Lead Recruiter – Regulatory & Clinical (CRO/Pharma)

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Welocalize

Spain

Hybrid

Posted April 6, 2026

Job Description

As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Overview

As a Talent Lead specialising in Regulatory and Clinical recruitment, you will own end-to-end talent acquisition within the CRO/Pharma domain, with particular depth across Clinical Trials, Pharmaceuticals, and Pharmacovigilance. You will manage and guide a small team of recruiters and partner management professionals, balancing hands-on recruitment delivery with day-to-day team direction and tactical execution of objectives.

You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders across the globe, adapting your approach to the cultural expectations and communication styles of diverse regional teams. As the domain expert for Life Sciences recruitment, you will drive candidate quality, maintain partner accountability, and deliver data-driven insights that directly inform hiring decisions. Your advanced knowledge of Lever will underpin pipeline management, targeted workflow automation, and accurate reporting to leadership.

Main Responsibilities

Recruitment Delivery

Lead the full recruitment lifecycle for specialised Regulatory and Clinical roles globally, including Clinical Trial Management, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Medical Writing, and related disciplines.

Drive candidate attraction using specialist channels beyond LinkedIn — clinical trial registries, professional associations, and targeted direct sourcing strategies.

Apply Life Sciences expertise to rigorously create assessment frameworks that accurately assess candidates and freelancers against technical competency frameworks (GCP, ICH guidelines, regulatory submissions) and project-specific requirements.

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gcp

machine learning

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