Sourcer & Talent Insights Specialist, R&D

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

The Sourcer & Talent Insights Specialist will execute sourcing strategies for critical roles across the R&D function and lead the delivery of external talent insights & market intelligence projects to inform hiring and wider talent attraction strategies. You will act as a true talent advisor to the business, leveraging talent intelligence tools and data analysis techniques to deliver meaningful insights that inform talent strategy and enable future capability building.

• Lead on the development and presentation of external talent insights to the business to help address challenges and support wider talent acquisition efforts.
• Develop & present complex talent mapping projects, providing insight into external talent availability and opportunities for talent attraction.
• Provide strategic support for both critical open roles and overarching TA initiatives. Serve as a Sourcing leader and insights expert, leveraging research & data analysis techniques to provide recommendations to business leaders, Recruiters, and Business HR.
• Set vision, strategy, and goals for all aspects of proactive sourcing strategies across aligned functions in R&D.
• Partner with key stakeholders to build talent pipelines ahead of gaps/vacancies. Will develop sourcing strategies that will target critical, high-level talent in highly competitive and challenging markets.
• Developing deep expertise and seeking continuous learning in-focus area, with the ability to understand and speak in detail about functions, culture, and role responsibilities and showcase AbbVie’s Employee Value Proposition using Smart Recruiters CRM.
• Proactively source passive candidates through advanced search techniques including Boolean search on resume databases, social media, LinkedIn, and industry directories to uncover high quality talent pools.
• Conduct thorough candidate prescreening and facilitate presentation to hiring managers and recruiting team using various Talent Acquisition platforms to maintain/retain accuracy, quality, and integrity of data.
• Nurture Professional pipelines by keeping talent engaged as roles are posted and provides information regarding available opportunities.
• Providing updates and reporting on critical roles and sourcing activities to stakeholders and reporting.
• Develop strong partnerships with Recruiters and candidates to build a qualified candidate bench to meet current and anticipated business needs.
• Build trust and strong partnerships with internal stakeholders, including business leaders, Recruiters, Total Rewards, and Talent Development, and Business HR to understand the key roles and challenges to overcome to secure top talent.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3-5+ years relevant experience required.
• 4+ in a dedicated Sourcing Role or Executive Sourcing/Search role preferred.
• Ideally brings external agency/ search firm experience
• Strong track record in research methods & external talent landscape analysis
• Must have experience in the delivery and presentation of complex talent mappings & external talent insights projects for clients/key stakeholders at leadership level
• Talent sourcing experience in the Healthcare/Pharmaceutical industry preferred
• Experienced in developing & executing on proactive recruiting strategies including confidential searches
• Proficient in using technology to enhance sourcing and candidate management processes.

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 at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic 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 a particular 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. 

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