Taconic

Scientific Program Manager

Bringing "Business Critical" solutions to a leading service provider to the international biomedical research community.

OUR CLIENT'S NEED: This position had been open for over a year before they contacted us-and it had become a “business critical” need...Our Life Sciences Recruiter/Partner felt the hiring manager’s pain through their words, and was determined to fill this role.

THEIR SEARCH CHALLENGES: They needed someone who could be customer facing and was a subject matter expert in the field of “in vivo model generation”, traveling 50-60% travel both domestically and internationally. They also needed to have experience developing these models, not just working with them. The additional challenge was the fact that there weren’t many companies to recruit from, as most organizations (pharma & biotechs) outsource this type of need/work.

HOBSON’S TALENT DELIVERY SOLUTION: We were advised that our best bet would be to focus on academia, and more specifically-people who worked in “transgenic academic cores.” So we gathered a list of universities that offered these types of programs and then put our true cold calling skills to the test. Our determination and training paid off, and we were able to find the right candidate for Taconic- sooner than later!