Talent Acquisition Lead - Early in Career

Posted:
1/8/2026, 1:25:32 AM

Location(s):
Bogota, Capital District, Colombia ⋅ Bogota, Bogota, Capital District, Colombia

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
People & HR

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Human Resources

Job Sub Function:

Talent Acquisition

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly collaborative Talent Acquisition Lead focus on early-in-career hiring across the region.

This role focuses on building and scaling campus and entry-level recruitment programs, leading end-to-end recruitment cycles, and driving continuous improvement through best practices.

You will lead by influence, partnering with HR, business leaders, universities to attract a diverse high-potential talent pipeline for the organization.

Key responsibilities
- Own end-to-end early-in-career recruitment across the region (e.g.: internships, co-ops, recent graduates, entry-level roles)
- Build and nurture strategic university and college relationships across the region; design and execute campus engagement programs, events, and talent pipelines.
- Lead recruitment cycles and volume hiring initiatives: create sourcing strategies, manage candidate experience, coordinate assessment stages, and ensure timely decisions.
- Act as a regional subject-matter partner for early-in-career hiring: advise hiring managers and business stakeholders, influence selection decisions, and ensure alignment to workforce plans.
- Drive continuous improvement of TA processes and candidate experience using internal feedback and external best practices; implement scalable solutions.
- Monitor and analyze recruitment metrics and use data to identify trends, recommend improvements and prioritization.
- Manage relationships externally (campus partners, assessment providers, event organizers) to maximize ROI and candidate quality.
- Serve as first level of escalation for early-in-career staffing issues and coordinate resolution with relevant stakeholders.

Qualifications
- 6–8 years of talent acquisition experience (regional experience preferred).
- Proven track record managing full life-cycle recruitment and building university relationships.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills — comfortable partnering with different levels and area across the organization.
- Data-driven mindset with experience using recruitment metrics and ATS reporting to drive decisions and improvements.
- Excellent verbal and written communication in Spanish and English; Portuguese is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with local markets across the region labor practices and privacy/compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
- Highly organized, project-oriented, and able to run multiple hiring cycles in parallel.

Preferred
- Experience designing employer branding and campus engagement initiatives.
- Background with assessment tools, campus events, or early talent programs (internships, rotational programs).
- Experience implementing or improving TA process playbooks and candidate experience flows.

 

 

Required Skills:

Talent Acquisition, Talent Recruitment

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Johnson & Johnson

Website: https://www.jnj.com/

Headquarter Location: Beerse, Antwerpen, Belgium

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1886

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Seed

Industries: Biotechnology ⋅ Health Care ⋅ Manufacturing ⋅ Medical ⋅ Pharmaceutical