.Introduction to role:Join our team as a Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist, where you will provide research and sourcing services to the Talent Scout and Critical Hiring teams. You will deliver high-quality research and sourcing services, ensuring a positive candidate and hiring manager experience. This role is typically in regional and cluster alignment and will specialize in one or more pre-determined critical/niche talent areas. As a Senior Researcher, you will build warm, validated pipelines, create market mapping, and provide advice on the appropriate channels available for talent sourcing and the internal/external requirements and timescales for a recruitment activity to be completed.Accountabilities:Support the Talent Scouts to identify and develop key talent in pre-determined pipelines.Conduct research to produce 'candidate long list' against active business critical recruitment, within your area of focus.Conduct activity to deliver market mapping projects (globally) and build warm talent pipelines for identified roles.Apply market insight to both support pipeline growth and build business knowledge.Consolidate insight information and produce meaningful insight reports and recommendations.Essential Skills/Experience:Strong recruitment and candidate sourcing experience within a similar fast-paced environment.Experienced in direct search methodologies (i.E LinkedIn, ATS, CRM) and other recruitment tools to identify and engage with top talent.Demonstrable experience of research/mapping for executive level recruitment. Producing content/lists that detail company structure, department hierarchy and key individuals.Inquisitive, curious personality, enjoys learning and discovery.Detail oriented and comfortable with analyzing and presenting data.Tenacity and resilience.Delivery focused.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Proactive approach in addressing obstacles/barriers.Collaborative style of working, sharing successes with the wider team.Capability of building credibility with candidates at all levels.Desirable Skills/Experience:Pharma industry knowledge and experience preferred.Educated to degree level.Experience of working and sourcing candidates internationally within/for a large global matrix organization.Multilingual would be advantageous to support a global marketplace.Research/Mapping experience gained within an executive search environment/function is highly desirable.Why AstraZeneca?AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercializing prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit
