Talent Acquisition Medical Device

Christopher Lewis

EMAIL: ad5yww@r.postjobfree.com PHONE: 646-***-****

SUMMARY

Highly successful Talent Acquisition professional with a passion for connecting people with career opportunities. Possessing over 8000 1st level LinkedIn connections and an extended network of over 8 million professionals, leveraging networks to consistently provide savings.

Extensive experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, life sciences corporate full life cycle Talent Acquisition practices. Specializing in hard-to-fill and market-competitive roles in scientific, engineering, information technology, and technical disciplines through sourcing via LinkedIn, cold calling, professional associations, user groups, etc.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Realized direct savings of over $592,000.00 vs external agency engagement, with 67% of hires being diversity hires. (Quanterix)

Saved over $127,000 filling critical software engineering roles using LinkedIn as the primary source. (KMC)

Achieved direct savings of over $250,000 for a medical device company when they relocated their R&D function from the mid-west to the East Coast. Savings realized via database mining, cold calling, and solicitations via LinkedIn. (Bayer Diagnostics)

Achieved a cost per hire for exempt level positions of $1,150 with a cycle time 20% better than the average of the group of recruiters who were peers.

HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEMS

Taleo Greenhouse Kenexa/Brassring iCIMS

JobVite Virtual Edge Success Factors Grey Fin

Bullhorn SilkRoad/OpenHire Paycor WorkDay

Microsoft, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Sharepoint

POSITIONS FILLED IN PHARMACEUTICAL / LIFE SCIENCES / MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRIES

CLINICAL IT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Clinical Research Scientist LIMS Specialist Dir./ Sr Mgr, Analytical Chemistry

Clinical Project Manager Sr Mgr/Mgr, Computer Validation Sr/Oncologist, PhD

Clinical Data Manager Mgr/Sr Engineer, Site Reliability Principal/Sr Process Chemist, MS/PhD

Clinical Research Assoc. Sys. Admin/Windows/Linux/AWS Principal Metrologist, MS/PhD

Biostatistician Cyber Security/CISSP Toxicologist/Pharmacologist, MS/PhD

SAS Programmer Applications Architect Sr/Biologist, BS/MS/PhD

Program/Project Manager Mgr, Chemical Process

Software Engineer Principal/Sr Materials Scientist

REGULATORY AFFAIRS FINANCE & ACCOUNTING ENGINEERING

Sr/Mgr Reg Affairs, MS/PhD Mgr, Finance Mgr/Sr, Mechanical Engineer

Reg Affairs Specialist, MS Sr Accountant, Operations Mgr/Sr, Automation Engineer

Reg Affairs Publisher Sr Accountant, Revenue Mgr/Sr, Packaging Engineer

Sr Accountant, Consolidation Sr/Engineer, Electronics/Robotics

Sr Accountant, Tax Sr Engineer, Microfluidics

SALES & MARKETING QA/QC

Regional Mgr, Sales Mgr/Sr Chemical Engineer

Pharma Sales Representative Sr/Engineer Embedded SW

Mgr, New Product Launch Director/Mgr QC Chemistry

EXPERIENCE

BIOCON BIOLOGICS (BIOSIMILARS)

MANAGER, TALENT ACQUISITION, NORTH AMERICA

2023 to 2024

Full-life Cycle recruitment of Biocon Biologics North America Organization, including Commercial, Legal, HR, Sales, Market Access, IT, Regulatory Affairs, Public Relations, Corporate Communications, and Finance. Developed and executed end-to-end recruitment from sourcing till on boarding while maintaining, utmost quality, process & minimum turnaround time for roles across divisions of Biocon Biologics in North America.

PRINCIPAL CONTRACT RECRUITING PROFESSIONAL

2010 – 2023

Assignments include:

CAREDX (BIOTECH)

Full life Cycle recruitment across all functions and levels for this transplant diagnostics company.

QUANTERIX (BIOTECH)

Full life Cycle recruitment of Manager to Vice President level roles for Quanterix’ advanced diagnostics business.

POSITIONS FILLED

Vice President of Supply Chain SR Director Process Development

Vice President of Product Management SR Director Enterprise PMO

Vice President Marketing SR Director Agile Program & Product Management

SR Director Software Engineering SR Director Diagnostic Product Management

Director Operational Excellence Associate Director System Development

Senior Program Manager

BAYER(PHARMACEUTICALS)

Full life Cycle recruitment for Bayer’s pharmaceutical business.

POSITIONS FILLED:

Executive Director of Forecasting

Executive Director Commercial Data Management

Director Forecasting

Director Market Data Scientist

Director Market Data Engineer

Director Marketing Intelligence

20+ MSL OPENINGS, MSLI through MSL III

COMMERCIAL

Senior Director Customer Powerhouse Engineering Team Lead

Associate Director Segment Targeting & Sizing

Associate Director HCP Marketing – Rare Disease

ENGINEERING

Principal Process, Controls & Systems Engineer

Principal Specialist, Facilities, Utilities & Engineering

Senior Specialist, Facilities, Utilities & Engineering

CLINICAL

Associate Director Operational Excellence & Project Management

Study Lead Monitor

Clinical Research Associate

REGULATORY

Associate Director Global Regulatory Strategy Device

Senior Manager Global Regulatory Strategy Device

PHOTOCURE, INC / (PHARMACEUTICALS)

Full Life Cycle recruitment for this whose product is focused on curing bladder cancer. I am recruiting nationwide for their Sales Executives, Clinical Support Specialist and Medical Science Liaisons. I am LinkedIn was my primary source to generate candidates.

AKORN / (PHARMACEUTICALS)

Full life cycle recruitment for internal client groups across two sites, Cranbury and Somerset, NJ. Client groups assigned to me were: Analytical R&D, QC, IT, Facilities and Manufacturing. Strategized and implemented cost effective sourcing methods vi LinkedIn, professional societies (ACS, etc), database mining and social media resulting in significant cost savings.

AMNEAL / (PHARMACEUTICALS)

Full life cycle recruitment for internal client groups including IT, Engineering, Finance, QA, QC and Manufacturing for the 5th largest generics pharmaceutical company in the US. Positions ranged from individual contributor to Senior Director level. This position was on-site 5 days a week and required working with directly with hiring managers to fill many in demand and niche roles.

JOHNSON MATTHEY / (PHARMACEUTICALS / API MANUFACTURING)

Full life cycle recruitment for the internal client groups of: Analytical R&D, Regulatory Affairs and Process Engineering. Utilized Northeastern University’s Master’s program in Regulatory Affairs to identify candidates and fill openings in Regulatory Affairs. Direct sourced from AMRI and other competitors for process chemistry openings. Filled approximately 45 openings.

KMC / ELBIT SYSTEMS (MEDICAL DEVICE)

Full life cycle recruitment of SW, Mechanical, Electrical, Microfluidics, Robotics engineers, QA, Finance, Business Development and Supply Chain roles. Achieved savings of over $ 127,000 filling engineering roles through direct sourcing. Primary sourcing methodologies were database mining and cold calling using LinkedIn and MONSTER. Filled approximately 40 openings.

FERRING / (PHARMACEUTICALS)

Full life cycle recruitment for the internal client groups of Process Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sales & Sales Management, Clinical, Oncology, and Regulatory Affairs. Filled roles across the US without a single agency fee. Utilized LinkedIn to identify target candidates and solicited via cold calling. Unique Achievement: Filled an Executive Chef position for Ferring’s new Executive Dining facility via my personal network. Filled approximately 30 positions.

COVIDIEN / (MEDICAL DEVICE)

National, full life cycle recruitment of candidates for the following functions: Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Divisional Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering. Direct sourced highly competitive R&D and Engineering roles. Partnered with hiring managers and HRBP’s to prepare, negotiate and extend offers to selected candidates. Filled approximately 40 positions.

BAYER DIABETES CARE / (MEDICAL DEVICE / CONSUMER ELECTRONICS)

Full life cycle recruitment of Scientific, Engineering and Finance professionals.

When Bayer decided to relocate its Research and Development team from Elkhart, Indiana to Tarrytown, NY they were left with 50+ positions to be filled. I took over for another recruiter who was failing. I was responsible for the full life cycle recruitment of all open roles, most of which were in R&D, as well as reporting to C-Level leadership weekly on the progress of staffing efforts. Savings through direct sourcing and database mining was in excess of $250,000. Filled all 50+ positions.

WYETH / (PHARMACEUTICALS)

Full life cycle recruitment of: Clinical, AR&D, Process Chemistry, Oncology, Toxicology, Medical Writing, Animal Care. Positions ranged from Post Doc individual contributor to Director level management openings. Filled approximately FTE 70 positions utilizing a full range of sourcing methodologies. Additionally, I was responsible for project managing a substantial portion of the annual summer internship program. This required filling approximately an additional 40-50 intern positions in a very compressed time frame and coordinating a wide range of activities for the interns.

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, The State University of NJ

Awarded - Bachelor of Science Degree

Major: Business Economics

Minor: Human Resources Management

Member Rutgers Society of Hispanic Students

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