Manager, Executive Talent Acquisition

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Job Function

Human ResourcesJob Sub FunctionHR Business PartnersJob CategoryProfessionalAll Job Posting Locations:

Zug, Switzerland

Job Description

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a(n) Manager, Executive Talent Acquisition, located in Zug, Switzerland.

The Manager, Executive Talent Acquisition (Exec TA) leads and delivers executive‑level recruiting strategies for DePuy Synthes, partnering closely with senior leaders and HR to attract and secure top leadership talent. This role has a direct impact on shaping the future leadership of the organization by ensuring high‑quality, diverse, and values‑aligned executive hires.

Based in Geneva, this position offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and talent within a global MedTech organization undergoing significant transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end executive talent acquisition for senior and critical leadership roles across DePuy Synthes in the EMEA & APAC regions.
• Partner with executive leaders and HR to define leadership profiles, hiring strategies, and succession needs.
• Develop proactive sourcing strategies, including market mapping and direct outreach, to build diverse executive talent pipelines.
• Manage executive search processes, including coordination with external search firms where applicable.
• Ensure a high‑touch, confidential, and inclusive candidate experience throughout the executive hiring lifecycle.
• Provide market insights, talent intelligence, and hiring recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Drive operational excellence throughout the recruitment lifecycle and full TA team, including data integrity, and adherence to success metrics.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, governance standards, and data‑privacy requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in executive TA processes, tools, and assessment practices.
• Where Required To Be Managed Locally
• Document handling: Print, stamp/seal, mail/ship, distribute, and route documents for wet signatures.
• Records management: Store/archive/retrieve HR documents; fulfill requests; coordinate offsite storage; scan and name for Veeva.
• Compliance/admin: Upload/submit filings; print and hand-deliver to agencies; support audits and onsite audit coordination.

Qualifications

• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree required in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.

Required

Experience and

Skills

• 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.

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. OtherLanguage: Fluent English required; additional European language(s) preferred.

Travel: ~10% Certifications: Talent acquisition, executive search, or HR certifications preferred but not required. Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes.

The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law.

We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.#DePuySynthesCareers

Required Skills

Preferred Skills

• Change Management, Coaching, Consulting, Employee Engagement, Employee Relations, Employee Retention, HR Business Partnership, HR Strategic Management, Human Resources Consulting, Human Resources Law, Interpersonal Influence, Organizational Change Management, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Talent Management, Technical Credibility