Pharmacy Talent Acquisition Partner, Region 5 - Mountain West

Job Summary

Develops market-specific actions plans to increase our hiring and pipeline development of pharmacists. Plays a key role in positioning Walgreens as an employer of choice by supporting pharmacist recruitment efforts across the Mountain West Region. The Mountain West Region encompasses the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. Serves as a trusted advisor and partner to field operations leaders by understanding pharmacist hiring needs and identifying market-specific diverse talent sources.

Regional Office : 222 S. Mill Avenue, Ste: 800 / Tempe, AZ / 85281

Job Responsibilities

• Develop diversity-focused pharmacist recruitment action plans, including quarterly return on investment analysis, review of overall effectiveness and success of recruiting plans, diversity and early talent program impact, school and partnership data.
• Provides ongoing talent analysis for hiring centers by sharing pharmacist market trends and insights, reviewing workforce planning, turnover/exit data, and competitive analysis.
• Partners with TA Specialist to develop the regional recruitment action plan for pharmacists, including quarterly review/analysis.
• Leads pharmacist early talent recruiting efforts by developing and implementing early talent action plans through data analysis, benchmarking, candidate tracking, and post-event return on investment.
• Manages early talent events, including schedules, tasks, deliverables, and post-event analysis.
• Helps to drive early talent and career development programs across the region, fostering a long-term pipeline of pharmacist talent.
• Represents Walgreens at select pharmacist events, connecting candidates to job opportunities across the organization.
• Coach and equip Field Operations Leaders with consistent brand messaging, promoting current and future opportunities. Partnering with Talent Brand to develop market specific and/or school specific marketing content, including Regional social media efforts.
• Partners with the University Relations team to review and enhance pharmacist campus-recruitment related processes and programs (e.g., Event Registration Process, and On-Campus Interview Process, Scholarship Programs).
• Collaborating across Field Operations Hiring Leads to understand tactics and recruiting levers.
• Manages experiential education process including IPPE and APPE programs.
• Pipeline and supports summer Community Pharmacy Internship program.

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens ( has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Pharmacy or Pharmacist Degree from an accredited educational institution.
• At least two years experience as a registered pharmacist.
• Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.
• Experience screening, interviewing and/or assessing talent.
• At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to/at least 50% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing recruitment action plans, including analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to various audience levels.
• Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals with little or no supervision, depending on oneself to complete objectives and determining when escalation of issues is necessary.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary Range: $114800 - $183600 / Salaried