Principal Talent Acquisition Partner

About Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Acadia is advancing breakthroughs in neuroscience to elevate life. Since our founding, we have been working at the forefront of healthcare to bring vital solutions to people who need them most. We developed and commercialized the first and only FDA-approved drug to treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson’s disease psychosis and the first and only approved drug in the United States and Canada for the treatment of Rett syndrome. Our clinical-stage development efforts are focused on Prader-Willi syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease psychosis, and multiple other programs targeting neuropsychiatric symptoms in central nervous system disorders. For more information, visit us at Acadia.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

 

Position Summary: 

The Principal Talent Acquisition Partner will serve as a strategic, consultative Talent Acquisition partner, playing a pivotal role in driving recruiting efforts for mission-critical roles across the organization. Provide expert talent knowledge to business leaders to attract, assess and hire top-tier talent aligned with organizational goals. Leverage extensive recruiting experience to manage full-cycle recruiting, from creating targeted sourcing strategies to facilitating hiring decisions. Act as a trusted advisor by offering market insights and deliver tailored solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• This role serves as a key strategic partner to various Acadia leaders and their teams to find, engage and hire the best talent in a timely and efficient manner
• Work with senior management and hiring leaders to understand role-specific requirements and organizational needs, developing tailored recruitment strategies to drive successful hiring decisions
• Act as a consultative business advisor, offering feedback and insights that contribute to informed, timely hiring decisions
• Cultivate relationships with candidates throughout the recruitment process, ensuring a positive experience and clear communication Develop and execute strategic sourcing strategies to build a pipeline of both active and passive talent, leveraging advanced tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Job Boards, networking, and referrals.
• Acts as a mentor to other recruiters in educating on recruiting best practices
• Develop and implement the best TA practices to drive change, enable growth and maintain/enhance our culture to scale the company while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Leverage capabilities of our Greenhouse ATS using/publishing data and metrics to develop TA strategies & initiatives while facilitating hiring leaders to make quality and timely hiring decisions
• Promote the company’s DEI program and partner closely with the DEI team to achieve DEI goals in TA
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or related. An equivalent combination of relevant education and applicable job experience may be considered.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive responsibility in staffing/recruitment.Life Science recruiting experience preferred
• Prior experience and track record of developing and implementing innovative recruiting strategies
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Utilizes data and analytics to drive strategy and influence hiring decisions
• Mastered offer negotiation skills at all levels
• Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships with hiring managers and senior leaders
• Experience working with Greenhouse ATS highly preferred.
• Experience leveraging LinkedIn Recruiter required; experience with LinkedIn Talent Insights and other sourcing and talent market tools highly preferred.

Scope:

Provides guidance to subordinates and/or manage department section, to achieve goals in accordance with established policies and to meet schedules and/or resolve problems. Receives assignments in the form of objectives. Follows processes and operational policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions; determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals. Works on issues of diverse scope which require evaluation of a variety of factors and an understanding of functional area objectives and trends. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may add to costs and impact the short-term goals of the organization.

Physical Requirements: