Manager, Pharmacy Talent Acquisition - Midwest Region

Walgreens; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens is seeking a Manager, Pharmacy Talent Acquisition to lead a recruiting team spanning a regional geography. You’ll guide priorities, build strategies for hard-to-fill roles, and partner with business leaders to address evolving workforce needs.

You will act as a strategic talent advisor, translating workforce insights into actionable hiring plans, strengthening pipelines, and coaching recruiters through complex searches while staying connected to the pharmacy talent market.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of related experience.
• 2+ years applying talent acquisition methods to complex hiring requirements.
• 2+ years considering business and financial drivers in area of responsibility.
• 2+ years using Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Prioritizes open requisitions based on hiring urgency.
• Advises hiring partners on candidate availability for hard-to-fill roles.
• Selects sourcing channels suited to targeted talent pools.
• Sets assessment criteria for consistent candidate evaluation.
• Resolves recruitment bottlenecks affecting hiring timelines.
• Uses recruitment metrics to refine candidate outreach.
• Reviews selection practices for compliance with hiring requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Pharmacy talent acquisition

Sourcing strategies

Recruiting metrics

Partnership with business leaders

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Job description

Job Summary
Make a meaningful impact on the future of pharmacy at Walgreens by leading a recruiting team responsible for attracting talent across a regional geography. As a Manager, Pharmacy Talent Acquisition, you’ll provide direction across recruiting priorities, build strategies for hard-to-fill talent, and partner with business leaders to address evolving workforce needs.

Serving as a strategic talent advisor, you’ll translate workforce needs and recruiting insights into actionable hiring strategies, strengthen talent pipelines, and help improve hiring outcomes. This working leadership role combines team development with hands-on recruiting, giving you the opportunity to coach recruiters through complex searches while maintaining a strong connection to the talent market.

Through credible business partnerships, recruiting expertise, and data-driven insights, you’ll help Walgreens attract the pharmacy talent needed to support its customers, patients, and communities.

Job Responsibilities

• Prioritizes open requisitions based on hiring urgency.
• Advises hiring partners on candidate availability for hard-to-fill roles.
• Selects sourcing channels suited to targeted talent pools.
• Sets assessment criteria for consistent candidate evaluation.
• Resolves recruitment bottlenecks affecting hiring timelines.
• Uses recruitment metrics to refine candidate outreach.
• Reviews selection practices for compliance with applicable hiring requirements.

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

• At least 4 years of related experience.
• At least 2 years of experience applying talent acquisition methods to complex hiring requirements.
• At least 2 years of experience considering the primary business and financial drivers relevant to the area of responsibility and their impact on decisions and recommendations.
• At least 2 years of experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word,PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership or day-to-day direction of a recruiting team.
• Recruiting pharmacists or other licensed healthcare professionals.
• Developing sourcing strategies and candidate pipelines for difficult-to-fill healthcare roles.
• Using recruiting metrics and pipeline data to identify opportunities and improve talent acquisition outcomes.
• Partnering with business leaders on workforce needs, recruiting priorities, and talent availability.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual salary within this range ($90,000 - $192,500) that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled.