivery to the business.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Manages multiple tasks, priorities, and meets deadlines.
- Effective problem solver.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Demonstrates Amgen values.