Lead Talent Acquisition Business Partner - English, French + Italian/Spanish speaking

Posted:
9/25/2025, 9:54:30 PM

Location(s):
Community of Madrid, Spain ⋅ Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France ⋅ Cork, Munster, Ireland ⋅ Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain ⋅ Lazio, Italy ⋅ Munster, Ireland ⋅ Rome, Lazio, Italy

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
People & HR

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

We are hiring a Lead Talent Acquisition Business Partner to join our team on a 1 year fixed term contract as a Stryker employee.

Candidates are required to speak fluent French & English + either Italian/Spanish.

Who we want 

  • Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets expectations. 

  • Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.  

What you will do 

As a Lead Talent Acquisition Business Partner you will be partnering with Hiring Managers and HR to identify, attract and hire top talent to support Stryker’s Supply Chain, HR, Engineering & Finance functions in EMEA.  This is a full-cycle recruitment role within our Talent Acquisition Center of Expertise (COE). 

Recruit   

  • Full cycle recruitment responsibilities from initial Intake Meeting with the Hiring Manager through to presenting offers and initiating contract creation & onboarding activities via HR colleagues. 

  • Facilitate Intake Meetings with Hiring Managers to understand role requirements, devise and implement effective internal & external sourcing strategies and agree the interview & selection approach for the role. 

  • Articulate a compelling career opportunity and advertise the vacancy, leveraging the Stryker Careers Site, job boards, social media channels, referrals and targeted engagement strategies to attract high quality, diverse candidate applications.  

  • Conduct initial screens with candidates to assess technical skills & cultural fit and excite them about the opportunities available at Stryker. 

  • Shortlist high quality candidates and manage them through the interview, assessment and selection process, delivering an outstanding candidate experience throughout. 

  • Present offers to successful candidates. 

  • Manage requisition lifecycle in ATS (Workday) with high accuracy and timeliness to ensure data integrity. 

   

Advise & Lead    

  • Listen to and understand the needs and motivations of all stakeholders .

  • Advise and guide hiring team on recruitment process, policy, technology, industry trends and best practices.

  • Communicate effectively to achieve alignment with the hiring team .

  • Tactfully drive the hiring process to hire top talent as quickly as possible .

  

Innovate   

  • Identify recruitment market trends, tools, technologies and share best practices .   

  • Participate in projects, implement best practices, embrace change and help improve the overall talent acquisition function.   

What you need 

  • Fluent business-level French, English.

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.

  • 4+ years of work experience required. 

  • 2+ years business-facing HR, HR COE, HR Operations, or role-related experience preferred.

Preferred

  • Fluent in Italian or Spanish

Travel Percentage: 0%

Stryker

Website: https://www.stryker.com/

Headquarter Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1941

IPO Status: Public

Industries: Biotechnology ⋅ Health Care ⋅ Life Science ⋅ Medical ⋅ Medical Device