Job Description Reporting to the Head, Global Talent Acquisition Business Partners & Executive Search, the Talent Acquisition Leader, Europe, GCC & LATAM is a key strategic leader within Global Talent Acquisition. This role is accountable for shaping and driving the Talent Acquisition strategy across all functions in complex and diverse geographies, while influencing enterprise-wide talent priorities and advancing Biogen's ability to attract, assess, and hire top global talent. The Talent Acquisition Leader serves as a trusted advisor to Regional Presidents, General Managers & Senior Business Leaders and HR executives, aligning talent acquisition strategies with business objectives, long-term workforce plans, and external market dynamics. This leader will operate across multiple complex regions, driving innovation, strengthening TA capabilities, and ensuring delivery of a high-impact, efficient, and compliant recruitment model that meets local and regional regulations. The leader will manage key stakeholder relationships across large and complex work groups, lead critical TA projects end to end, and partner with HR Leadership to influence functional workforce plans and develop recruitment strategies that attract highly qualified, diverse talent. This role requires regular onsite presence of 2-3 days per week in Baar, Biogen's Regional Headquarters, in accordance with local hybrid work guidelines. Key Responsibilities • Define and drive Talent Acquisition strategy for Europe, GCC & LATAM, enabling business growth through forward-looking workforce planning, market intelligence, talent insights, and hiring feasibility assessments. Translate business strategy into scalable hiring solutions and operating models. • Serve as a strategic advisor to senior executives and HR leaders, influencing workforce strategy, hiring priorities, and organizational design decisions through data-driven insights and external market perspectives. • Own and lead end-to-end Talent Acquisition delivery across all functions in the region, including business-critical growth initiatives, organizational changes, and complex hiring needs. Shape talent strategy, workforce sequencing, and hiring delivery models to enable timely, high-quality outcomes while mitigating risk and ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities. • Lead Talent Acquisition service delivery for Europe, GCC & LATAM across FTEs, contractors, and outsourced partners, including RPO. Build and develop a high-performing TA organization by strengthening stakeholder management, best-in-class recruitment practices, leadership capability, and analytics-driven decision making. • Serve as the lead Talent Acquisition contact for business and HR leadership across Europe, GCC & LATAM, maintaining a strong local presence through regular stakeholder engagement, face-to-face meetings, and in-person interviews to build trust, alignment, and accountability. • Manage and align a complex network of cross-functional stakeholders, including Finance, Compensation, Global Mobility, Tax, HR Operations, and other enabling functions, to ensure seamless, compliant, and efficient end-to-end hiring processes across diverse countries and regulatory environments. • Define, manage, and optimize external talent partnership strategies, including RPO, executive search firms, corporate research partners, etc, ensuring high-quality delivery, cost effectiveness, and alignment to regional business needs and enterprise priorities. Act as a point of contact and escalation with RPO leadership as required. • Design and implement localized employer branding, sourcing, and attraction strategies for Europe, GCC & LATAM, using local market insights to strengthen Biogen's competitive position and increase awareness among priority talent populations. • Champion a best-in-class candidate experience across all touchpoints, ensuring consistently high-quality, inclusive, fair, and differentiated experiences aligned with Biogen's values and applicable local requirements. • Partner closely with TA Centers of Excellence, including Employer Branding, Talent Attraction, and University Programs, as well as cross-border teams and TA Operations, to deliver an integrated suite of TA services across the region and contribute to global capability building. • Drive adoption and optimization of TA technologies, tools, processes, and data systems to improve recruiter effectiveness, operational efficiency, analytics, and candidate engagement. Identify, share, and implement best practices that elevate the TA organization. • Shape and evolve the Talent Acquisition operating and service delivery model for Europe, GCC & LATAM, ensuring alignment with global strategy while adapting to regional nuances, local talent markets, and multi-layered stakeholder environments. • Act as a senior leader within Global Talent Acquisition, leading critical cross-functional projects and transformation efforts that strengthen TA's enterprise impact, scalability, and effectiveness. Qualifications: • 12+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience within a highly sophisticated, global, matrixed organization. • Extensive experience operating at a senior leadership level, building trusted executive relationships and establishing credibility with a demonstrated ability to influence and appropriately challenge executive stakeholders, navigate regional nuances and multi-layered stakeholder environments, and shape enterprise and regional talent strategies. • 8+ years of people leadership experience, including management of direct and indirect teams across multiple countries or global locations, as well as oversight of contractors and outsourced solution providers. • Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-country Talent Acquisition functions, including organizational design, capability building, service delivery, and operational excellence. • Proven ability to translate business strategy and workforce plans into talent strategies, localized attraction approaches, and scalable hiring models, with a strong record of results in dynamic environments. • Significant experience developing and implementing comprehensive sourcing, employer branding, and talent attraction strategies using digital channels, social media, external search partners, institutions, professional organizations, and market insights. • Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely and to influence and engage at all levels of the organization. • Data-driven mindset with strong analytical capability to generate insights, inform decision making, improve operational efficiency, and foster a quantitative culture within Talent Acquisition. • Strong working knowledge of fair, compliant recruitment practices across varied local and regional regulatory environments. • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field preferred. • Pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology industry experience strongly preferred. • Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally to support recruitment initiatives, stakeholder engagement, and leadership alignment; expected travel is approximately 15%. And other job duties that may be assigned. Responsibilities may be modified at any time as business needs require. Job Level: Management Why Biogen? We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives. At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about Biogen. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. As Biogen recently acquired Apellis, you can find additional open jobs on our Apellis website here. Not ready to apply? Submit your resume to our Talent Community and we’ll contact you if any applicable jobs become available. We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives. Scam Advisory: Please be cautious of scam recruitment offers claiming to be from Biogen. All legitimate correspondence from a Biogen employee will come from a "@biogen.com" email account. Learn more about scams and fraudulent job postings here.

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