Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device

Scientific Search specializes in recruiting and staffing for a broad spectrum of technical and scientific positions within the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device industries.  Positions include technical, management and executive levels (including Directors and Vice Presidents) and many segments such as discovery research, clinical research, regulatory affairs, medical education, quality control, engineering, operations and marketing.   Some typical positions that we have placed are:

Brand Management
Chemist
Clinical Research
Compliance
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Documentation Control
Drug Safety
Marketing
Medical Director
Laboratory
Medical Device Manufacturing
Medical Science Liaison (MSL)
Operations
Packaging
Product Development
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Regulatory Affairs
Sales
Scientist
Technology Transfer
Validation

Our internal database contains thousands of qualified pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device professionals that we have established relationships with.  We are typically able to provide you with outstanding candidates within days of a request if not sooner.  Here are some candidates our staff has identified as exceptional in what they do, and potentially high impact hires at their new organizations:

Featured Pharmaceutical Candidates

2,288 – Senior Manager, Manufacturing – 15+ years in manufacturing roles. Extensive experience in business development, customer service, operations/clinical supplies production, technical services consulting, new product launches, training, product assurance and quality control. Ample clinical drug experience. Worked in International operation sites, performing detailed outlining of project requirements to provide accurate price quotes for clinical and commercial agreements. Drafted and revised validation protocols for equipment and facilities. Part of a group which will achieve over $100M annual sales. Performed package design, labeling and patient insert for US, Canadian and EU markets for first commercial product for NDA filing. Product required Cold Chain distribution and handling. MBA – Operations Management, BS – Chemistry/Biology.

For additional information about this exceptional candidate, please contact Kim Laipple, kim@scientificsearch.com.


150,520 – Senior Project Manager – 25+ years of biopharmaceutical experience. Proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional product development through all phases of drug development and post-market introduction. Experience leading or managing MAbs projects. Implemented flexible service provider alliance governance structure with IT service providers. Responsible for ensuring company receives the value and expected performance for all of its contracted informatics services. Manage the alliance governance structure; lead R&D, Business Operations, and Marketing Operations Alliance Program, Steering and Executive committee meetings. Modified the risk identification, risk quantification, and resource requirements processes resulting in fewer mitigation issues and reduced budget and schedule variance. BS – Biological Sciences, MBA – Financial Management.

For additional information about this exceptional candidate, please contact Kim Laipple, kim@scientificsearch.com.


175,899 – Principle Research Investigator - Over 20 years in industry. Provided scientifically sound and strategic nonclinical development plans to management and project teams. Wrote and critically reviewed submission documents such as CTD sections for INDs and NDAs, Investigator Brochures, and briefing books to support clinical trials and drug registration globally. Proposed new ideas and led teams from discovery to preclinical development. Setup Magnetic Resonance Imaging models. Established and performed troubleshooting on behavioral models as well as imaging experiments. Areas of Expertise: In vivo Modeling, Behavioral pharmacology, PK/ PD models, In-licensing assessment, Prepared Internal reports, IACUC representative, Project team leader, Management of up to 5 associates. MBA – Pharmaceutical Studies. BA – Psycho-Biology.

For additional information on this exceptional candidate, please contact Stu Bergen, sb@scientificsearch.com.


176,117 – Senior Principal Biostatistician – *Willing to relocate* 20+ years experience. Extensive leadership skills. Therapeutic area experience: virology, urology. Assessing safety of Phase I-Phase III compounds. Involved in specialized epidemiologic assessments. Lead analyst for identification of novel biomarkers. Managed 6 professional and 1 support staff for an epidemiologic study of HIV prevalence and risk behavior among prison populations. Utilize external database in assessment of risk. Writing trial and project statistical analysis safety plans (SAPs). Co-author of clinical trial protocols, reports, publications, and special project reports. Interact with the FDA about IND/NDA submissions. Coordination of data management and programming staff.

For additional information on this exceptional candidate, please contact Tom O’Hanlon, tom@scientificsearch.com.


173,285 – Operations Manager – *Will consider consulting opportunities* Extensive international experience in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Chemical Engineer with an MBA and broad background in operations management, facility management, divisional management, strategic planning, process and project engineering. Strong background in Operational Excellence and Six Sigma. Managed global, strategic capital project portfolio and a $5MM capital budget to support growth targets set by senior leadership. Led process development, implementation, and validation for plant equipment, operation and maintenance. Designed, installed and validated a $1MM isolator system in the UK for size reduction of highly potent compounds in batch sizes up to 400 kg. System generated $3MM of sales in first year of operation.

For additional information about this exceptional candidate, please contact Kim Laipple, kim@scientificsearch.com.


174,100 – Manager, Pharmaceutical Analysis – 10+ years of supervisory / managerial experience. Excellent technical writing skills, including preparation of CMC sections for regulatory documents such as IND’s, amendments, annual reports. In depth knowledge and experience in laboratory instrument qualifications, including qualification of automated systems. Extensive CRO/contract testing lab experience in US and internationally. Responsible for coordination of all analytical testing performed in the Pharmaceutical Analysis group, including analysis of R&D compounds in early development stage, review of data and reports. Management of all contract laboratories engaged in testing. Coordinated and supervised contractors for qualification activities as applicable. MS – Chemistry.

For additional information about this exceptional candidate, please contact Kim Laipple, kim@scientificsearch.com.


74,124 – Senior Clinical Scientist – *Willing to relocate* Strong therapeutic area experience in Oncology, GI, CNS, Transplant, Immunology and Urology. Experience in Phase I-III Trials. Participate in protocol and study design activities that include medical/protocol training for site management and completion of clinical sections of the site reference manual. Maintain a strong knowledge of protocol and all medical and operational aspects to filter standard questions before reaching other disciplines within the study team. Independently write/design protocol synopsis, clinical summaries, and protocol amendments in collaboration with the medical monitor, trial lead, statisticians, and other relevant groups. Provide site qualification, identification and selection input. Perform medical review of patient level data across study and issue queries for discrepancies. Lead medical input for and participant in ADD/IDRP/CRF design. Provide input for the design of Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) and the Clinical Data Presentation Package (CDPP). PhD – Epidemiology, MBA – Pharmaceutical Business.

For additional information on this exceptional candidate, please contact Tom O’Hanlon, tom@scientificsearch.com.


157,917 – Senior Manager, Manufacturing – executive experienced in turning around cGMP operations and R&D functions. Change agent leading technical transfer, engineering and facilities to a segment leadership position. Adept at managing operations, engineering, quality, materials, finance and personnel functions. Responsibilities include supporting new clients and projects, guiding facilities/equipment qualification, product/process technology transfers, scale-up, process and cleaning validation, and start-ups for timely launch of Rx and OTC sterile and non-sterile solutions/suspensions, semi-solids, implants, and extended release solid dosage forms. Supervised manufacturing start-up of solid dosage expansion at Pfizer and Bausch & Lomb plants. Developed and implemented Strategic Growth Plan for manufacturing and packaging. Prepared Annual, Capital, and Project budgets as well as complex cost estimates for contracts. Proven track record in both US and international operations. BS – Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.

For additional information about this exceptional candidate, please contact Kim Laipple, kim@scientificsearch.com.