PHILIP J. GIMSON

215-***-**** (m); ad26fx@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

** ***** ** ********** ********** with 8 years managing and sourcing in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

15 years in corporate communications, and public relations, primarily in the pharmaceutical industry.

Past manager with Merck, Merck-Medco Managed Care, LLC and prior Director of Global Product PR for GSK. Have served as a full-cycle recruiter or sourcing specialist filling various roles in R&D, Operations, Commercial and G&A including but not limited to physician, science, computational biology and chemistry roles as well as engineering, supply chain, IT, operations, and sales/business development positions

Experience with several ATS including BrassRing, Taleo, Workday, JobVite, Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, Oracle/PeopleSoft, Virtual Edge, e-Recruit, Rippling and others.

Exceptional communicator who has trained hundreds of candidates, professionals, active military and veterans on the nuances of interviewing; in the past, conducted media trainings for physicians, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals as part of public relations consulting work.

OBJECTIVE

Seeking opportunity to help lead strategic recruiting and sourcing efforts for a leading Bio/Pharma or medical device organization.

EDUCATION

B.A., English, Columbia University, New York City, NY.

M.S., Journalism, Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Evanston, IL.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Christine Mathews Consulting September 2020 to Present

(Christine Mathews Consulting was acquired by One Digital in June 2021)

Full desk recruiting manager and talent partner for small, growing client pharma and biotech companies within the precision oncology space. Have directly sourced well over two dozen hires for a wide variety of complex scientific roles, including the following positions: Principal Scientist in Medicinal Chemistry; Senior Director, CMC; Scientist I, Protein Sciences; Senior Research Scientist, Translational Sciences; Medicinal Chemist; Associate Director, Data Management Systems; Senior QC RA; Computational Biologist; Computational Chemist; Senior RA, Chem Informatics; and Senior RA, Pharmacology.

Routinely lead recruiting strategy meetings with several hiring managers at the VP, Senior Director and Director levels and often interact with CEOs and COOs of client biotech firms.

Have led or co-led company-wide presentations to help provide tutorials for company hiring managers on strategies for hiring, including how to interview candidates, as well as covering the legal parameters of the candidate recruitment process.

Senior Sourcing Recruiter, Amgen (through ADP RPO) September 2018 to September 2020

Recruited on a wide range of clinical R&D roles including Medical Directors in drug safety/pharmacovigilance, medical affairs and clinical development. Also have occasionally sourced for computational biology, biostatistics, process development, clinical pharmacology and other scientific roles as well as Corporate Communications and Omnichannel Digital Marketing positions.

Interacted directly with hiring managers to pitch candidates, discuss sourcing strategies and evaluate professionals screened for a wide range of challenging roles.

Have consistently met and exceeded performance standards in this role and received performance bonus for achieving 8 or more hires within a 6-month period (actually sourced 9 hires).

In 2019, helped Amgen save more than $300k in outside recruiting fees after accounting for own salary and benefits.

Lead Recruiter & Sourcing Professional, Kelly Services September 2015 to September 2018

●Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, July 2016 to September 2018

Lead recruiter on contract team assigned to help manage recruiting process for Takeda R&D’s newly revamped pharmacovigilance organization. Managed sourcing, selection, screening, evaluation and hiring of several physicians, GPV medical directors, Senior Medical Directors for Clinical Development in R&D as well as heading up talent acquisition process for another dozen or so director and senior director staff roles relating to PV clinical development services which also involved physician candidates, aggregate safety reporting oversight, post marketing services and PV compliance. Interacted extensively with HRBPs and client hiring managers.

●Lead Recruiter (Contract) Talent Acquisition, Novo Nordisk, Inc., Sept 2015 to July 2016

Co-ran effort as contractor to source, screen and qualify personnel for planned $2.2 billion Greenfields API production plant project in Clayton, NC, expected to employ some 800 to 900 people by 2020. Utilize Brass Ring RecruIT system to source, screen, evaluate and ultimately recommend candidates; regularly interact with wide range of hiring managers primarily based in Denmark. Succeeded in filling more than 50 U.S. roles in engineering, supply chain, IT, procurement, project management and other disciplines and have achieved 100 percent to 133 percent fill rates for each of six separate hiring events held in Raleigh, NC and Greenville, SC. Personal efforts routinely rated as exceeding expectations or outstanding by all hiring managers served during this campaign. (Role transitioned permanently to NC in mid-July 2016).

Executive Recruiter/Acct Executive, Apple One Staffing Agency Dec 2013 to Sept 2015

Sourcing recruiter responsible for filling some of the most difficult and challenging requisitions within the pharmaceutical, clinical research, IT and automotive industries. Filled time-sensitive reqs for specialized manufacturing engineers, facilities engineers, facility engineering managers and QA/QC engineering professionals. In addition, often led complex searches for engineers with Six Sigma certifications, including Black Belt and Green Belt professionals, some in the supply chain and procurement categories. Recruited Senior BD Director for manufacturer selling into the nuclear energy industry and also was responsible for locating key Manager for global engineering partnership involving the serving of large gas-turbine commercial power plants.

Contract Recruiter, PPL, Allentown, PA March 2013 to Oct 2013

Served as Corporate Services recruiter for PPL, a Fortune 500 utility with some $16 billion in annual revenues. Responsible for sourcing as well as screening, evaluating and helping process litany of internal and external candidates who applied online. Reporting to corporate human resources manager, worked to develop and build rapport and achieve traction in regard to serving the talent needs of company’s human resources department and onsite hiring managers. Also filled several essential roles at the company’s Susquehanna Steam Electric Station plant in Berwick, PA.

Recruiter, The Right Thing, LLC, an ADP company, Wayne, PA July 2011 to Feb 2013

Sourcing recruiter for a wide range of positions in the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. Averaged close to two 2009 to 2011placements per month. Managed wide range of positions in the areas of clinical, regulatory, engineering, communications and corporate leadership for both pharmaceutical, medical device and pharmacy service companies, including Zimmer, Medimmune, Lundbeck, Merck and Golden Living, a long-term care specialized pharmacy provider. Some of most challenging work involved searches for pharmacovigilance and drug safety professionals, scientists and physicians involved in development of bioassays, and biostatisticians, and clinical pharmacy and nursing practitioners, In most demanding project, helped Lundbeck, a leading European manufacturer of neuroscience injectables with annual revenues of some $3 billion, hire its first-ever dedicated U.S. psychiatry sales force. Emerged as ADP/RTI recruiter with the highest number of placements for Lundbeck, recording 10 more hires than any other talent search specialist, ultimately finding 13 of territorial reps as well as finding its Southwest Area Sales Manager after a several-month search. Received a 10 rating on a 1-10 scale from the client in recognition of the success of this campaign. Help Zimmer hire an Engineering Director for one of its Midwest plants concluding a 6-month long search.

Next Level Career Consulting, Doylestown, PA 2009 to 2011

Professional Career Consultant representing job candidates in a wide range of fields. Specialize in helping redefine and elevate candidate’s career positioning by professionalizing their resumes, interview skills, marketing and overall presentation.

Management Recruiters Inc. of Bucks County, Warminster, PA 2007 to 2009

Executive Recruiter in Energy and Engineering who also recruited and placed healthcare public relations executives. As full cycle recruiter, generated 10 placements in the first year amounting to $155,000 in total commissions. Garnered placements with leading corporations and engineering firms including Dresser-Rand, Becht Engineering, American Energy Services, Severstahl Warren and Algonquin Energy.

Realtor, Keller Williams Real Estate, Doylestown, PA 2003 to 2007

Listed and sold an average of 18 to 20 properties for year as a full-time real estate agent licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Also began providing job search services on behalf of professionals with a new business called “Next Level Career Consulting.”

Director, Global Product Public Relations, Diabetes/Metabolic Products 2002 to 2003

GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA

●Conceived and executed all public relations programs outside the U.S. for GSK’s diabetes and obesity product franchises. Principal responsibility for providing communications strategy and materials for GSK stakeholders involved in a marketing or sales capacity for Avandia®, GSK’s flagship prescription product for type 2 diabetes, and Avandamet®, a newly launched type 2 diabetes combination treatment.

●Executed public relations launch of Avandia and Avandamet in Global markets.

●Directed all aspects of a press briefing on key Avandia studies at the International Diabetes Federation congress in Paris in August 2003 that attracted attendance by over 50 journalists from all over the world.

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Vice President 2000 to 2002

MCS, Bedminster, NJ and VoxMedica, Philadelphia, PA

Manager, Public Affairs 1996 to 2000

Merck & Co., Inc. & subsidiaries, Whitehouse Station, NJ

Senior Associate, Public Affairs 1995 to 1996

Burson-Marsteller, New York, NY

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

●Volunteer trainer and coach for Candorful, an organization that serves enlisted as well as military veterans and their families in finding employment. To date, have provided coaching and training to more than 50 active military veterans and/or spouses as part of my regular volunteer duties.

●Past Chairman (1999) & Trustee (1995-99) of Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Greater NJ Chapter. Helped secure state seed money for founding of treatment center, one of only a handful in the entire nation.

●Ran and directed four successful targeted state legislative campaigns in NJ from 1988-1994.

●Published free-lance journalist with articles in the Chicago Tribune, View magazine, Multichannel News, New Jersey Reporter, the Waukegan News Sun and many other publications.

●Experienced media trainer who has provided presentation and interview guidance to more than two dozen physicians as well as numerous sports celebrities and business executives.

●Published novelist and author of four screenplays.

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