Executive Search Talent Sourcer





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Job Description

Overview

BD is seeking a highly strategic, research-driven, and proactive Executive Search Talent Sourcer to support executive recruiting efforts across all business units, functions, and regions globally. This role serves as a critical partner to the Executive Search team by identifying, engaging, and assessing senior-level talent for Director, Vice President, Senior Vice President, General Manager, and C-suite opportunities.

The Executive Search Talent Sourcer will develop and execute sophisticated talent-mapping and market intelligence strategies, build diverse executive talent pipelines, and provide insight into competitive talent landscapes across the medical technology, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, commercial, digital, R&D, and corporate functions.

This individual will operate as a trusted partner to executive recruiters and hiring leaders while helping BD attract world-class leadership talent aligned with the company's strategy, culture, and growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Executive Talent Identification & Research

• Develop comprehensive sourcing strategies for executive-level searches globally.
• Identify, map, and engage senior leadership talent across all BD business units and functions.
• Conduct targeted executive talent research utilizing internal and external databases, professional networks, industry associations, and market intelligence platforms.
• Build talent pools and succession pipelines for strategic and recurring executive hiring needs.
• Create organizational charts, competitive landscape analyses, and executive market maps for target companies and industries.
• Identify passive candidates through direct sourcing and relationship-building approaches.

Talent Mapping & Competitive Intelligence

• Conduct market intelligence research across healthcare, medical technology, life sciences, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, industrial manufacturing, and adjacent industries.
• Analyze organizational structures and talent movements within competitor organizations.
• Develop insights on executive compensation trends, diversity representation, talent availability, and leadership capabilities.
• Create executive talent reports, target company lists, and candidate benchmarking analyses.
• Provide executive recruiters and stakeholders with actionable market insights to support hiring decisions.

Candidate Engagement

• Develop compelling outreach strategies to attract passive executive talent.
• Conduct initial conversations with prospective candidates to evaluate leadership experience, organizational fit, career interests, and motivation.
• Maintain ongoing relationships with high-potential executive talent for future opportunities.
• Support candidate relationship management throughout the executive search process.
• Ensure a best-in-class candidate experience for executive-level prospects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree

• Minimum 5+ years of executive sourcing, executive research, talent intelligence, executive recruiting, or retained search experience.
• Experience supporting executive searches across multiple functional disciplines within a global organization, retained search firm, or executive search environment.
• Demonstrated success identifying and engaging senior leadership talent.
• Experience conducting organizational mapping and competitive market research.
• Advanced talent mapping and organizational research capabilities.
• Strong market intelligence and competitive analysis experience.
• Expertise in identifying passive executive talent.

At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry. For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting.

For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.

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