Senior pharmaceutical commercial sales recruiter - contract

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Global, culturally diverse, inclusive, and innovative - welcome to AMS, where talent is our world. Over the last two decades, AMS has redefined the landscape of talent outsourcing and consulting. From pioneering the concept of RPO to continually revolutionising how organisations approach talent acquisition, AMS stands as a world leader in the industry.

Committed, engaged, and inspired, we feel a real sense of belonging, and all have one thing in common: a real passion for talent. Become part of this world and make a difference with us.

The Role

The Senior Pharmaceutical Recruiter will support client hiring managers with filling their vacancies to target start dates ensuring all quality thresholds and SLA/KPIs are met. They will deliver excellent recruitment services to the client in line with agreed service levels, acting as the custodian of candidate quality and the hiring manager experience, working in conjunction with colleagues in teams such as Sourcing and Administration

Senior Recruiters will be aligned to high touch client business units or stakeholder groups that require additional attention. This may be in the form of more rounds of interviews, more data/insight led consultation, more complex offer negotiation, intricate reward structures or interfacing with more senior hiring managers. They will follow a high touch workflow investing more time at each stage of the recruitment process than a Recruiter.



This is a 6 month contract.

The role requires extensive recruitment and sourcing in Commercial Pharmaceuticals Sales and product launch environments

Preferred locations in Ohio, Georgia, Texas, and Florida.

Key Accountabilities

Client Stakeholder Relationships

• Create and maintain trusted partner relationships with hiring managers/Talent Acquisition Managers. This includes being responsible for the end-to-end delivery of recruitment services to them, advising them on the recruitment process and ensuring that timelines are correctly identified and met
• Inform attraction strategies, working with Sourcing and hiring managers to correctly identify approach based on market and hiring demands
• Make recommendations for best fit and skills profile, coaching hiring managers on what may or may not be achievable

Internal Stakeholder Relationships

• Monitor funnel metrics in partnership with Sourcing to ensure bottlenecks are identified and addressed ahead of time
• Collaborate effectively with relevant teams, such as Sourcing and Administration teams to ensure a smooth client and candidate experience
• Mentor supporting teams, such as Sourcing and Administration teams on best practice approaches and client culture, supporting them in achieving success in their roles

Recruitment Delivery

• Ensure the recruitment service is delivered in line with contractual obligations and client service level agreements
• Lead vacancy consultation discussions in partnership with the Sourcer to agree the recruitment plans with hiring managers– this includes role requirements, sourcing strategy, DEI requirements, pay range, agreed timeframes, responsibilities of all involved, and the selection process.
• Collaborate with Sourcing team on the iterative process of narrowing down high-quality candidates and jointly review the shortlist with the hiring manager
• Deliver excellent candidate experience in conjunction with the Sourcer; managing candidate satisfaction with the recruitment experience, from initial interview to start date
• Support the hiring manager with hiring decisions and guide them in determining an appropriate offer
• Manage the offer process and close the candidate
• Proactively manage future demand by facilitating demand planning meetings to discuss forecasts with client resourcing lead team.
• Where relevant support development of Assessment Centre plan
• Implement Talent Pooling plan and report on progress regularly

Skills & Experience

• 5+ Years of extensive recruitment and sourcing in Commercial Pharmaceuticals Sales and product launch environments
• Comfortable navigating ambiguous situations and rapidly changing priorities with an ability to quickly resolve issues and deliver on expectations

• Proven track record in developing strategy and driving change to help drive business results and execute on key initiatives
• Strong relationship management skills, and the ability to develop strong interpersonal alliances at all levels; team player willing to share and leverage best practices
• Strong consulting, project management and process thinking abilities; can plan, build and execute (often simultaneously)
• Strong analytical skills – experience gathering, organizing, analyzing and presenting data
• Highly detail oriented, with appreciation for accuracy of data and information
• Extremely proficient technical skills: advanced MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills (verbal and written)
  Excellent interpersonal skills and integrity

Other

Every one of us plays a pivotal role in our success, whether engaging directly with clients or shaping the value we add behind the scenes. Together, it means more insight and expertise for our clients and more exciting career paths and experiences for us.
Apart from our benefits package, you’ll also get to enjoy the flexibility, autonomy, and trust to work in a way that works best for you. We just focus on providing the means to meet, collaborate, and support each other however you choose.
We offer:

• Full training and support
• High value and challenging work
• A vibrant, diverse, and collaborative culture
• Flexible working
• The opportunity to embark on a recruitment career with one of the world’s leading recruitment companies

Our culture of inclusion and belonging.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and all aspects of employment are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.


If you require any accommodations or have any accessibility needs, please reach out via email [email protected] or make a member of our Talent Acquisition team aware at any time.

Details

Reference

AMS28299

Closing

22/10/2025

Location

United States, Texas, Texas State / United States, Georgia, Georgia State / United States, Ohio, Cleveland / United States, Florida, Florida State

Schedule

Full Time

Business area

Recruitment

Sector

Pharma Life Sciences

Employment Type

Fixed Term Contract