Early Career Talent Partner; Contractor

Role Overview

Legend Biotech is seeking an experienced Early Talent Recruiting & Program Manager (Contract) to support our Early Career Talent Acquisition initiatives with primary focus on university recruiting execution and Intern/Co-op Program Management support with a strong focus on identifying and developing high-potential, culture-add candidates with future leadership capability.

At Legend, we are intentional about building a sustainable talent pipeline that fuels innovation and long-term growth. This position plays a critical role in attracting, assessing, and hiring top interns, co-ops, and high-potential early-career talent from leading universities across multiple science disciplines.

• Manage Early Career Requisition s and lead the attraction and hiring of interns, co-ops, and early-career talent across R&D, Manufacturing, and Commercial.
• Execute full-cycle recruiting for future Hi-Po leadership talent, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, stakeholder communication, and offer management.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to understand evolving talent needs and design targeted early-career sourcing strategies.
• Leverage data and market insights to continuously improve candidate quality, diversity, and time-to-fill.

• Actively represent Legend Biotech at career fairs, information sessions, networking events, and targeted student organization engagements.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with top universities, faculty, and career services teams to strengthen long‑term pipelines.
• Support the development of compelling early-career messaging and branding that highlights Legend's culture, mission, and career opportunities.
• Coordinate logistics and execution for on‑campus and virtual recruiting events.

• Serve as a thought partner and contribute to the design, execution, and continuous improvement of Legend's intern and co‑op programs.
• Support planning and delivery of structured intern/co‑op experiences
  , including:
  • Onboarding and orientation programming
  • Intern engagement events, learning sessions, and networking opportunities
  • End‑of‑program feedback and evaluations.
• Contribute to the scaling and evolution of high‑potential early‑career programs, with particular focus on MBA, PhD, and MS/MA pipelines.

• Selection and hiring recommendations for high‑potential early‑career candidates
• Programmatic enhancements to improve the candidate and intern experience
• Recruitment process improvements and operational efficiencies
• Candidate and HM communication strategy and best practices

• Bachelor's degree required;
  Human Resources, Business or Communications/Marketing preferred.
• 3‑5 years' experience in Early Talent/University Recruitment ideally in a global environment.
• Intern program management preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of early‑career recruiting models, intern/co‑op programs, and university partnerships.
• Strong relationship‑building skills with internal stakeholders, universities, and external vendors.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Self‑directed, proactive, and motivated by building future talent pipelines.
• ATS - Greenhouse and Handshake preferably.
• PPT Guru.
• Excel Champion.

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life‑threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T‑cell, T‑cell receptor (TCR‑T), and natural killer (NK) cell‑based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to pursue the discovery of safe, efficacious and cutting‑edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.

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