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US: Early Career Talent Specialist

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, T-cell receptor (TCR-T), and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. From our three R&D sites around the world, we apply these innovative technologies to pursue the discovery of safe, efficacious and cutting-edge therapeutics for patients worldwide.

 

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel). Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

 

Legend Biotech is seeking an Early Career Talent Specialist as part of the Human Resources team based in Bridgewater, NJ.

Role Overview

Legend Biotech is seeking an Early Career Talent Specialist (Contract) to support the execution and scaling of our early career recruiting and leadership pipeline initiatives.

This role is responsible for full-cycle recruitment of interns, co-ops, and high-potential early career talent, while also coordinating university relations activities and supporting the development of external future-leader programs. The position will work closely with the Senior Manager and hiring leaders across R&D, Manufacturing, Commercial, Corporate Functions, and Medical Affairs to attract and assess top emerging talent aligned with Legend’s long-term capability and succession needs.

This individual will play a key role in delivering a high-quality candidate and intern experience and helping build a sustainable talent pipeline that supports Legend Biotech’s continued growth.

Key Responsibilities

 

  • Manage full-cycle recruiting for interns, co-ops, and early career high-potential program candidates across multiple business functions for FT Hi-Po Leadership Program.
  • Design and execute targeted early-career sourcing strategies to identify, attract, and nurture talent pipeline for current & future needs.
  • Leverage data and market insights to continuously improve candidate quality, diversity, and time-to-fill.
  • Actively represent Legend Biotech at career fairs, information sessions, networking events, and targeted student organization engagements.
  • Build and maintain strong partnerships with top universities, faculty, and career services teams to strengthen long-term pipelines.
  • Support the development of compelling early-career messaging and branding that highlights Legend’s culture, mission, and career opportunities.
  • Coordinate logistics and execution for on-campus and virtual recruiting events.
  • Serve as a thought partner and contribute to the design, execution, and continuous improvement of Legend’s intern and co-op programs.
  • Support planning and delivery of structured intern/co-op experiences, including onboarding and orientation programming; intern engagement events; learning sessions; End-of-program feedback and evaluations.
  • Contribute to the scaling and evolution of high-potential early-career programs, with particular focus on MBA, PhD, and MS/MA pipelines.
  • Ability to travel during recruitment season – 15%

 

 

This role will have autonomy and influence in the following areas:

  • Selection and hiring recommendations for high-potential early-career candidates
  • Programmatic enhancements to improve the candidate and intern experience
  • Recruitment process improvements and operational efficiencies
  • Candidate communication strategy and best practices

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; Human Resources, Business or Communications/Marketing preferred

Experience: 

  • 2-3 years’ experience in Talent Acquisition or Early Talent/University Recruitment.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of early-career recruiting models, intern/co-op programs, and university partnerships.
  • Strong relationship-building skills with internal stakeholders, universities, and external vendors.
  • Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Self-directed, proactive, and motivated by building future talent pipelines

Tech Skills

  •  ATS – Greenhouse and Handshake preferably
  • PPT Guru
  • Excel Champion

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Please note: These benefits are offered exclusively to permanent full-time employees. Contractors are not eligible for benefits through Legend Biotech.

 

EEO Statement

It is the policy of Legend Biotech to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state or local laws or ordinances.

 

Employment is at-will and may be terminated at any time with or without cause or notice by the employee or the company.

 
For information related to our privacy notice, please review: Legend Biotech Privacy Notice.

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