Principal Talent Acquisition Partner, EMEA

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Act as a trusted talent advisor for executives, functional leaders, HR Business Partners, and hiring managers.

• Provide guidance to leaders on role design, leveling, hiring profiles, talent availability, market trends, and competitive compensation.

• Convert business priorities into talent strategies that foster growth, innovation, quality, compliance, and operational efficiency.

• Manage the complete recruiting process for critical and specialized roles from intake to offer acceptance.

• Identify, engage, evaluate, and secure passive candidates across EMEA and global markets.

• Develop candidate pipelines for technical, scientific, quality, regulatory, clinical, manufacturing, commercial, and leadership roles.

• Ensure a high-quality candidate experience and represent Nova Biomedical effectively in the external talent marketplace.

• Provide insights into the talent market, competitor analysis, and recommendations for sourcing strategies.

• Utilize recruiting data and knowledge of external market conditions to shape hiring decisions, timings, priorities, and talent investments.

• Collaborate with HR and business leaders on workforce planning, succession planning, and discussions about building versus buying talent.

• Identify talent risks and propose proactive measures.

• Work across Europe, North America, and Asia while cultivating relationships across various time zones.

• Collaborate with leaders in Engineering, Software, AI and Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Quality, Supply Chain, Product Management, Commercial, Service, and Corporate functions.

• Tailor recruiting strategies to local labor markets while ensuring consistent global hiring practices.

• Utilize applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, market mapping, referrals, and sourcing tools.

• Monitor and communicate the status of recruiting efforts, pipeline health, risks, and next steps.

• Suggest process enhancements to improve hiring quality, stakeholder alignment, and recruiting efficiency.

• Support structured intake processes, organized interviews, candidate scorecards, and effective offer strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient in English.

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in talent acquisition.

• Experience in recruiting across Germany, the United Kingdom, and the broader EMEA region is essential.

• Experience in leading recruitment searches across APAC markets is highly desirable.

• Demonstrated success as a senior individual contributor leading complex searches while advising senior stakeholders.

• Strong business acumen in linking talent decisions to business priorities, organizational performance, and growth objectives.

• Experience in recruiting within medical devices, diagnostics, biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare technology, advanced manufacturing, or similarly regulated technical fields.

• Ability to advise leaders on role design, talent availability, compensation competitiveness, workforce planning, and market strategies.

• Proven ability to influence Vice Presidents, General Managers, functional leaders, and hiring managers.

• Experience in recruiting across multiple countries, cultures, and time zones.

• Exceptional skills in sourcing, market mapping, candidate engagement, assessment, and closing.

• Proficient in written and spoken German is preferred.

• Experience in recruiting within IVD, diagnostics, medical devices, clinical, quality, regulatory, or life sciences product environments is preferred.

• Familiarity with FDA requirements, ISO 13485, IVDR, MDR, GxP, validation, CAPA, and clinical evidence functions is preferred.

• Experience supporting global business transformations, acquisition integrations, organizational scaling, or high-growth hiring environments is preferred.

• Proficient with applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, sourcing platforms, recruiting analytics, and AI-enabled talent tools.

• Strong executive presence with excellent written, verbal, consultative, and presentation skills.

• Capacity to balance strategic talent advisory responsibilities with hands-on recruiting execution.

• Ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities, and ensure consistent follow-through on complex global searches.

• Comfortable working at a computer for prolonged periods.

• Ability to lift and carry weights of 25–50 pounds as necessary.

• Effective communication skills via phone, video, and written formats.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce.

• Collaborative and empowered company culture.

• Commitment to employee growth and development.

• Mission-driven organization aimed at making a real-world impact on global health.