Principal Talent Acquisition Partner (Life Sciences)

Location: Remote, London, or Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Company

hirify.global develops science-driven instruments and in vitro diagnostic solutions for biopharmaceutical, clinical, and healthcare applications, with FDA-registered and ISO-certified manufacturing operations.

What you will do

• Advise executives, functional leaders, HR Business Partners, and hiring managers on talent strategy and workforce planning.
• Guide role design, leveling, hiring profiles, compensation competitiveness, market conditions, and sourcing strategy.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting for critical and specialized roles from intake through offer acceptance.
• Source, engage, assess, and close passive candidates across EMEA and global markets.
• Build pipelines for technical, scientific, quality, regulatory, clinical, manufacturing, commercial, and leadership positions.
• Use market intelligence, recruiting analytics, structured interviews, scorecards, and sourcing tools to improve hiring quality and efficiency.

Requirements

• Fluent English, with excellent written, verbal, consultative, and presentation skills.
• 10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including senior-level strategic business partnership responsibilities.
• Experience recruiting across Germany, the United Kingdom, and broader EMEA; experience across APAC is highly preferred.
• Experience leading complex searches and influencing Vice Presidents, General Managers, functional leaders, and hiring managers.
• Recruiting experience in medical devices, diagnostics, biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare technology, advanced manufacturing, or similarly regulated environments.
• Ability to work independently across multiple countries, cultures, and time zones while balancing strategic advisory work with hands-on recruiting.

Nice to have

• Fluent written and spoken German.
• Experience in IVD, diagnostics, medical device, clinical, quality, regulatory, or life sciences product environments.
• Familiarity with FDA requirements, ISO 13485, IVDR, MDR, GxP, validation, CAPA, and clinical evidence functions.
• Experience with global transformation, acquisition integration, organizational scaling, or high-growth hiring.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management platforms, LinkedIn Recruiter, recruiting analytics, and AI-enabled talent tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, empowered culture based on customer centricity, ingenuity, ownership and accountability, collaboration, and integrity.
• Work with a global organization serving customers in more than 100 countries.
• Mission-driven environment focused on improving patient care and advancing scientific discovery.
• Role includes communication and collaboration across Europe, North America, and Asia.