Associate Director Talent Acquisition

Associate Director Talent Acquisition Req ID #:  102158 Location: 

Mattawan, MI, US, 49071 Ashland, OH, US, 44805 Boston, MA, US, 02116 Horsham, PA, US, 19044 US Shrewsbury, MA, US, 01545 Wilmington, MA, US, 01887 At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

IMPORTANT: In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process. Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.

Job Summary

We are seeking an Associate Director, Talent Acquisition for our Safety Assessment Business. This is a remote position that can be located anywhere in the U.S.

The Associate Director, Talent Acquisition will be responsible for all aspects of leading a successful recruiting team, designing recruiting strategy, effectively building and managing relationships with senior stakeholders, leading and inspiring a team, and achieving hiring targets. The preferred candidate will bring your proven track record of building and innovating with high passion for creating and maturing a world-class recruiting team at scale.

Job Responsibilities

• Engage and partner with executive level stakeholders as the recruiting SME on market trends, sourcing metrics, operational processes, systems and tools

• Lead, develop and manage a team of recruiters, sourcers and recruiting coordinators to deliver high quality candidates at scale

• Manage and partner with TA and Business leaders against workforce plans, progress to hiring goals, and all operational metrics

• Utilize analytical thinking to diagnose business challenges and identify hiring trends

• Build repeatable, programmatic solutions to sourcing processes

• Manage large-scale projects that impact the region as we optimize the talent acquisition operating model

• Drive a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion Job Qualifications

The following are the job qualifications related to the Associate Director, Talent Acquisition role:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)

• 10+ years of experience in recruiting, preferably in a fast-paced, changing environment with different recruiting models

• 5+ years of experience leading recruiting teams and impacting and influencing senior leadership

• Experience sourcing in high volume recruitment, from entry-level to senior roles

• Demonstrated experience with leading and managing programs/ projects

• Deep experience utilizing sophisticated assessment techniques.

• Proven track record of building relationships with universities and other organizations to build pipelines of diverse talent

• Proven track record of utilizing a data-driven approach to building and innovating

• Some travel may be required, based on business needs

• Life Science experience strongly preferred

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV. 

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.  

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disabled/Vet.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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