Manager, Executive Talent Acquisition

Johnson & Johnson seeks a Manager of Executive Talent Acquisition in Zug to lead high-level recruiting for DePuy Synthes, focusing on strategy, stakeholder partnership, and diverse talent pipelines.

This position is responsible for directing executive-level recruiting strategies for DePuy Synthes. The role involves collaborating with senior leadership and HR teams to attract top-tier management talent. It provides a chance to operate at the intersection of strategy and talent within a global MedTech organization that is currently undergoing significant transformation.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the complete executive recruitment lifecycle for critical and senior leadership positions across DePuy Synthes.
• Collaborate with executive leaders and HR partners to establish leadership profiles, hiring strategies, and succession requirements.
• Create proactive sourcing plans, such as market mapping and direct outreach, to cultivate diverse pipelines of executive candidates.
• Coordinate executive search processes, including management of external search firms when necessary.
• Guarantee a confidential, inclusive, and high-touch candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Deliver market insights, talent intelligence, and hiring recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Maintain compliance with company policies, governance standards, and data-privacy regulations.
• Drive continuous improvement in executive talent acquisition processes, tools, and assessment methods.
• Handle administrative document tasks, including printing, stamping, mailing, and routing for wet signatures.
• Manage HR records by storing, archiving, and retrieving documents, and coordinate offsite storage or scanning for Veeva.
• Support compliance and administrative duties, such as uploading filings, hand-delivering documents to agencies, and assisting with audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• Typically 6-8 years of progressive experience in talent acquisition, including executive or senior-level recruiting.
• Demonstrated experience managing executive search processes and senior stakeholder relationships.
• Strong ability to assess leadership capability, potential, and cultural alignment.
• Proven stakeholder-management and influencing skills at executive levels.
• High level of discretion and ability to manage confidential information.
• Experience working in complex, matrixed, and global organizations.
• Fluent English required.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• Experience recruiting in a regulated industry such as MedTech, Pharma, or Healthcare.
• Familiarity with global executive talent markets and diversity-focused hiring practices.
• Experience partnering with external executive search firms and assessment providers.
• Exposure to workforce planning or succession planning initiatives.
• Additional European language(s) preferred.
• Talent acquisition, executive search, or HR certifications preferred but not required.

What the company offers

• An inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.
• Support for the whole health of employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey.

About the company

Johnson & Johnson is guided by its Credo and is responsible to its employees who work with us throughout the world. The company believes health is everything and aims to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured. The company respects the diversity and dignity of its employees and recognizes their merit.

• The company believes health is everything and aims to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured.
• The company is guided by its Credo and is responsible to its employees who work with us throughout the world.
• The company respects the diversity and dignity of its employees and recognizes their merit.