Senior Talent Acquisition Partner Full Time

Who is USP?

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world’s leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds—regardless of background—to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Brief Job Overview

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner is a key mission enabler at USP and we’re seeking an exceptional recruiter to join our team. Our new team member will lead their hiring managers through the full lifecycle of recruiting for a variety of professional, technical, scientific, and administrative positions. Primary responsibilities involve deep partnership and with business leaders and hiring managers to effectively source, recruit, evaluate, interview, and select top Acquisition/HR projects that will strengthen USP offerings and branding as an employer of choice.

How will YOU create impact here at USP?

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally, USP’s People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments.

The Sr. TA Partner Has The Following Responsibilities

• Conducts full lifecycle recruiting for assigned searches beginning with a strategy meeting with the hiring manager to discuss process and strategic sourcing approach
• Creates an effective sourcing strategy based on business needs and identify candidates through standard and creative methods
• Evaluates the resumes/profiles of prospective candidates and determines degree of skill match; recommends or declines appropriately and forwards qualified short-listed candidate resumes to the hiring manager for review.
• Tracks candidate activity from initial resume submittal to hire in the applicant tracking system (ATS);
• Coordinates receiving and evaluating of interview feedback and advises hiring manager in the final selection process.
• Collaborates with the HRBP, Compensation & Benefits and others as needed in establishing salaries.
• Checks references, verifies educational credentials, and coordinates background investigation of selected candidate; negotiates and makes verbal and written offers of employment.
• Works with colleagues to prepare weekly reports to monitor recruitment activity, tracks vacant positions, recruiting strategies/sources, and costs.
• Support in designing and executing employer branding initiatives to position the organization as an employer of choice, leveraging digital platforms and recruitment marketing tools.
• Analyze market trends and competitor practices to continuously refine talent attraction and branding strategies.

Additional Roles And Responsibilities Include

• Work on visually appealing and informative quarterly Dashboards and to be presented to the Leadership.
• Share Weekly Recruitment reports with the Leadership
• Work on Contract agreements and payments with various vendors as and when required
• Align and ensure the Headcount report is in alignment with Global HR and Finance teams.
• Ensure that all Job Portals and third-party verification contracts are up to date and be the single point of contact for recruitment needs
• Ensure Talent acquisition is always Audit Compliant.
• Support on designing Recruitment policies and Manuals when required. Identifies processes and practices for continuous improvement and champions appropriate changes as needed.

Who is USP Looking For?

The Successful Candidate Will Have a Demonstrated Understanding Of Our Mission, Commitment To Excellence Through Inclusive And Equitable Behaviors And Practices, Ability To Quickly Build Credibility With Stakeholders, Along With The Following Competencies And Experience

• Master’s Degree/Post Graduate Diploma (Full-Time) in Human Resource Management from a business school is preferred, with 10 years of professional recruiting experience to include leadership and strategic project experience.
• Demonstrated full-lifecycle recruitment experience working in corporate or agency environments.
• Experience in cold calling, candidate development and directly sourcing candidates from a variety of media including standard sourcing tools (social networks, corporate websites, general job boards, professional associations, agencies, college postings and alumni organizations, open houses) to build candidate pipelines
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office is required, as is familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS)

Additional Desired Preferences

• Recruitment experience within Pharmaceuticals and/or health care life sciences, biotechnology industry.
• Experience in behavioral and/or competency-based interviewing techniques
• Advanced ability to understand complex requirements and effectively communicate with hiring managers and candidates
• Strong partnership and relationship building skills with the ability to adjust to multiple changing, and often competing, priorities
• Ability to help build a pipeline of diverse candidate to help company achieve DEIB goals
• Excellent time management, communication, and project management skills
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Strong technology orientation and skills related to social networking, sourcing techniques.
• Experience working with HRIS systems, UltiPro/UKG is a plus

Supervisory Responsibilities

Nil

Benefits

USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings, you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected.

Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specific written agreement with USP.

Job Category Human Resources

Job Type Full-Time