Director, Talent Acquisition

• Champion Sapio’s employer brand in the market, positioning the company as an employer of choice within life sciences and scientific software.

• Design a candidate experience that reflects the Sapio brand, personable, respectful, and high touch at every interaction.

• Strive for a hiring experience that leaves every candidate, hired or not, as an advocate for Sapio.

Process, Systems & Efficiency

• Own, administer, and optimize Lever (ATS) as the system of record for all recruiting activity ensuring data integrity, clean pipeline hygiene, and accurate, real-time reporting.

• Continuously improve the recruiting process end to end, identifying bottlenecks and designing workflows, automation, and playbooks that drive speed and efficiency without sacrificing quality.

• Configure and evolve Lever to support the team as it scales building pipelines, stages, templates, and integrations that streamline the hiring workflow.

• Use data and market insight to measure process performance, inform strategy, and drive continuous improvement in time-to-fill, cost, and quality of hire.

• Ensure compliance with employment regulations and consistent, equitable hiring practices across all regions in which Sapio operates.

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 8+ years of full-cycle talent acquisition experience in a high-growth environment, including personally managing senior and Director-level searches.

• Prior experience building or scaling a talent acquisition function, ideally within SaaS, or life sciences.

• Hands-on experience administering and optimizing an ATS (Lever strongly preferred).

• Experience recruiting across multiple geographies (US and international, UK/Europe, a plus).

• Experience partnering with executive stakeholders and supporting board- or PE-facing hiring priorities preferred.

• • Strategic and hands-on: able to design the strategy and personally execute the searches that matter most.
• • Strong relationship-building and influencing skills with candidates
• and executive leaders.
• • Excellent organization and prioritization skills
• with the ability to manage a high-volume
• high complexity req load.
• • Data-driven mindset with deep proficiency in Lever or comparable ATS platforms and recruiting analytics.
• • A process-improvement orientation — always looking to make the hiring engine faster
• and more efficient.
• and compensation.
• team-oriented approach with a genuine commitment to a great candidate and hiring-manager experience.