Director, Commercial Talent Acquisition — Biotech (Remote)

Definium Therapeutics; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 165,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Definium Therapeutics seeks a Director, Talent Acquisition - Commercial to shape the recruiting strategy for its first commercial organization. This remote role requires collaboration with Commercial leadership, thoughtful workforce planning, and disciplined execution.

It supports launch readiness through strong pipelines, sourcing, and full‑cycle recruitment across Sales, Marketing, and more. The successful candidate will partner with senior leaders, drive scalable TA practices, and ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience supporting biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life sciences, healthcare, or similarly complex organizations.
• Experience recruiting for commercial, sales, or field‑based roles; direct experience supporting commercial launches or team expansion strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with and influence senior leaders while balancing business priorities, candidate experience, and recruiting discipline.
• Experience building recruiting processes, programs, reporting, and talent pipelines in high‑growth or evolving environments.
• Strong working knowledge of commercial talent markets, field‑based recruiting models, and external search firm management.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Strong commitment to compliance, confidentiality, and ethical recruiting practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and applicant tracking systems; Greenhouse experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead Talent Acquisition partner to Commercial leadership, advising on workforce planning, hiring priorities, recruiting strategy, and talent market dynamics.
• Develop launch‑ready recruiting plans, talent pipelines, and hiring approaches for critical commercial roles aligned to business priorities.
• Lead full‑cycle recruiting across Sales, Market Access, Marketing, Commercial Operations, Training, and other commercial functions.
• Develop sourcing strategies and proactive pipelines for specialized, competitive, and field‑based commercial talent markets.
• Manage complex searches and business‑critical hiring initiatives with a focus on quality, speed, candidate experience, and business alignment.
• Manage, coach, and support Talent Acquisition team members and/or contractors as needed to ensure clear priorities and consistent execution.
• Drive scalable recruiting practices, process improvements, systems enhancements, reporting, and cross‑functional initiatives that strengthen recruiting capability.
• Use Greenhouse and recruiting analytics to monitor pipeline health, hiring progress, recruiting effectiveness, and executive‑level talent insights.
• Ensure recruiting practices are compliant with employment laws, company policies, confidentiality expectations, and ethical standards.
• Manage external search firms and recruiting vendors, including partner strategy, selection, performance evaluation, budget awareness, and appropriate agency utilization.

Skills

Talent acquisition leadership

Stakeholder influence

Communication

Compliance and ethics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Greenhouse

Job description

Definium Therapeutics seeks a Director, Talent Acquisition - Commercial to shape the recruiting strategy for its first commercial organization. This remote role requires collaboration with Commercial leadership, thoughtful workforce planning, and disciplined execution.

It supports launch readiness through strong pipelines, sourcing, and full‑cycle recruitment across Sales, Marketing, and more. The successful candidate will partner with senior leaders, drive scalable TA practices, and ensure