Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Job Description

As a Talent Acquisition Business Partner, you will manage end-to-end recruitment processes for assigned functions, developing strategies, sourcing candidates, and guiding hiring teams through interviews and assessments.

You will collaborate closely with business leaders and HR partners to align on talent needs, advising on market trends and competitive landscape. Additionally, you'll oversee relationships with our RPO team to ensure service level agreements are met, provide regular progress updates, and ensure compliance with legal and company standards in recruitment practices.

Your role also involves enhancing Biogen's employer brand and promoting diversity initiatives to attract top talent, while continuously improving recruitment processes and driving strategic talent acquisition initiatives

Requisition Ownership/Management:

• Develop and execute a recruitment strategy for requisitions and assigned function(s);
• Source and screen candidate pipeline for assigned requisitions as needed;
• Facilitating the interview process and assessment;
• Consultative partner to hiring team;
• Ensure reference-checking process completed;
• Preparing candidate offer package and closing strategies in tandem with the hiring manager, compensation and HR business partners;
• Negotiating and extending job offers;
• Ensure employment pre – screening completed;
• Guide candidate through initial on-boarding tasks and ensure preparedness for New Hire Orientation/First Day;
• Full cycle recruitment and req management;
• Engage and work with sourcing partner to collaborate in designing sourcing strategy for relevant functional area and share business insights to strengthen targeting of profiles;
• Develop and execute D&I TA strategy for assigned function(s);
• Uphold legal requirements and Biogen's standards in applicant tracking, candidate management, reporting, and position management;

Stakeholder Management:

• Primary point of contact to business leaders and HR partners for assigned function(s);
• Partners with functional leadership to discover and understand business priorities/needs/gaps/goals and co-create targeted talent strategy roadmap with TA Lead;
• Advise business on competitive landscape and potential market labor challenges;
• Manage and provide oversight to RPO team to ensure business needs, deliverables, and SLAs are met for our functions;
• Provide regular updates on progress against TA plan. Proactively align key partners (i.e., candidate care, sourcing, compensation, mobility, D&I, HR Partners, etc.) to execute in support of achieving hiring goals;
• Responsible for client management inclusive of managing expectations, holding stakeholders accountable, analyzing trends to influence stakeholders (HR and Business) to make better decisions;
• Training function(s) on recruitment process and best practices; driving hiring manager accountability;
• Use established standards, metrics and TA team practices to educate business and HR colleagues on workforce trends and relevance to specific searches;
• Support adoption of new tools and process improvements. Identify and share best practices and ideas to improve TA process and model;
• Monitor and share competitive talent insight with key partners. Identify opportunities to leverage insights for Biogen's competitive advantage;
• Brand Ambassador, Talent Attraction, Projects:
• Holds all stakeholders to strict adherence to recruitment SLAs to deliver the very best candidate experience;

Drive Biogen brand awareness to increase attraction of talent leveraging corporate brand and EVP collateral to market Biogen using multiple modalities (i.e., job postings, social media, etc.);

• Internally and externally seeks opportunities to advance the company and Global TA function;
• Drive Biogen brand awareness to increase attraction of talent leveraging COEs inclusive of University Relations, Sourcing, D&I;
• Grow talent ambassador program within function (i.e. conference strategy);
• Act as a pipeline manager through active engagement in the labor market, in conjunction with Talent Attraction team, Public Affairs consultation efforts;

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field
• Solid experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, with progressive responsibility and demonstrated success in managing full-cycle recruiting processes &stakeholder management, including working closely with business leaders and HR partners to understand organizational needs and develop effective talent acquisition strategies.
• Strong knowledge of recruiting metrics and ability to use data analytics to drive decision-making and continuous improvement in recruitment practices.
• Experience in implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives within the talent acquisition process.
• Ability to manage end-to-end recruitment cycles through both RPO partnerships and in-house recruitment initiatives

Additional Information

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.