Associate Director, Early Talent

Syneos Health, Inc.; India; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Syneos Health is seeking an Associate Director, Early Talent to build and lead the organization's campus and early-career hiring capabilities across global markets. You will define the operating model, governance, and partner ecosystem to scale internships, graduates, and apprenticeships.

The role partners with global HR, business leaders and universities, shaping a consistent framework, campus branding, and data-driven programs to attract diverse talent and deliver measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• A proven record of building an early talent or campus hiring capability from its early stages - not only operating an established annual programme.
• Strong knowledge of the full early talent lifecycle - not only recruitment - including program design, 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 campus space.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Early Talent Strategy

Campus Recruiting

Employer Branding

Program Development

Stakeholder Management

Interpersonal communication

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.

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. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

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

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