Contract Recruiter (Biopharmaceutical Industry) 6 month contract
Rezolutebio · Redwood City · hybrid
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner closely with hiring managers and leadership to understand hiring needs and develop effective recruiting strategies.
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding support.
- Drive recruiting efforts across technical, scientific, clinical, regulatory, commercial, and corporate functions.
- Ensure a positive and professional candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
- Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, industry networks, referrals, professional associations, and other sourcing channels.
- Build and maintain pipelines of high-quality talent for current and future hiring needs.
- Develop creative sourcing strategies to attract specialized biopharmaceutical talent in competitive markets.
- Maintain regular communication with prospective candidates and nurture long-term talent relationships.
- Schedule and coordinate virtual and onsite interviews with candidates and hiring teams.
- Manage interview logistics, scheduling, travel arrangements (if applicable), and candidate communications.
- Prepare candidates and interview teams to ensure a positive and efficient recruiting experience.
- Gather and communicate timely interview feedback to stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate candidate records within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Lever experience highly preferred.
- Generate recruiting metrics and provide regular updates on pipeline activity, time-to-fill, and hiring progress.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, employment laws, and recruiting best practices.
- Assist with employer branding initiatives and recruiting events as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with at least 3 years recruiting within the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industry.
- Demonstrated success recruiting scientific, clinical, technical, and corporate professionals.
- Strong experience utilizing LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing tools to identify passive candidates.
- Experience working with an Applicant Tracking System
- Experience coordinating and scheduling multiple simultaneous virtual and onsite interview processes.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and recruiting technologies.
- Experience supporting a growing or emerging biopharmaceutical company.
- Experience recruiting for clinical-stage biotechnology organizations.
- Familiarity with positions in Clinical Operations, Biostatistics, Data Management, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Quality, and Commercial functions.
- Experience using ATS platforms such as Greenhouse, Workday Recruiting, or similar. Lever is highly preferred
- Knowledge of employment laws and recruiting compliance practices.
- Exceptional sourcing and talent identification skills
- Strong candidate assessment and screening capabilities
- High attention to detail and organizational excellence
- Ability to influence and partner effectively with hiring managers
- Customer-service mindset and commitment to candidate experience
- Agile and adaptable in a rapidly changing environment
- Strong sense of urgency and accountability
- Hybrid position requiring onsite presence three (3) days per week.
- Ability to support both virtual and onsite interview processes.
- Contract position with potential for extension based on business needs.