Recruitment Lead

Position Summary
You will lead recruitment activities for Pakistan, working with hiring managers, HR Business partners and external suppliers. You will design and deliver practical recruitment plans that attract high-quality candidates. We value clear communication, coaching, and data-led decisions. This role offers growth, meaningful impact and the chance to help GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Key responsibilities

• Coach, develop and manage recruiters and vendor/RPO relationships; provide people management and capacity planning.

• Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines and market maps for hard-to-fill and leadership roles.

• Partner with hiring managers, HR business partners and leadership to design role profiles and selection processes.

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for assigned roles: sourcing, assessment, selection, offer and onboarding.

• Use recruitment metrics and market insights (time-to-fill, quality of hire, candidate experience) and dashboards to improve outcomes.

• Drive employer branding and candidate experience initiatives.

• Act as a hands-on recruiter (sourcing, screening, closing candidates).

• Manage relationships with external vendors, search firms and agencies to deliver cost‑effective results.

• Support project-based initiatives related to recruitment (sourcing campaigns, RPO transitions, market mapping); project management experience is a plus.

Qualifications & experience

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s in HR/Business or related field preferred).

• Minimum 6+ years’ end-to-end recruitment experience, including experience as a recruitment lead with leadership responsibilities.

• Proven people management skills (managing recruiters and direct reports).

• Experience in filling senior and top leadership roles; support cross‑country or above‑country hiring and multicultural assignments.

• Experience working with leadership teams and influencing at senior levels in a matrixed environment.

• Hands-on recruiting background and able to act as recruiter and lead recruitment strategy simultaneously.

• Experience working with agencies or as a recruitment consultant is a plus.

• Strong stakeholder management and consultative influencing skills.

• Proven use of ATS tools (Workday preferred) and strong data literacy; Power BI experience is an advantage.

• Experience with multinational/multicultural environments and above‑country hiring is desirable.

Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

Contact information:
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