Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner

Job description

Ascensia Diabetes Care is a global specialist diabetes care company, dedicated to helping people living with diabetes. Our mission is to empower people living with diabetes through innovative solutions that simplify and improve their lives. We use our innovation and specialist expertise in diabetes to develop high quality solutions and tools that make a positive, daily difference for people.

At Ascensia, our values serve as the bedrock of our organization. They guide our decisions, actions, and interactions, shaping the culture we collectively foster.

Our Values include:


Resilient Growth Mindset

Executional Excellence

Courageous Leadership

Inclusive Collaboration

We believe that when we live our values authentically, both individually and as a team, we unlock our true potential and drive sustainable success.

Job Title: Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner

About the Opportunity: We are seeking an experienced Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner in the UK to drive recruitment efforts across multiple countries and with multiple business units. In this role, you will collaborate with business leaders and HR partners to attract, assess, and hire top-tier talent in life sciences, diagnostics, and related fields. You will be responsible for full-cycle recruitment, from strategic sourcing through to offer acceptance, while advising on market trends, labor data, and competitive hiring strategies. You will work in a global team, adding value and expertise in both your geography and around the globe. You will mentor junior recruiters to become talent advisors. This is a great opportunity to work with a highly collaborative team and provide support across the business!

Location: This is a remote position, with opportunities to work on a hybrid schedule to provide onsite support for our UK manufacturing facility. Ideally located in Greater Liverpool or Manchester geographies.

What you will be doing:


End-to-End Recruitment: Own and manage the entire hiring process, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and negotiating offers for key roles across Europe and potentially other geographies. Master advanced sourcing: Boolean, niche platforms, networking.

Strategic Partnership: Work closely with business leaders and HR teams to understand workforce needs, hiring priorities, and organizational goals. Communicate this information back to TA Leadership to ensure alignment. Offer market insights, constructively challenge assumptions, and influence hiring strategy. Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership in the Business Units, providing proactive guidance on workforce planning and talent availability to support long-term business growth across EMEA.

Market Intelligence: Provide data-driven insights on talent trends, labor market conditions, salary benchmarks, and competitive hiring strategies to hiring leaders, HR and TA Leadership. Translate this market intelligence into actionable talent acquisition strategies for our Business Units and geographies in EMEA and provide recommendations to adjust hiring approaches based on shifting economic, competitor and industry factors.

Candidate Experience: Ensure a seamless and engaging candidate journey, promoting our employer brands (both the BU brand and PHC Group) in the market. Ensure rejected candidates walk away with a positive impression of PHC Group and the Business Unit measurable through rejected candidate surveys.

Process Improvement: Continuously enhance recruitment processes, tools, and strategies to improve efficiency and effectiveness in coordination with TA Operations. Lead initiatives aimed at harmonizing recruitment practices across multiple countries within EMEA, ensuring consistency, compliance, and scalability within PHC’s global framework. Strong knowledge of Workday, identifying opportunities for process optimization within the system. Share those opportunities with the HRIS team.

Project Management: Participate in global TA (and other functional) projects to enhance processes, troubleshoot problems, and deliver actionable and measurable results. Eventually take on leading projects. Drive cross-regional and cross-functional talent acquisition projects with measurable impact, including employer branding, next level candidate experience, talent pipelining and talent communities, and sourcing innovation via AI which benefits the entire PHC Group TA team..

Miscellaneous: Other projects and tasks as required, including leading projects to enhance TA Operations.

Diversity & Inclusion: Promote inclusive hiring practices and build diverse talent pipelines. Define and implement strategies that measurably increase representation in critical roles in EMEA and in the different Business Units.

What you need for success:


Experience: 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally within life sciences, diagnostics, or related industries.

Regional Expertise: Strong understanding of hiring practices and labor laws across multiple European countries.

Advisory Skills: Proven ability to consult and influence senior business leaders with data-driven insights.

Tech-Savvy: Proficiency in ATS platforms, sourcing tools, and recruitment analytics.

Language Skills: Fluency in English required; additional European languages are a plus.

Collaboration & Agility: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and adapt to changing business needs.

TO ALL RECRUITMENT AGENCIES: Ascensia does not accept unsolicited third-party resumes.

Building an Inclusive Culture: We are a company that brings varying backgrounds, ideas, and points of view to inventing on behalf of all customers. Our diverse perspectives are enriched by many dimensions, including race, ethnicity, gender, age, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, culture, language, and education, as well as professional and life experience. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and leveraging our unique perspectives to scale our impact and growth.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Runcorn

Type of Contract

Casual / Part Time Jobs

Published at

18-12-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English