Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition

Overview

Looking to join a passionate team dedicated to developing and manufacturing life-saving biopharmaceuticals? Avid Bioservices is a leading clinical and commercial biologics CDMO focused on creating innovative solutions to meet the needs of our clients and improve patient outcomes.

Your Role: Take your career to the next level as our Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition
, where you will serve as a strategic leader, senior recruiter, and trusted advisor driving talent strategy across a fast-growing CDMO organization. Reporting to the VP of People, this role blends hands on recruiting expertise, strategic leadership, and cross-functional project ownership. You will shape hiring strategies, elevate TA operations, coach hiring leaders, own complex and highly technical requisitions, and influence workforce planning across the organization.

You will play a direct role in solving today’s hiring needs — while building the systems, brand, and pipelines that fuel Avid’s future.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership & Workforce Planning
• Act as the senior talent advisor to leaders across Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Development, G&A, and Commercial functions.
• Lead strategic discussions on workforce planning, talent forecasting, labor market insights, and hiring priorities.
• Advise executives and senior leaders on talent implications during organizational changes, growth initiatives, and scaling activities.
• Drive continuous improvement across recruiting processes, interviewing standards, ATS workflow, and hiring manager capability.
• High‑Level Recruiting Expertise (Senior IC Work)
• Lead full‑cycle recruitment for the most technical, niche, and senior‑level roles within the CDMO, biologics, and life sciences space.
• Own complex searches that require deep industry knowledge, proactive market mapping, sourcing creativity, and persistent follow‑through.
• Build, nurture, and leverage long-term pipelines of specialized CDMO, biotech, CRO, and manufacturing talent.
• Design sophisticated sourcing strategies that target passive and highly competitive talent segments.
• Team Influence, Coaching & Cross‑Functional Enablement
• Coach hiring managers on selection, interviewing, decision-making, and creating a high-quality candidate experience.
• Provide guidance and informal mentorship to junior recruiters and recruiting coordinators to elevate the team’s collective capability.
• Partner closely with HRBPs to ensure alignment between talent needs, business objectives, and internal mobility opportunities.
• Operational Excellence & TA Infrastructure
• Lead large-scale TA initiatives such as:
• Interview process redesign
• Employer brand enhancements
• DE&I hiring strategies
• Recruitment analytics and reporting
• Vendor and agency management
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to tell a compelling story around hiring performance, pipeline health, and bottlenecks.
• Continuously evaluate tools, systems, platforms, and vendors to ensure Avid remains competitive and efficient.
• University, Early Talent & Internship Program Leadership
• Oversee and evolve the university recruiting strategy, including partnerships, events, and brand presence.
• Strengthen and expand the internship program, ensuring early‑career talent pipelines are aligned with long-term organizational needs.
• Candidate Experience & Brand Stewardship
• Set the standard for exceptional candidate experience from first touch to offer acceptance.
• Represent Avid Bioservices’ values, mission, and culture with authenticity and clarity.
• Ensure a welcoming, timely, and engaging hiring journey that reinforces Avid as a premier employer in the CDMO space.
• Minimum Qualifications:
• 8+ years of experience in sourcing, full cycle recruiting, interviewing, and hiring — with at least 3 years leading complex searches or influencing senior-level hiring. 2-3 years managing small to medium teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong experience recruiting for specialized technical, scientific, operational, or leadership roles.
• Proven ability to operate with creativity, agility, and resourcefulness in a growing or resource‑constrained environment.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior executives and shaping talent decisions through…