Hybrid MBA & Early Talent Programs Recruiter

Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC; Boston (MA); Hybride; USD 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is actively building leadership pipelines through its Early & Emerging Talent programs, focusing on the MBA Associate Program. The MBA Associate Program Recruiter will own end-to-end recruitment, engage with universities, and partner with HR and business leaders to ensure strong internship-to-full-time conversion.

This is a hybrid Boston-based role reporting to the Early & Emerging Talent team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in talent acquisition, campus recruiting, MBA or graduate recruiting, program management, or related function.
• Proven experience managing high-visibility talent programs and building partnerships with business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience recruiting and assessing graduate-level or early-career talent.
• Excellent communication, presentation, relationship-building, and executive stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and seasonal deadlines.
• Experience using data and metrics to inform recruiting strategies and program decisions.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, recruiting technologies, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of applicable employment laws and recruiting practices.
• Ability to travel to target schools, conferences, and recruiting events as needed.
• Ability to commute to the Boston area as business and program needs require, including on-site support during peak recruitment and program periods.

Responsabilités

• Lead end-to-end recruitment strategy and execution for the Vertex MBA Associate Program.
• Partner with executive sponsors, HR Business Partners, and hiring managers to understand workforce needs and develop targeted talent acquisition strategies.
• Drive annual headcount planning, project intake, role alignment, and conversion forecasting to support strong internship-to-full-time outcomes.
• Manage candidate attraction, screening, assessment, interview coordination, offer delivery, and acceptance strategy.
• Monitor and communicate recruiting progress, talent-market insights, pipeline health, and conversion forecasts to program stakeholders.
• Build broad, high-quality talent pipelines through university partnerships, conferences, referrals, networking events, and targeted engagement.
• Develop and maintain relationships with MBA programs and other universities that support recruitment for flagship programs, including career centers, faculty, student organizations, and external partners.
• Represent Vertex at campus events, conferences, treks, career fairs, and networking engagements.
• Identify emerging talent trends and recommend new sourcing channels, partnerships, and year-round engagement opportunities.
• Lead manager kickoff meetings and readiness activities, including buddy assignments, onboarding, orientation, first-day support, welcome materials, program communications, and offboarding support.
• Plan and execute manager and participant check-ins, capstone office hours, and presentations, including participation in early and emerging talent summer event planning.
• Serve as a point of contact for participants, managers, HR stakeholders, and executive sponsors throughout the program experience.
• Coordinate offboarding and communicate timelines early to prepare participants and business teams.
• Drive continuous improvement using participant, manager, and stakeholder feedback.
• Support recruitment and delivery for priority flagship programs, including PharmD Fellowships, Regulatory Affairs PhD Fellowships, and other strategic graduate-talent initiatives.
• Partner with academic institutions and internal steering committees to coordinate job postings, candidate review, screening, panel interviews, selection, offers, onboarding, and orientation.
• Guide eligible participants through internal networking and full-time recruitment processes.
• Build scalable and consistent processes across the Early & Emerging Talent portfolio while tailoring delivery to each program’s needs.
• Maintain program trackers and dashboards covering pipeline health, offer status, university contacts, recruitment events, participant milestones, and conversion outcomes.
• Analyze recruiting effectiveness, acceptance and conversion outcomes, participant feedback, and program performance.
• Produce executive-ready updates and recommendations for Early & Emerging Talent leaders, business stakeholders, steering committees, and executive sponsors.
• Use data and stakeholder feedback to improve recruitment strategies, program experiences, and operational effectiveness.

Connaissances

Campus recruiting

Talent acquisition

Stakeholder management

Candidate screening

Interview coordination

Conversion forecasting

Project management

Recruiting analytics

Formation

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business administration or related field

Outils

Applicant tracking systems

Recruiting technologies

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is actively building leadership pipelines through its Early & Emerging Talent programs, focusing on the MBA Associate Program. The MBA Associate Program Recruiter will own end-to-end recruitment, engage with universities, and partner with HR and business leaders to ensure strong internship-to-full-time conversion.

This is a hybrid Boston-based role reporting to the Early & Emerging Talent team.