Talent Sourcing Partner

About This Role

The Talent Sourcing team is critical to the continued success at Biogen and our future growth plans. As a member of this multidisciplinary team, you will be a strategic talent advisor who specializes in talent identification, outreach, and engagement efforts focused on our Commercial functions. In this evolved role, you will partner closely with senior stakeholders to translate business and workforce priorities into actionable recruiting strategies, and you will advise and influence talent decisions through data-driven market and talent intelligence. You will also drive continuous improvement across sourcing and recruiting practices, optimizing tools, processes, and reporting to strengthen candidate and hiring leader experiences while building diverse, proactive pipelines.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute multi-prong sourcing strategies for assigned searches and priority talent segments; maximize sourcing channels and referral networks with measurable goals and outcomes.
• Build and maintain active pipelines aligned to current and forecasted skills gaps within your function; continuously refresh pipeline strategy based on demand planning and market signals.
• Serve as a strategic partner to Recruiting Partners, HRBPs, and hiring leaders aligning on role intake, success profiles, sourcing approach, and stakeholder communication cadence across searches.
• Produce and present market and talent intelligence (e.g., talent supply/demand, competitor mapping, compensation and location insights, diversity availability, funnel conversion) to inform search strategy and workforce decisions; deliver recurring pipeline and sourcing performance reporting.
• Prepare candidate slates, conduct in-depth candidate interviews, and provide calibrated assessments and recommendations to Hiring Managers and Recruiting Partners.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying process gaps, testing enhancements, and supporting adoption of new tools; document best practices and influence standard work to improve quality, speed, and stakeholder experience.
• Partner with business stakeholders to lead conference and event strategy when needed, including pre-event candidate outreach, onsite engagement, and post-event follow-up; track outcomes and share learnings to improve future efforts.
• Represent Biogen at relevant professional meetings/conferences, career fairs, networking events, college fairs, and diversity events to expand and strengthen talent communities.
• Ensure staffing activities are conducted in compliance with corporate, local, state, and federal guidelines.

Who You Are

You have excellent interpersonal skills and are highly collaborative, with the ability to build credibility quickly and influence across multiple stakeholder groups. You bring strong operational and project management skills, and you apply a continuous improvement mindset to simplify and strengthen how work gets done. You are an agile learner with sound judgment and prioritization skills, and you use data, market insights, and funnel metrics to guide decisions and communicate progress clearly.

Required Skills

• Undergraduate degree or the equivalent combination of experience and education
• 6+ years of sourcing/recruiting experience in agency/executive search or corporate environments. Life sciences experience preferred. Commercial recruiting experience preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge with an array of progressive sourcing techniques, including direct sourcing of passive candidates, gathering competitive/market intelligence, job boards, leading-edge internet and social media sourcing techniques, networking/referral driven sourcing 
• Experience conducting market research, mapping organizations, name generation, and candidate development 
• Demonstrated stakeholder management capability, including setting and managing expectations with hiring leaders, recruiters, and HR partners, and comfortable influencing through data and consultative guidance
• Ability to develop, analyze, and report on talent pipelines and recruiting metrics; experience translating insights into actions and stakeholder-ready updates
• Strong candidate assessment skills, cold-calling, relationship building and experience in behavioral interviewing techniques 
• Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to adapt to and learn new technologies and ways of working; experience supporting change adoption and process optimization preferred

Additional Information

Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance. 

In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
• Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement 
• Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
• A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
• Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance 
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit 
• 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan 
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year 
• Employee Resource Groups participation

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 Biogen.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.