Job description

Job Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to turn data, creativity, and market insight into hiring outcomes that fuel a science-led mission? Do you thrive at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and storytelling, shaping how exceptional people discover and join a company with global impact? In this role, you will design recruitment strategies, analyze performance data, and elevate talent attraction initiatives that matter. You will be empowered to own programs end-to-end—partnering with internal teams and external agencies—so your ideas travel quickly from concept to execution and make a visible difference for candidates, hiring teams, and, ultimately, patients.

Accountabilities:

• Recruitment: Develop and implement targeted recruitment marketing, ensuring all candidate communications reflect the employer brand and corporate messaging.
• Channel Optimization: Manage and analyze referrals, job boards, social networks, and events; provide data-driven recommendations to strengthen attraction, engagement, and conversion.
• Feedback Intelligence: Facilitate candidate and employee feedback analysis; translate insights into process improvements that support business objectives.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Build trusted relationships across Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners and the global recruitment community; collaborate to deliver effective campaigns and materials.
• Program Leadership: Oversee and coordinate priority programs, including the Talent Intelligence Platform Launch; support university relations and career fair participation to build future pipelines.
• Data and Insights: Source and synthesize recruitment and organizational data; identify trends and performance opportunities; present actionable recommendations to HR Leadership.
• Reporting and Analytics: Produce and maintain regular reports on recruitment effectiveness, workforce analytics, and survey outcomes to inform senior leaders and drive continuous improvement.
• Brand and Governance: Safeguard brand consistency and candidate experience across all touchpoints; set standards and guide adoption through practical toolkits and playbooks.
• Continuous Improvement: Test, learn, and iterate to reduce time-to-fill and raise quality of hire; scale what works across teams and markets.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Talent Acquisition Experience within Multinational Companies
• Relationship-building and influencing skills
• Planning, organization, and attention to detail
• Proficient in spoken and written English, as well as IT skills, including Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, databases, and reports, having the ability to generate significant management data.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Holds post graduate masters, diploma or international certification in the field of HR
• Pharmaceutical Industry Experience is a plus
• Knowledge of recruitment systems and ATS tools
• Understanding of labor market trends and hiring challenges
• Data analysis and recruitment reporting
• Knowledge of hiring policies and compliance requirements

Why AstraZeneca:

Join a global, high-performing, digitally savvy team that accelerates how the enterprise works and grows. You will collaborate with experts from unexpected corners of the business—often in the same room—unleashing bold thinking and moving with speed and ownership to deliver what matters most.

Your work will be seen by senior leaders, powered by modern tools and data, and directly connected to better experiences for candidates and colleagues, and ultimately better outcomes for patients. We value kindness alongside ambition, encourage smart risk-taking, and back decisions with transparency and evidence so you can build an exceptional reputation while making a meaningful difference.

Call to Action: Bring your expertise to a role where your impact is immediate—take the lead in shaping how extraordinary people join AstraZeneca.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.