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Ken Eng

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Senior Director, Talent Acquisition at Septerna
📍 South San Francisco, California, United States

Ken Eng is a top-performing talent acquisition leader with extensive experience in high-growth biotech organizations. Recognized as a culture champion, he excels at building robust talent pipelines and partnering with executive leadership. People who have worked with him describe him as a dedicated professional with high integrity.

He earned his Bachelors degree from UMass Boston and pursued graduate-level coursework and research at The University of British Columbia.

As Head of Talent Acquisition at Core Scientific, he successfully hired 87 team members in a single year.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition
Job Level
Senior
Location
South San Francisco, California, United States
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Biotech Recruiting
His career is focused on leading talent acquisition for biotech and pharmaceutical companies like Septerna and Ascendis Pharma, hiring for specialized scientific roles.
Workplace Culture
He is recognized as a "culture champion, " driving initiatives to foster inclusive and high-performing work environments that support employee engagement and retention.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition
Septerna
7-2022 - 8-2025
Head of Talent Acquisition
Septerna
1-2021 - 7-2022
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Global Talent Lead
Ascendis Pharma
7-2020 - 1-2021
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
6-2019 - 7-2020
Head of Talent Acquisition
Core Scientific
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Education
2000 - 2004
Courses and research toward graduate degree
The University of British Columbia
1994 - 1999
Bachelor's degree
UMass Boston
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