Manager, Talent Acquisition

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X and  YouTube.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a  Manager, Talent Acquisition (TA) , who will create and implement a strategic and proactive talent acquisition strategy  with full executive buy-in and participation to ensure that AbbVie recruits the strongest talent for Puerto Rico. 

In this role, you will lead, coach and mentor a team of high-performing TA professionals who are responsible for early careers and experienced recruiting across operations and commercial business for three locations (San Juan and two sites in Barceloneta). 

What will  you be responsible  for:

• Setting the vision, strategy and goals  for all aspects of talent acquisition across Puerto Rico.
• Leading, coaching and developing  the Puerto Rico TA team while improving capability and delivering on hiring needs across Puerto Rico for full life cycle recruiting. 
• Partnering  with our business leaders, business HR partners and Centres of Excellence (CoE) such as Total Rewards, Talent Management, Talent Deployment and eedi to deliver the TA strategy. 
• Compiling and communicating  the knowledge base, industry overviews, market trends,  and company initiatives to team members and business leaders. Developing and implementing comprehensive Human Capital Response Plans to meet business objectives.
• Leading effective recruiting processes, practices and standards providing high quality experience for candidates and hiring managers so that we can  attract top talent  and develop a strong qualified candidate pool.
• Providing a true business partnership with hiring managers and leadership, building solid relationships with key partners across the organization that yield consistent process and impactful results.  Using data and market intelligence to provide consultative guidance.
• Regularly  assessing future talent needs  and partnering with business and finance to ensure appropriate budgeting is in place to support recruiting demand.
• Additionally, job functions would include pre-screening candidates, project management in various functional areas at any given time, partnering with global team members to develop  sourcing strategies and qualifying talent for hire for potential.
• Ensuring compliance with state/federal employment laws and AbbVie policies and practices for applicant tracking compliance and reporting metrics.

Frequent to continuous computer usage (greater or equal to 50% of the workday) is required

Qualifications

So, what  education and experience  do you need? 

You will have: 

• A relevant  bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5-7+ years recruitment experience in a competitive, fast-paced environment with people leadership experience 
• A strong business presence that  instills confidence in clients and delivers results.
• Proactive recruiting and sourcing experience.
• Relevant  industry (healthcare, pharma etc. ) recruitment experience strongly preferred. 
• Experience in  collaborating with a broader HR Organization in support of the business initiatives preferred.
• Experience in  building strong relationships with peers and cross functionally with partners outside of team to enable higher performance.
• Full bilingual fluency in English and Spanish 

You will raise the bar  and are never satisfied with the status quo, creating a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement. You empower learning fast, grasping the 'essence' and can change the course quickly where indicated; truly embracing the ideas of others, nurturing innovation and managing innovation to reality.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role atthe time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors includinggeographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested,and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to aparticular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion,consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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