Director, Recruiter ​/ Talent Acquisition, HR​/Recruitment

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The Director, Candidate Experience role, part of Pfizer’s People Experience division, plays a critical role in shaping and enhancing the experiences of candidates s role is pivotal in driving our recruitment strategies and ensuring that Pfizer continues to bring in the best and brightest minds in the industry. The Director will be instrumental in creating an inclusive and engaging candidate experience, thus reinforcing Pfizer's reputation as an employer of choice.

This role owns full-cycle recruiting for the U.S. experienced hiring across all Pfizer divisions and functions with a focus on delivering exceptional manager and candidate experience, enabling the company to compete for exceptional scientific, clinical, digital, commercial, and enabling functions talent in an increasingly competitive market. Reporting directly to VP, Candidate Experience, you are a key strategic leader within our Global Candidate Experience team.

You will partner closely with the business and people experience leaders to translate business strategy, organizational capability plans, and workforce scenarios into differentiated talent acquisition strategies and provide external talent intelligence, workforce insights, and market analytics that influence enterprise decisions, organizational planning, and long-term capability development.

• Own full-cycle recruiting delivery for all U.S. experienced-hire roles across functions and business units.
• Set and hold the team to standards for time-to-fill, and quality of hire, candidate and hiring manager satisfaction.
• Build capacity planning that matches recruiter headcount to hiring demand and allows for flexibility.
• Ensure compliant, inclusive hiring practices while enhancing the employer brand and candidate experience
• Drive adoption and optimization of recruiting technologies, enabling enhanced recruiter effectiveness and improved candidate engagement.

• Align hiring priorities with business strategy through partnership with HR Business Partners and business leaders
• Advise leaders on external talent markets, workforce trends, and competitive hiring practices
• Represent recruiting in workforce and talent planning conversations
• Align and influence a complex ecosystem of cross-functional stakeholders to ensure seamless end-to-end hiring processes.

• Grow and develop U.S. recruiting organization
• Build best-in-class capabilities across executive recruiting, strategic sourcing, scientific recruiting, employer branding, recruiting operations, and talent intelligence

• Bachelor's degree required; 8+ years in talent acquisition, including experience running full-cycle recruiting at scale across multiple functions.
• People leadership experience managing recruiting managers / senior recruiters
• Experience in a large, matrixed enterprise; pharma/biotech experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with ATS platforms and recruiting operations/reporting tools.
• Excellent knowledge of OFCCP and other U.S. hiring regulations.

• Advance Degree a plus

• Proven ability to translate business strategy into talent strategies and optimal hiring models.
• Experience developing and implementing sourcing, branding, and talent attraction strategies.
• Strong track record of building trusted relationships and establishing credibility across stakeholder groups.
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to influence and engage at all levels of the organization.
• Data-driven mindset with strong analytical capability to drive insights and decision-making.

Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership…