Associate Director Special Projects

Caterina (Cat) Colson

***********@*****.*** / 508-***-**** / https://www.linkedin.com/in/catcolson/

SUMMARY

Talent Sourcer/Recruiter with 20+ years’ experience, 13+ years’ experience focused specifically in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech industries. Strong competencies uncovering and engaging highly sought after, top talent from early career to leadership; building rapport, establishing relationships quickly and effectively with HR leaders, hiring managers and outstanding talent; ability to learn quickly and adapt to the ever-changing recruiting landscape.

EMPLOYMENT

Recruiting and Talent Sourcing Consultant 2008– Present

ENGAGEMENTS:

PharmaEssentia (Remote) 10/2023 – 12/2023

Full Life-Cycle Sales Expansion Recruiter

Responsible for candidate identification, screening and closing for Field Staff including Hemophilia Account Managers and Medical Science Liaisons

Systems: Jazz ATS

Sage Therapeutics (Remote) 12/2021 – 9/220233

Source, screen and qualify candidates for critical and hard to fill roles

Nurture and maintain talent pools through ongoing relationship management

Talent Attraction Lead for Beamery CRM implementation; Beamery Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Team member in establishing framework for talent attraction model including talent pipelining for current and future capability needs

Partner with Recruitment Marketing to create campaigns focused on lead generation and engagement

Systems: Workday ATS, Beamery CRM, Talent Neuron, LinkedIn Insights

Successes/Special Projects:

oSourced specifically for diverse talent in underrepresented departments

oSourced and hired many key employees including: Senior Director, Toxicology, Vice President of Biostatistics and Programming, Director Commercial Data Science and Decision Analytics, AD Biostatistics - HEOR, MSLs

oEstablished white glove service for Leadership Referrals

Deciphera (Remote) 10/2019 – 12/2021

Responsible for sourcing candidates in Technical Operations, Clinical Development, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory, and G&A

Developed and nurtured pipelines of candidates for future roles in the workforce plan

Systems: iCIMS ATS

Successes/Special Projects:

oSourced and hired many key employees including: Associate Director, Medical Affairs/Medical Information, Director Analytical Development (Kansas), Associate Director Commercial Finance, Director Distribution, Trade and Channel Strategy, Associate Director, Pharmacology, Scientist II Biological Sciences HTS (Kansas)

Sage Therapeutics (Remote) 5/2017 – 10/2019

Established an outbound sourcing function for the company for critical roles

Used extensive advanced searching techniques to uncover top candidates for roles in R&D, Commercial and G&A

Created an inbound sourcing strategy using campaigns to keep the database engaged as well as to establish pipelines for present and future roles

Trained recruiters in advanced sourcing techniques

Systems: Workday ATS, Phenom People CRM

Successes/Special Projects:

oSourced and hired many key employees including: Medical Director/MD, VP Corporate Compliance, Sr. Director Pricing Strategies, AD HEOR

oProvided a comprehensive 10-week Advanced Sourcing Training session for recruiters

oImplemented Phenom People CRM and trained users

Novo Nordisk (Remote) 5/2010 - 4/2017

Founding member of Talent Attraction Team, a unique pro-active sourcing team, responsible for identifying top talent for critical and hard to fill roles

Responsible for proactive sourcing and pipelining candidates Marketing, Sales, Finance, Legal, Trade, Government, HR, IT, Commercial Effectiveness, BioPharm, R&D, Clinical and Manufacturing and Sales

Creatively sourced candidates using cold calling and networking, LinkedIn Recruiter, Extensive Google searches, Group and Association Websites, LinkedIn Groups, Avature CRM, Indeed.com

Trained new sourcers on systems and processes

Systems: (IBM Kenexa BrassRing) ATS, Avature CRM

Successes/Special Projects:

oSourced and hired many key employees including: Sr. Director, BD and New Product Commercialization, Director of Communications, Sr. Director of Marketing Effectiveness, Senior Attorney of Compliance, Brand Director, Novolog

oSourced and phone screened Diabetes Care Specialists for 25 territories for a national sales expansion with an aggressive timeline. Achieved 100% fill rate

oSelected as the key sourcing resource for the $2.2 billion DAPI production plant project in Clayton, NC. Our team of 3 achieved 100% + fill rate for over 126 positions in 8 months

Bausch + Lomb (Remote) 3/2010-5/2010

Monster Worldwide – Maynard, MA - 8/2009-3/2010 and 5/2008-9/2008

EDUCATION/TRAINING

University of Maryland Global Campus, Associates of Arts, Business Management

Moore Essentials Sourcing Specialist Certification

Phenom People CRM Certification Training

Sourececon Academy Certification

Beamery New User certified

Beamery Talent Acquisition for Sourcer Certification

Beamery’s Talent AI Certified Recruiter

LI Recruiter Training (on-going)

OFCCP Training

DDI Behavioral Based Interviewing Training

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