Head of Global Talent Acquisition

**ABOUT ALIRA HEALTH**:
At Alira Health, our mission is to enable healthcare transformation. We support our client’s business with an integrated suite of Product Development, Regulatory, Clinical, Biometrics, Market Access, Strategy Consulting, and Transaction Advisory services. Our team of scientists, strategists, bankers, and doctors collaborate to fully understand every aspect of our client’s business and offer a continuum of support to uncover opportunities, accelerate innovation, and improve outcomes for patients around the world. Our clients are global, and so are we. Our local presence and global collaboration allow us to deliver actionable business insights and an unmatched continuum of support across the full corporate and product lifecycle. We operate across thirteen offices located in Boston and San Francisco in the US; Barcelona, Basel, Bologna, Geneva, Milan, Munich, Paris and Verona in Europe; Cambridge, United Kingdom; Sydney, Australia; and Toronto, Canada.

**THE HEAD OF GLOBAL TALENT ACQUISITION ROLE (Milan, Italy or Barcelona, Spain)**:
This role will be responsible for leading a Talent Acquisition team to prioritize, develop and execute on talent acquisition strategies to enable our in-house recruiting team to successfully meet the talent demands of the organization. The incumbent will develop, analyze and report on trends and metrics to influence the future direction of recruitment efforts across the business. This will be accomplished by growing, developing and evolving a recruiting function based on the current and future needs of the business, developing our employment brand, and innovating the way Alira Health attracts and hires talent.

**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS**:

- Lead a team of Talent Acquisition Specialists; provide leadership, coaching and identify development opportunities to stretch team members to increase their skills and grow professionally.
- Partner with HR managers to proactively manage recruitment challenges and identify strategies to meet needs. May lead end-to-end recruitment activity for high-level roles within the organization.
- Lead cross-functional and cross-geography projects; participate in team meetings. Develop team project capabilities and ensure project deliverables are scalable and aligned to business needs.
- Keep a pulse on the market, evolution and trends and best practices.
- Ensure legal compliance for all recruiting initiatives and related programs.
- Negotiate vendor agreements and manage on-going vendor relationships.
- Champion and implement referral programs and build a mentality of connectivity and passion for working with the best across all business areas.
- Develop proactive organization-wide creative talent practices with the business to leverage social networking and innovative connections.
- Instill knowledge and understanding within business leaders of high predictors of behavior and ensure objective, diverse, justifiable and forward-thinking decisions are made regarding talent selection.
- In partnership with HR team, devise diverse recruitment strategies to ensure we build critical capability from the external market where internal gaps are identified.
- Define and implement processes and technologies that will drive the overall improvement of Talent Acquisition processes, quality of hiring, time-to-fill and enhanced KPI’s for internal and external talent.
- Centralize knowledge, processes and tools where possible. Establish, regularly monitor and report HR metrics, data, processes, systems and tools to evaluate the impact of recruiting, diversity and retention efforts globally.
- Create targeted strategic, innovative and sustainable strategies leading to the attraction of talent and talent pipelines for all areas.
- Other duties as necessary and assigned.

**PREPARATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES**:

- 10+ years of talent acquisition experience and/or in a human resource generalist function with direct involvement with talent acquisition.
- Experience working in healthcare, life sciences, biotech and/or consulting a strong plus.
- Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking
- Up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in talent acquisition, specifically with online and social media.
- Adaptable and accustomed to a fast-paced environment.
- Strong oral and written English proficiency with demonstrated ability to communicate clearly at all levels of the organization. Ability to negotiate effectively.
- Strategic with strong business acumen who can lead, plan, organize and execute.
- Strong relationship management skills; ability to deliver difficult messages and resolve conflicts while managing relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to operate independently with discretion using sound judgment with limited functional guidance and oversight.
- Strong aptitude to work in a hybrid flex work environment to effectively engage team and attract talent.

**WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS**:

- Normal office worki