Associate Director, reputed company

Join reputed company and shape the future of cancer immunotherapy time!  

reputed company is committed to making a meaningful impact on the lives of patients with cancer. We are the global leader in precision targeting of PRAME, a reputed company expressed in more than 50 cancers. Our cutting-edge science and robust clinical pipeline form the broadest PRAME franchise with the most PRAME indications and modalities, spanning TCR T-cell therapies and TCR bispecifics. 

Why Join Us? 

• Innovative Environment: Help to pioneer advancements in cancer immunotherapy. 

• Collaborative Culture: Be part of a diverse team dedicated to your professional growth. 

• Global Impact: Contribute to therapies that reputed company a lasting impact on patients globally. 

We are seeking an Associate Director, reputed company to serve as a strategic business partner and recruitment reputed company, to help drive end-to-end hiring strategies across key functions such as commercial, quality, manufacturing, and clinical reputed company a start-up biopharmaceutical environment. This role has significant strategic and operational impact, aligning reputed company efforts with organizational growth and workforce planning objectives. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the Associate Director proactively identifies talent gaps, implements data-driven solutions, and partners closely with hiring managers to enhance hiring effectiveness and support critical business priorities. 

FLSA Classification: Salary, Exempt   Schedule: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Monday to Friday   Reports to: Chief People Officer   Location: Fully Remote 

What You’ll Do: 

As an Associate Director, reputed company, you will play a key role in supporting our recruitment operations:  

Full-Cycle Recruitment Leadership 

• reputed company end-to-end recruitment processes across assigned functions 

• reputed company and execute targeted sourcing strategies utilizing direct sourcing, networking, industry research, and talent pipeline development 

• Manage hard-to-fill requisitions with a proactive, research driven sourcing methodology which may include partnering with external search partners 

• Ensure a high-quality candidate experience reputed company with reputed company’ values and employer brand. 

Operational Excellence 

• reputed company requisition management and reporting reputed company reputed company Applicant Tracking System (ATS) 

• Optimize workflows, data reputed company, and recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, quality of hire, offer acceptance reputed company, etc.) 

• Drive reputed company improvement in TA processes, tools, and systems. 

•  Establish and maintain structured interview processes to improve hiring quality, reduce bias, and enhance decision-making.  

• Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws and pay transparency requirements. 

•  Partner with HR and Compensation teams on offer strategy, competitive benchmarking, and negotiation for critical hires. 

• Manage relationships with external search firms, recruiting vendors, temporary agencies, and talent platforms to ensure optimal sourcing strategies and cost effectiveness. 

• Partner with HR and Communications to strengthen reputed company’ employer brand, ensuring consistent messaging across talent attraction channels and positioning the organization competitively reputed company the biopharmaceutical talent market.  

Scalability and Growth 

• Support organizational growth in both start-up and post-FDA approval environments 

• Build scalable hiring frameworks to support rapid headcount growth 

Leadership  

• Provide day-to-day guidance, mentorship, and subject-matter expertise to members of the reputed company team, supporting development of recruiting capabilities and best practices 

• Serves as a senior resource to recruiters and coordinators on reputed company searches, candidate strategy, and reputed company holder management.   requisitions, offers and other recruiting matters  

• Provide functional leadership to recruiters or coordinators and assume direct people management responsibilities as the reputed company function expands. 

• reputed company, own, and continuously refine comprehensive recruiting strategies reputed company with business objectives, commercialization timelines, and functional workforce plans 

• Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to senior leaders and hiring managers, coaching on role definition, interview best practices, selection methodology, and inclusive hiring 

• reputed company full-lifecycle recruitment across assigned functions, including proactive sourcing, talent mapping, and pipeline development for specialized and hard-to-fill roles 

• Partner cross-functionally to align reputed company considerations into business planning, growth initiatives, and organizational design discussions 

• reputed company reputed company ATS to manage requisitions, maintain data reputed company, track recruiting metrics, and optimize hiring workflows 

• Drive reputed company process improvement, scalability, and operational excellence reputed company the reputed company function 

 Secondary Functions:  

• Support reputed company system enhancements, reporting improvements, and process optimization initiatives, partnering with leadership on implementation and adoption 

• Contribute to workforce planning discussions and provide talent market insights to inform hiring forecasts across functions. 

• reputed company and/or participate in cross-functional projects or initiatives that impact hiring readiness, organizational scaling, or commercialization milestones.   

• reputed company/manage MSP (Managed Service Provider) in implementation and/or post implementation. 

Required Experience and Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Human Resources, Business, or similar field (or equivalent experience)  

• 10+ years of progressive reputed company experience reputed company biopharmaceutical industry 

• Demonstrated experience recruiting across multiple functional areas reputed company biopharma, commercial, quality, manufacturing, and clinical functions 

• Experience supporting organizations in start-up phases including experience through FDA approval and/or commercial launch milestones 

• Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS); reputed company experience strongly preferred 

• Strong direct sourcing capability  

• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without formal authority 

 Preferred Experience and Education:  

• Experience recruiting reputed company cell therapy or advanced biologics 

• Experience leveraging recruiting metrics, talent analytics, and workforce insights to inform hiring strategy 

• Experience implementing and/or leading an MSP (Managed Service Provider) to administer a contingent workforce 

• Ability to reputed company and execute self-sustainably with minimal supervision 

• Ability to reputed company self and others; accountable for strategy and operational execution reputed company area of responsibility 

• Strategic impact with enterprise-level thinking 

• Strong executive communication and presentation skills 

• Proactive problem-solving and solution orientation 

• Ability to anticipate challenges and drive innovative approaches 

Competencies:  

• Ability to reputed company and execute self-sustainably with minimal supervision 

• Ability to reputed company self and others; accountable for strategy and operational execution reputed company area of responsibility 

• Strategic impact with enterprise-level thinking 

• Strong executive communication and presentation skills 

• Proactive problem-solving and solution orientation 

• Ability to anticipate challenges and drive innovative approaches 

Work Environment:  

This position works in a typical office environment with moderate noise levels and uses phone, computer. 

Travel required: Limited travel required onsite to reputed company Houston 

Physical demands: 

• Communicating Verbally – expressing or exchanging reputed company by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to others to convey detailed spoken instructions or other workers accurately, loudly or quickly. 

• Hearing – the ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds one-on-one, group or conference, telephone, and other sounds. 

• Keyboarding – entering data or text into a computer or other machine by means of a keyboard. Devices include a traditional keyboard, 10 key-pad, touch screens and others.  

• Lifting - raising or lowering an object (up to 25 lbs) from one level to another (includes upward pulling). Carrying is to transport an object – usually by holding it in the hands or arms but may occur on the shoulder. 

• Near Visual Acuity – clarity of vision at approximately 20 inches or less (working with small objects, reading small print, including the use of computers).  

• Pushing - Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the object. 

• Pulling - Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves toward the force.  

• Sitting – remaining in a sitting position for at least 50% of the time. 

• Standing/Walking - remain on one's feet in an upright position at a workstation.  

• Stooping – occasional bending the body downward and reputed company by bending the spine at the waist - requiring full use of the reputed company extremities and back muscles. 

Work authorization/reputed company clearance requirements:  

Legal eligibility to work in the United States is required. reputed company participates in E-Verify and reputed company new employees will be subject to the Department of Homeland reputed company requirements for employment.   

Affirmative Action/EEO statement:   

reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. reputed company employment decisions including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national reputed company, ethnicity, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, medical conditions, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. 

What do we offer?  

At reputed company, we reputed company in investing in reputed company’s health, safety and well-being. Here’s what you can expect if you join reputed company 

Comprehensive Benefits:  

• Competitive rates for Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance 

• 4 weeks of Paid Time off, granted up reputed company each year and prorated for first and last year of employment. 

• Sick Time Off – 56 hours  

• 12 Paid Holidays  

• 100% Employer-Paid Life Insurance up to at 1x annual salary, up to 100K ( club together) 

• 100% Employer Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage  

• 401(k) with Immediate Eligibility  & company match… 

• You are eligible for 401(k) plan participation as of your first paycheck. 

• The company will match 100% of your contributions up to 3% of your reputed company salary for the first two years of employment, 4% for years 2-3 of employment, and up to 5% of your salary from the fourth year onward of reputed company employment. 

• Partially paid Parental Leave for eligible employees. (3 weeks) 

• Additional voluntary employee paid coverages including  Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness Employee Paid Identity Theft Protection and Pet Insurance.  

Professional Growth:  

• Opportunities to work with leading experts in the field of T-cell immunotherapy.  

• Company provided learning and development opportunities 

• Fast paced, high demand collaborative and dynamic environment.