About Sapio Sciences

Sapio Sciences is dedicated to accelerating scientific drug discovery and high-throughput clinical and diagnostics. Our team comprises expert scientists, software developers, and professionals passionate about delivering a best-in-class lab informatics platform and industry-specific solutions.

We offer a unified, highly configurable lab informatics platform and a broad suite of purpose-built solutions. This platform empowers scientists, laboratory, and bio/informatics professionals to streamline and manage end-to-end laboratory operations, including instrument data integration, workflow and experiment setup, sample and materials management, data management, and scientific data analysis and reporting.

At Sapio, we build tools for scientists, motivated to make the world a better place by making scientific progress faster. We foster a collaborative and forward-thinking environment where ideas are valued, growth matters, and work makes a difference. We partner with leading labs globally, from startups to large organizations.

Position Summary

Sapio Sciences is seeking a strategic, hands-on Talent Acquisition Director to lead the end-to-end hiring process for the company and its dual-brand structure (Sapio and Sigmatic Sciences). As we scale, this role will be crucial in attracting, engaging, and hiring exceptional talent, ensuring leaders have the right people to confidently grow their teams. This position combines strategic development of a scalable, brand-forward recruiting function with personally driving searches for critical and senior roles.

The Director will serve as a trusted partner to the executive team and hiring managers, anticipating workforce needs, elevating the candidate experience, and establishing Sapio as a destination for top talent in life sciences software. Living the Sapio brand and building genuine, lasting relationships with candidates and internal stakeholders will be central to all activities.

Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Strategy & Ownership

• Own the full-cycle recruiting process end-to-end, from workforce planning and intake through sourcing, assessment, offer, and close, across all functions and geographies.
• Partner with the CPO and executive leadership to translate hiring plans and headcount forecasts into actionable recruiting strategies that keep pace with growth.
• Build and continuously improve a scalable talent acquisition function, including process, playbooks, and infrastructure that support efficient, high-quality hiring at scale.
• Establish and track recruiting KPIs such as time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, pipeline health, offer acceptance, and source effectiveness, reporting accurately to leadership and the board as needed.

End-to-End Recruiting Execution

• Personally lead and run searches for business-critical roles, acting as a true search partner beyond basic coordination.
• Develop proactive sourcing strategies to build diverse, high-caliber pipelines, including passive candidate outreach and market mapping.
• Manage a consistent, efficient interview and selection process that moves quickly without compromising on quality or fit.
• Ensure timely, thoughtful communication with candidates at every stage, protecting speed and experience simultaneously.

Leadership & Hiring Manager Partnership

• Serve as a strategic advisor to hiring managers and the executive team, guiding them on market realities, role design, leveling, and compensation in partnership with the People team.
• Coach and enable managers to run effective, structured interviews and make sound, timely hiring decisions.
• Anticipate the needs of teams as they grow and expand, staying ahead of demand rather than reacting to it.
• Align closely with the broader People function surrounding the onboarding hand-off, ensuring a seamless candidate-to-employee transition.

Employer Brand & Candidate Experience

• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of full-cycle talent acquisition experience, including senior and executive-level recruiting, with time spent in a high-growth environment.
• 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.

Required Skills & Abilities

• 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, hiring managers, and executive leaders.
• Excellent organization and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage a high-volume, high-complexity requisition 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, cleaner, and more efficient.
• Sound judgment on talent, leveling, and compensation.
• Collaborative, team-oriented approach with a genuine commitment to a great candidate and hiring-manager experience.

Our People

At Sapio Sciences, our people are at the heart of everything we do. Our lab informatics solutions are powered not just by technology, but by a shared commitment to our core values—what we proudly call The Sapio Seven, aka EMBRACE:

• Embrace the future
• Make a difference
• Be true partners
• Remember why we’re here
• Act with empathy
• Commit to transparency
• Excel in quality

These values shape how we work, how we grow, and how we deliver impact for our clients every day.

Reasonable Adjustments & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage across the application, interview, and assessment processes, please let us know. We will work with you to support your needs in confidence.

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. We intend that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.