Associate Director, Talent Acquisition

Job Description

Associate Director, Talent Acquisition – IT Technology Center

THE OPPORTUNITY

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130-year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• This position is responsible for developing IT technology center's talent acquisition strategy, analyzing recruitment needs, design and implement recruitment solutions including recruitment process, tools, systems, policies and guidance that are appropriate to local needs and ensure the alignment with the global and regional guidelines.
• This position would also be responsible to implement the recruiting and Talent Acquisition initiatives in the center, manage university relationships, and responsible for the executive recruiting and employer branding initiatives.

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

As the Associate Director, Talent Acquisition, you will lead a small team and oversee our global RPO who manages end to end volume hirings. You are an expert in talent acquisition processes who enables and deeply understands stakeholders and their needs. You will set the processes, roadmaps, and strategy, ensuring value; and candidate & hiring manager experiences are measured and achieved.

What will you do in this role:

The major activities of the incumbent are aimed at identifying talent acquisition needs, develop and implement plans that meet the needs for current and future organization capabilities. The activities will include but are not limited to

• Strategic planning for predictive modelling, enabling data-driven decision making.
• Work with Business leaders, HR Leader to understand Talent Acquisition needs and opportunity of organization development.
• Partner with HR Leaders in developing countries Talent Acquisition plan upon talent requirement for business operations and future talent needs.
• Manage the recruitment process, identify right channels for the talent acquisition. Partner with HRBP to address recruitment challenges. Manage the use of recruiting ad agency, search firm, leverage recruiting efforts across the countries.
• Envision strategy to achieve high-cost avoidance buy use of direct sourcing and proactive talent mapping for key roles.
• Manage and deliver executive hiring in the IT Technology Center
• Oversee employer branding activities, align with the global branding strategy and address the IT Technology Center needs.
• Develop internal and external communication plans to project corporate image as "Employer of Choice" to attract new high potentials and motivate existing ones.
• Work with RPO and provide guidance solutions.
• Drives social media strategy across IT Technology Center, should be passionate about branding and social interactions which helps improve visibility and established the organization well.
• Provide input in design on the development and improvement of TA and recruiting tools, processes and systems to ensure appropriate alignment with our strategies.
• Manage the implementation of the Talent Acquisition plan, programs and projects. Prepare the project plan, identify key stakeholders, monitor the progress, and measure the results.
• Report recruiting KPIs and monitor key metrics to assess Talent Acquisition execution.

What Should you have:

• Bachelor's degree & MBA preferred.
• 12+ years' experience in HR professional, Talent Acquisition experience is desirable. Understanding the data & digital landscape and quantitative science is highly preferred.
• Regional exposure and employer branding experience in the region is preferred.
• Fluent in English and local language; good knowledge of HR processes and tools in Talent Acquisition; able to link talent acquisition/recruitment objectives to business needs.
• Leadership Behaviors: Foster collaboration; Customer Focus; Drive Results. Business acumen. Shape the strategy. Excellent interpersonal, collaboration and communications skills; Project management and process management skills; Strong execution skills through monitoring of key metrics and managing operating budgets; multi-tasking, flexible approach to work, creative thinking.

Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. These Functions include HR, Finance, information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Business, Communication, Management Process

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Job Posting End Date:

09/17/2025

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Requisition ID:R364244