Associate Recruiter
- Costa Rica - Escazu
Use Your Power for Purpose
Our Candidate Experience team is composed of dedicated, solution-oriented, and agile colleagues who think big and challenge the status quo to create space for meaningful work. Your diverse perspectives and experiences will help shape our workforce. Whether you are in talent acquisition attracting the best candidates, a Generalist, or a People Experience Business Partner supporting our colleagues, or working behind the scenes, we all play a part in achieving the same goal: making Pfizer an inclusive and amazing workplace for everyone.
What You Will Achieve
In this role, you will:
- Contribute to project tasks and milestones, organizing work to meet deadlines and ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Learn and apply basic team effectiveness skills within the immediate work team, seeking guidance from colleagues as needed
- Make decisions within limited options to resolve basic problems under the supervisor's direction, with regular review for technical judgment
- Support full-life cycle recruitment needs across all business units, including job postings, interview coordination, and preliminary screenings
- Manage vendor coordination and processing for both Talent Acquisition (TA) and Human Resources (HR) operations
- Maintain up-to-date employee files and manage talent data to build talent pipelines and mapping
- Increase candidate flow and develop strategic sourcing solutions to attract high-quality candidates, utilizing creative sourcing techniques for senior or mid-level positions
- Update the applicant tracking system and achieve recruitment metrics against global TA targets, ensuring a strong positive client and candidate experience
- Manage the offer process for external candidates, including pre-employment screening and offer development, adhering to diversity sourcing strategies
- Work in a structured environment using established procedures, exercising judgment with reliance on the supervisor, and proactively creating a diverse talent pipeline for hard-to-fill positions
Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)
- A BA/BS with 1+ years of experience, an associate's degree with at least 2 years of experience, or a high school diploma (or equivalent) with at least 3 years of relevant experience
- Experience using an ATS, Workday preferred
- Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working with Office and social media/networking sites
- A positive continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work effectively as a team member in a matrix environment
Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements)
- Experience in a direct recruiter role internally within Pfizer or within a large corporate environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge of strategic sourcing strategies
- Experience in an external recruitment role
- Strong customer service orientation
- Self-starter who is accountable and driven by a sense of urgency
- Strong problem-solving skills
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Last Date to Apply: January 2, 2026
EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) & Employment Eligibility
Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, or disability.
People ExperienceBreakthroughs that change patients’ lives
Research confirms what intuition tells us: that purpose-driven companies perform better, are more innovative, attract and retain the best people, and know how to unleash the power of those people. Pfizer’s purpose—Breakthroughs that change patients' lives—fuels everything we do and reflects our passion for building on our legacy as one of the greatest contributors of good to the world.
Each word in our purpose has meaning and reflects the value we strive to bring to patients and society:
“Breakthroughs” - These are the innovations, scientific and commercial, that we seek to deliver every day. All colleagues, regardless of role, level or location, strive for breakthroughs every day.
“Change” - We want to do more than simply improve patients’ medical conditions; we want to dramatically change their lives for the better.
“Patients’ lives” - We consider not only patients, but everyone they touch—including their families, caregivers, and friends—and everything they love to do. It’s an intentionally holistic view.
Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.
Every decision we make and every action we take is done with the patient in mind—and to nurture an environment where breakthroughs can thrive.
Our Values
To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose, we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.
The “how” is represented by four simple, powerful values—courage, excellence, equity, and joy—that define our company and our culture.
Courage: Breakthroughs start by challenging convention, especially in the face of uncertainty or adversity. This happens when we think big, speak up, and are decisive.
Excellence: We can only change patients’ lives when we perform at our best together. This happens when we focus on what matters, agree who does what, and measure our outcomes.
Equity: We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and cared for. This happens when we are inclusive, act with integrity, and reduce healthcare disparities.
Joy: We give ourselves to our work, but it also gives to us. We find joy when we take pride, recognize one another, and have fun.
People Experience
People Experience at Pfizer centers around its most asset: its people. From candidates considering Pfizer job openings to colleagues transitioning to Pfizer alums, the People Experience team provides unwavering support throughout the entire journey.
From benefits, compensation, recruiting, and onboarding to performance, growth, health, wellness, equity, inclusion, workplace, and communication, our focus remains firmly on elevating the overall experience of our people at every step.
Benefits at Pfizer
Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues. Our Pay for Performance Philosophy and Practices reward colleagues based on the contributions they make to our business.
Our Competitive Benefits Programs help our colleagues by:
- Promoting Health and Wellness to help colleagues maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pfizer offerings include health and disability insurance, preventative health programs, medical screenings, free or reduced-cost vaccinations, discounts on Pfizer products, mental health support, nutrition and fitness counseling and more.
- Strengthening Colleagues’ Financial Security by providing company contributions to retirement plans, life insurance and financial planning education to help colleagues achieve their financial goals.
- Providing Benefits and Time off for the Moments that Matter to ensure Pfizer colleagues have the time away from the office to recharge, recover and return to work as the best version of themselves. Vacation, Holiday time and Sick time are just the beginning, with a 12 week parental leave policy for both parents of a new born, 10 day of caregiver leave for those times when your family needs you whether it’s a child, spouse or parent, bereavement leave, and additional country-specific programs.
- And so much more, depending on your country and site, Pfizer offers childcare facilities or discount programs, on-site health and/or fitness centers, movement and mindfulness solutions, “Log in for your Day” work flexibility and so much more.
For U.S. based jobs, view an overview of Pfizer’s U.S. benefits program (opens in a new window)