Background
Cpl Life Sciences US exclusively partnered with this clinical stage biotechnology company leading the way in Oncology development. With over $300M in funding, their novel platform is allowing them to expand into new disease areas at a rapid rate. As the company began their growth journey, they reached out to Cpl Life Sciences US from an existing prior relationship to support them in hiring a Vice President, Head of Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety who would assume responsibility for building and establishing a cross functional team.
Actions
Starting with an extensive briefing with the Chief Medical Officer and VP HR, the team were faced with identifying an exceptional candidate from an extremely limited candidate pool of local executive level physicians. Cpl Life Sciences US focused firstly on their own passive network and identified several candidates and augmented this with further candidates via direct referral and then progressed to an in-depth screening process. This led to two perfectly on brief candidates that moved swiftly to 1st stage interview process. Cpl Life Sciences US managed the coordination of all interviews and issuing meeting invites for both client and candidate to ensure agile control of the process and timelines which were critical within this high-profile hire.
Outcome
The organisation had placed a six-month time to hire on this critical role due to the knowledge around the exceptional lack of skilled talent within the geographical area and volume of similar roles with competitors. The successful candidate was identified and evaluated via a comprehensive screening and interview process and was offered and onboarded within three months of the initial brief.
Impact
During an aftercare call with the successful candidate after starting their new role the individual placed had already established themselves and was greatly enjoying their new role.
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