Associate Director, Early Talent

5264 Syneos Health India Private Limited; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health in Hyderabad seeks an Associate Director, Early Talent to lead the design and execution of global early talent programs. You will build the operating model, governance, and partner ecosystems to scale internships, apprenticeships, and graduate pathways while aligning with workforce plans and ROI targets.

You will shape a differentiated campus experience, oversee cross-functional collaboration with HR, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders, and drive metrics on reach, diversity

Qualifications

• A proven record of building an early talent or campus hiring capability from its early stages.
• Strong knowledge of the full early talent lifecycle including program design, onboarding and measurement.
• Established relationships across leading universities and institutions globally.
• Experience designing or leading early talent programs across multiple countries and regions.
• Track record building employer brands and campus experiences to boost awareness and hiring.
• Ability to partner with business leaders and set campus priorities.
• Executive presence and program leadership with influence across cultures and time zones.
• Flexibility to collaborate across global time zones; travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Build the capability from the ground up - define operating model, governance, processes, tech needs and roadmap.
• Create global framework with consistent standards adaptable to local markets and regulations.
• Shape portfolio across internships, graduates, apprentices; assess ROI and opportunities.
• Build campus ecosystem with priority institutions and university leadership relationships.
• Build early talent brand with campus campaigns, content and pre-placement engagements.
• Partner with global teams to translate demand into hiring plans and development experiences.
• Measure outcomes using data on reach, quality, diversity, cost and retention.

Skills

Early Talent Strategy

Campus Recruiting

Employer Branding

Program Development & Governance

Stakeholder Management

Cross-cultural collaboration

Job description

Associate Director, Early Talent Syneos Health is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress. Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose - Driven to Deliver - which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone's life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with.

Job Responsibilities

• Build the capability from the ground up - Define the early talent operating model, governance, processes, technology needs, partner ecosystem and implementation roadmap.
• Create the global framework - Establish consistent principles, program standards and candidate experiences that can be adapted to local talent markets, regulations and business requirements.
• Shape the portfolio - Build internship, graduate, apprenticeship and other early-career pathways aligned with workforce plans, future skills and growth priorities. Assess and optimize the existing portfolio, including opportunities to consolidate duplicative campus recruiting, university partnerships and marketing efforts, and evaluate programs that may no longer have the ROI or strategic fit.
• Build the campus ecosystem - Identify priority institutions and develop trusted relationships with university leaders, placement teams, faculty, student bodies and relevant academic networks.
• Build the early talent brand - Create a differentiated proposition and lead year-round campus campaigns, content, pre-placement engagements and build engagement initiatives.
• Deliver with the business - Partner across global Business, HR and Talent Acquisition teams to translate demand into hiring plans, entry requirements, assessments and development experiences. Connect early talent strategy to future skill gaps and build-vs-buy workforce decisions.
• Measure and improve - Use data on reach, quality, diversity, conversion, cost, experience, performance and retention to improve outcomes and demonstrate programme value.

Qualification Requirements

• A proven record of building an early talent or campus hiring capability from its early stages - notonly operating an established annual programme.
• Strong knowledge of the full early talent lifecycle - not only recruitment - including programmedesign, candidate engagement, onboarding, development and outcome measurement.
• Established relationships across leading universities and institutions Globally.
• Substantial experience designing or leading early talent programs across multiple countries,regions or global business groups, balancing global consistency with local requirements.
• A strong track record in building early talent employer brands and creating campus experiences that improve awareness, engagement and hiring outcomes.
• Strong ability to partner with business leaders and help them establish priorities in the campusspace.
• Strong executive presence, program leadership and analytical capability, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and work effectively across cultures and time zones.
• It requires flexibility to collaborate across global time zones. Travel will be based on need.

Critical Skills

• Early Talent Strategy
• Campus Recruiting
• Employer Branding
• Program Development & Governance
• Stakeholder Management
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills

  Get to know Syneos Health

  Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients. No matter what your role is, you'll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment.

  Learn more about Syneos Health. http://www.syneoshealth.com

  Additional Information

  Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

  Discover what our Syneos Health colleagues already know: work here matters everywhere. Work alongside the brightest minds in the biopharmaceutical industry taking down walls and removing barriers to speed our customers’ delivery of important therapies to patients. We are strategic thinkers who actively seek different perspectives, whether across offices or across oceans. Because we solve some of the toughest challenges facing the most prestigious healthcare companies today, you'll gain exposure and be supported with comprehensive resources including emerging technologies, data, science and knowledge sharing. The diversification and breadth of Syneos Health creates a multitude of career paths and employment opportunities. We're a growing, global company dedicated to advancing our talent past their initial role. Discover what our 29,000 employees already know: work here matters everywhere. We work hard, and smart, all in the name of getting much-needed therapies to those who need them most. A career with Syneos Health means your everyday work improves patients’ lives around the world. Selecting us as an employer secures a career in which you're guaranteed to: Partner with the most diverse team of experts in the industry.

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