Director of Talent
$189,000–$240,000 year
On-sitePalo Alto, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead key searches end to end, from workforce planning and role definition through talent mapping, assessment, offer development, and closing. Serve as a trusted advisor on organization design and team effectiveness, helping leaders navigate sensitive people issues with discretion and a pragmatic bias toward action. Develop market-informed perspectives on compensation, leveling, and retention while translating ambiguous organizational questions into structured projects that enable growth and scale. Partner closely with the President to attract exceptional leaders and operators across clinical development and other critical capabilities, balancing search execution with consulting-style initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Two to Five years recruiting senior executives
- Must be motivated by delivering life changing medicine to patients
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in biotech or life sciences, particularly clinical development
- Experience with life sciences
- Experience working with high level organizational functions
- Experience across some combination of talent acquisition, people and organization work, consulting, and executive search roles
- Comfortable analyzing compensation and organizational questions and translating imperfect data into practical recommendations
- A discreet, trusted partner who can navigate sensitive issues and influence leaders at all levels
- A high-judgment, low-ego operator who combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- A strong recruiter and talent assessor who can build trusted candidate relationships and close senior hires
- Motivated by building organizations that deliver meaningful impact for patients
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