Talent Acquisition Partner contributing to dynamic recruitment at Excelya, impacting clinical research. Collaborating with teams to lead high-volume hiring for critical roles globally.
Responsibilities
Join Excelya, where **Audacity, Care, and Energy** define who we are and how we work. We believe in creating bold solutions and fostering an inclusive environment where collaboration and individual growth go hand in hand.
This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic, ambitious team in **Talent Acquisition**. You will play a critical part in driving innovation and making an impact in the clinical research space, while enjoying a stimulating professional environment that encourages personal and intellectual growth.
As a **Talent Acquisition Partner**, you’ll join a collaborative and forward-thinking team that plays a pivotal role in shaping Excelya’s growth across the globe. Working closely with hiring managers and operational teams, you’ll lead high-volume and fast-paced recruitment efforts for critical roles in clinical research. This is a unique opportunity to bring your expertise to a fast-paced, mission-driven environment where your ideas are valued, your development is supported, and your work directly contributes to advancing healthcare innovation.
**Main Responsibilities**
Lead end-to-end recruitment for complex and niche roles, ensuring a high-quality candidate and stakeholder experience throughout the process.
Partner closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand talent needs, define role requirements, and develop effective hiring strategies.
Proactively source, engage, and nurture top talent through a variety of channels, including direct sourcing, talent pools, and market mapping.
Build and maintain strong talent pipelines, including active and warm candidate pools, to support current and future hiring needs.
Use data and market insights to inform recruitment decisions, influence stakeholders, and continuously improve sourcing strategies.
Manage recruitment processes in line with KPIs and SLAs, ensuring timely delivery and high standards of quality and compliance.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive alignment, share best practices, and contribute to broader talent acquisition initiatives across EMEA.
Requirements
At Excelya, **taking audacious steps is encouraged**, so we’re looking for individuals who are ready to grow with us and share our values.
**Experience:**
Proven success in recruiting for **complex, niche, and hard-to-fill roles**, with bonus points for experience in CRO, pharmaceutical or life science environments.
Extensive hands-on recruitment experience in **fast-paced, high-demand** settings such as recruitment agencies, resourcing models, or in-house talent functions with agile processes.
Strong track record of **hiring across EMEA**, particularly in France, Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
Demonstrated expertise in **market mapping** and leveraging **talent intelligence** and **data** to inform and optimize hiring strategies.
Skilled in developing and executing **direct sourcing strategies** using a variety of sourcing channels, tools, and techniques to deliver timely and high-quality talent solutions.
Significant experience in **building and nurturing active and warm talent pools** to ensure a steady pipeline of qualified candidates for current and future hiring needs.
Comfortable working with **KPIs and SLAs** to track performance, measure impact, and continuously improve recruitment outcomes.
**Skills:**
Strong **relationship-building skills** with the ability to establish trust and credibility with candidates, hiring managers, and key internal and external stakeholders.
Exceptional **communication and influencing skills**, with the ability to engage, advise, and align hiring managers and candidates throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
Highly **organized** and **results-oriented**, with a proven ability to deliver accurate outcomes under pressure and within tight deadlines.
Strong sense of **accountability**, **ownership**, and **follow-through** in all aspects of the recruitment process.
**Analytical mindset** with a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
**Education: **Bachelor’s degree in HR or Life Sciences related field or equivalent through experience
**Languages:** you need to be fluent in Dutch, French and English. Any other European language is a bonus.
Benefits
**Why Join Us? **
At Excelya, we combine passion for science with enthusiasm for teamwork to redefine excellence in healthcare.
Here’s what makes us unique—
We are a young, ambitious health company representing 900 Excelyates, driven to become Europe’s **leading mid-size CRO **with the **best employee experience**. Our **one-stop provider service model**—offering full-service, functional service provider, and consulting—enables you to evolve through diverse projects. Working alongside preeminent experts, you will help improve scientific, operational, and human knowledge to enhance the patient's journey.
**Excelling with care** means benefiting from an environment that values your natural talents, pushes boundaries with audacity, and nurtures your potential, allowing you to contribute fully to our shared mission.
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