Life Sciences Senior Recruiter - Hybrid North Los Angeles CA

The Role 

Senior Recruiter/Talent Business Partner 

Korn Ferry is seeking a Senior Recruiter who operates as a trusted talent advisor and strategic partner to hiring managers. This role goes beyond traditional recruiting delivery and is designed for an elevated recruiter who brings market insight, consultative guidance, and a consistently high-quality hiring manager and candidate experience. 

The Senior Recruiter serves as the single point of contact for hiring managers across permanent hiring and internal mobility, ensuring clarity, accountability, and a human-centric experience throughout the end-to-end hiring lifecycle. This role partners closely with internal candidate attraction and candidate experience hubs, while maintaining ownership of the hiring strategy, stakeholder experience, and outcomes. 

As part of Korn Ferry’s Talent Acquisition capability, this role reflects our belief that recruiting is both a science and a consultative craft, grounded in data, insight, and trusted relationships. 

Key Responsibilities 

Strategic Hiring Manager Partnership 

• Act as the primary strategic advisor and single point of contact for hiring managers, guiding them through permanent hiring and internal mobility decisions 

• Lead intake and role discovery conversations to align on business needs, success profiles, and hiring priorities 

• Consult with managers on talent market insights, availability, competitiveness, and hiring trade-offs to enable informed decision-making 

• Set clear expectations and provide ongoing guidance on hiring timelines, candidate quality, and process milestones 

End-to-End Talent Advisory and Delivery 

• Own the full recruitment lifecycle while leveraging internal sourcing, attraction, and candidate experience hubs for execution support 

• Develop and execute tailored hiring strategies that balance external hiring with internal mobility opportunities 

• Translate role requirements into compelling talent narratives that reflect both the position and Korn Ferry’s value proposition 

• Use data, insights, and feedback loops to continuously refine hiring strategies and outcomes 

Candidate Experience Leadership 

• Serve as the steward of a consistent, inclusive, and human-centric candidate experience across all touchpoints 

• Partner with internal candidate experience teams to ensure alignment, transparency, and timely communication 

• Conduct structured, competency-based interviews to assess capability, potential, and cultural alignment 

• Represent Korn Ferry as a trusted advisor and employer brand ambassador throughout the candidate journey 

Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement 

• Ensure consistent application of recruitment processes, governance, and compliance standards 

• Leverage applicant tracking systems and recruitment technologies as tools for insight, transparency, and accountability 

• Identify and proactively communicate opportunities to improve hiring manager experience, candidate experience, and process effectiveness 

• Contribute to broader talent acquisition transformation efforts through feedback, best practices, and innovation 

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of full cycle recruitment experience

• 5+ years of client facing experience interacting with Hiring Managers throughout the recruitment process

• 5+ years of experience conducting competency and behavioral based interviews

• 5+ years of Applicant Tracking System experience

• 3+ years of life sciences recruitment experience; strong preference for medical device recruitment

• 2+ years of experience developing and executing sourcing methodologies to include: market mapping, recruitment strategies and Boolean searches

• High School Diploma