Director of Talent Acquisition

Role Overview

• Lead and develop the Talent Acquisition function across the clinical research network.
• Serve as a player-coach by directly managing and filling assigned requisitions while mentoring and supporting the recruiting team.
• Develop and execute scalable talent acquisition strategies to support organizational growth and workforce planning initiatives.
• Establish recruiting goals, KPIs, service level expectations, and reporting metrics to monitor team performance and hiring effectiveness.
• Partner with executive leadership and hiring managers to understand current and future talent needs across sites and corporate functions.
• Drive continuous improvement in recruiting processes, workflows, systems, and candidate experience.
• Personally manage a portfolio of complex, high-priority or difficult-to-fill requisitions.
• Lead full-cycle recruitment activities including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and closing candidates.
• Support hiring across a variety of functions including but not limited to: Operations, Finance, Patient Recruitment, Site leadership, Business development.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for critical and recurring roles.
• Utilize creative sourcing strategies including direct sourcing, networking, referrals, social media, job boards, and industry partnerships.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on hiring strategy, market trends, compensation insights, organizational structure, and talent availability.
• Collaborate with HR and business leaders on workforce planning, succession planning, and organizational growth initiatives.
• Provide data-driven recommendations and recruiting insights to improve hiring outcomes and reduce time-to-fill.
• Enhance and promote the organization’s employer brand within the clinical research and healthcare communities.
• Ensure a professional, responsive, and high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Support recruitment marketing initiatives including career fairs, networking events, social media campaigns, and university/community partnerships.
• Ensure recruiting practices comply with applicable employment laws, regulations, and internal policies.
• Maintain recruiting data integrity and reporting accuracy within the applicant tracking system (ATS).
• Monitor recruiting metrics including time-to-fill, quality of hire, source effectiveness, offer acceptance rates, and recruiter productivity.
• Partner with HR and operations leadership to improve onboarding and new hire transition processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including leadership responsibility.
• Experience recruiting within clinical research, healthcare, life sciences, or other highly regulated environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading full-cycle recruitment in a fast-paced, growth-oriented organization.
• Proven ability to operate effectively as a hands-on recruiter while leading and developing a team.
• Strong experience recruiting for both operational and corporate roles, including difficult-to-fill positions.
• Knowledge of sourcing strategies, recruiting technologies, ATS platforms, and recruitment analytics.
• Strong business partnership, communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt quickly in a changing environment.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities