Senior Regional Medical Lead

• MD or MPharm qualification 
• Experience within medical affairs at a regional or global level 
• ABPI final signatory
• Ideally experience within rare diseases or a biotech environment
• UK-based with willingness to travel globally 30% of the time.

• The presented candidates did not meet the all the above requirements
• The number of CVs submitted was low, showcasing only part of the market 
• Interviewed candidates were unsuitable due to lack of experience at regional level and didn’t align with company values
• Agencies demonstrated a lack of understanding regarding pharmaceutical physicians in the UK market and lacked the network or ability to headhunt more passive candidates.  

Our Solution:

• Our team engaged with senior stakeholders in the organisation, alongside talent acquisition to understand the challenges to date
• We provided the client with a full and detailed re-briefing on the assignment
• We conducted pre-assignment market intelligence to align client requirements with current market conditions
• We agreed timelines and milestones with the client, and created a communication plan regarding sourcing progress
• We provided valuable market feedback, insights into current trends in the market, and full, detailed profiling of candidates submitted. 

Results:

• Through a detailed market mapping exercise, we engaged with over 100 suitable candidates, identifying 30 as a good fit 
• We met, interacted and discussed in detail the opportunity with a total of 18 candidates
• Six candidates were submitted.  
• Four candidates were interviewed at the first stage, and three candidates moved to second stage. One candidate selected and offered. 
• We were able to deliver on all of the above within a period of 12 weeks