Global Lead, Executive Sourcing at Roche Kenya

The Role

This is a new position within the recruitment function, and has responsibility for Sourcing at Executive level (typically the most senior 1% of roles at Roche). Your remit will predominantly be across EMEA and the US, with some coverage across APAC. Given the seniority of the hiring, most work will be across our key sites in Basel, San Francisco, Indianapolis and Singapore. While having responsibility to partner on our most senior searches, you will also have the responsibility to mentor, develop and coach members of our local / regional sourcing teams and recruiters, as well as working with the Global Lead, Executive Recruitment to set expectations around best in class executive recruitment research.

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with Senior Recruiters, HR and Hiring Managers, you will deliver exceptional candidate long-lists and short-lists, for our most senior hires 
• With the Global Lead, Executive Recruitment, you will set the standards for best-in-class executive search research, and be one of the key  “go to” people for other members of the recruitment function in this area
• Work closely with the Team Lead, Global Sourcing, to ensure alignment with the broader sourcing team’s goals and strategy, as well as helping identify and support areas for development 
• You will mentor / develop others, to enhance our global capability - with the ultimate goal of ensuring consistency in quality of executive level sourcing
• Working across marketing, Talent Scouting, leadership & development, HR, recruitment and D&I, you will ensure that the expertise of our colleagues is leveraged where possible, and that in turn executive sourcing supports the objectives of others
• You will ensure that our reporting (candidate and project reports) are accurate, professional and impactful, while also 
• Where appropriate, you will manage external recruitment / resourcing capabilities and delivery

Candidate Profile

• You have a university degree as well as significant experience in Executive Recruitment in a fast paced environment. You possess excellent interpersonal skills and are comfortable working in a matrixed and multicultural environment. Additionally you bring the following skills and competencies:
• Strong experience of delivering life sciences search projects at the most senior levels of an organisation
• Previously mentored / developed or managed junior researchers; you have a strong track record of developing others across the full scope of end-to-end executive recruitment responsibilities 
• Consultative; able to speak credibly to advise stakeholders around a range of topics relating to leadership - from the leadership competencies / experiences that are most likely to drive any given strategy, to where such leaders may be found
• Background at  top-tier search firm and / or in-house role
• Exceptionally strong interpersonal skills - able to build credibility and partner with senior leaders, both internally and externally
• Thorough, methodological approach to mapping markets - the ability to ensure all potential candidates are identified
• Experienced in attracting senior executives to opportunities
• Highly agile, experienced with working in complex, matrix environments and balancing the needs of a range of stakeholders
• Has worked internationally / globally 
• Experience with various ATS / CRM systems