Christopher D Richardson
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherdrichardson/
Executive Recruiter & Sourcer for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device Companies. Skilled in Talent Sourcing, Full Cycle Recruiting, Data Analysis, Project Management and Compensation Analysis. Ongoing M.S. Degree, I.T. Management.
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
FIBROGEN – BIOTECHNOLOGY – SAN FRANCISCO, CA (REMOTE BASED – CHICAGO) JULY 2022 – JULY 2023
EXECUTIVE SEARCH CONSULTANT
Confidential Executive Search
Regulatory Affairs, Chemistry, Research Scientists, Analytical Scientists, Finance & Legal, Biostatistics, HEOR, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Quality, Drug Safety, Toxicology, Preclinical
Market Intelligence, Recruitment Marketing, External Branding, Market Research, Executive Search
1 Executive Positions filled monthly saving organization approximately 450,000 in agency spend.
MYOVANT SCIENCES – BIOTECHNOLOGY – SAN FRANCISCO, CA (REMOTE BASED – CHICAGO) JAN 2022 – AUG 2022
SENIOR RECRUITER (CONTRACT)
Manage Full Life Cycle Recruiting process from specification through the employment offer.
Partnering with the Legal and Finance Senior Leadership Team
Full Life Cycle Recruitment including Job Creation, Posting, Sourcing, Screening, Interviewing, and Offer/Onboarding.
40 Offers accepted saving organization approximately 1.1M in agency spend.
Utilize Greenhouse to create, post, manage, and close requisitions. Liaison with Business Partners to meet internal equity.
BLUEPRINT MEDICINES – BIOTECHNOLOGY – BOSTON MA (REMOTE BASED – CHICAGO) SEP 2021 – FEB 2022
STRATEGIC TALENT SOURCER (CONTRACT)
Short term assignment talent sourcing medicinal chemistry build out.
Partnering with the R&D and Chemistry Senior Leadership teams
Early careers job fair host, recruitment marketing, regular pipeline updates
Position concentration including: Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry, Research Scientists
FIBROGEN – BIOTECHNOLOGY – SAN FRANCISCO, CA (REMOTE BASED – CHICAGO) MARCH 2021 – SEP 2021
SENIOR RECRUITER (CONTRACT)
Manage Full Life Cycle Recruiting process from specification through the employment offer.
Partnering with the Senior Leadership within the Research & Quality organizations.
Full Life Cycle Recruitment including Job Creation, Posting, Sourcing, Screening, Interviewing, Feedback, and Offer/Onboarding.
Position concentration including: Scientist - Medicinal Chemistry, Research Scientists, Scientist – Bioanalytical SME, Research Associates, Director, Quality Control, Director, Quality Assurance, Manager - Clinical Quality Assurance.
Utilize Workday ATS to create, post, manage, and close requisitions. Liaison with Business Partners to meet internal equity.
ASTRAZENECA – PHARMACEUTICAL – GAITHERSBURG, MD (REMOTE BASED – CHICAGO) MARCH 2020 – JUNE 2020
TALENT ACQUISITION PARTNER (CONTRACT)
Manage Full Life Cycle Recruiting process from specification through the employment offer.
Full Life Cycle Recruitment in support of Covid-19 Vaccine development. Clinical Trial Management & testing facilities.
Position concentration including: Clinical Trial Associates, Trial Managers, Study Managers, Contract Research Associates, Healthcare Management including PharmDs, DNPs, (Doctor of Nursing Practice) & BSNs (Bachelor of Science in Nursing).
GILEAD SCIENCES – PHARMACEUTICAL – FOSTER CITY, CA (REMOTE BASED – CHICAGO) JULY 2019 – FEB 2020
SENIOR RECRUITER (CONTRACT)
Manage Full Life Cycle Recruiting process from inception to the employment offer.
Supporting Regulatory Affairs within the Research & Development wing of a 20 billion annual organization.
Medical Writing, Regulatory Project Management, Regulatory Sciences, Regulatory Quality/Compliance, Regulatory CMC, Regulatory Operations
Dotted line reports including 2 sourcers and 1 coordinator. Full responsibility to drive this team within a team.
Manage Vendor Relationships, Needs Assessment, Contract Negotiation, Behavioral Interviewing, Project Management.
IRHYTHM TECHNOLOGIES – MEDICAL DEVICE – DIGITAL HEALTHCARE - LINCOLNSHIRE, IL OCT 2018 – JULY 2019
SENIOR RECRUITER (CONTRACT)
Manage Full Life Cycle Recruiting process from specification through the employment offer.
Nationwide Sales & Marketing Expansion - Hiring Territory Sales Managers, Regional Sales Directors, & Sr. Managers HEOR Customer Experience (Clinical)
Health economics outcomes research, Medical Doctor, Medical Director Cardiology, Cardiac Line Management, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
ASSERTIO THERAPEUTICS – SPECIALTY PHARMACEUTICAL – LAKE FOREST, IL JAN 2018 – OCT 2018
CORPORATE FULL LIFE CYCLE RECRUITER (CONTRACT)
Successful build out of Financial Department and Full Life Cycle Recruitment for R&D/IT/HR. Lead TA strategy consultant.
Served as Lead Talent Acquisition Consultant for Assertio’s Headquarters transition from Newark, CA to Lake Forest, IL.
Reporting to Director of Talent Acquisition and partnering with Vice President of Finance & Vice President & Controller.
Built Finance & Accounting Departments: Assoc. VP & Asst. Controller, Sr. Finance Manager, Sr Accounting Manager, Finance/Accounting Managers & Analysts/Accountants, Sr. Compensation Analyst, HR Coordinator, IT Help Desk
Managed Vendor Relationships and consulted on implementation of Hire Desk-Lumesse ATS conversion.
CARTER MACKAY RECRUITING & CONSULTING – CHICAGO, IL. JAN 2017-DEC 2017
FULL LIFE CYCLE RECRUITER AND SALES (BIOSTATISTICS, DRUG METABOLISM PHARMACOKINETICS)
Primary focus is business development procuring niche roles from biotech and pharmaceutical companies nationwide.
Position concentration is in Global Life Sciences; Biometrics (Biostatisticians, Principal and senior level Statisticians, Clinical Data Managers); Business Operations, Bio-analytics, PK/PD, DM/PK, and various levels of Science level roles.
Utilize networking ability, Boolean searching techniques, LinkedIn, and cold calling techniques to generate candidate pipeline.
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY GLOBAL (ONGOING) JAN 2024 – JAN 2026
MASTER’S IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Data Analysis, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, R, Excel, Atlassian, JIRA, Asana, Confluence, Azure, Visio IT Management, Virtualized and Cloud Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems, Ethical Considerations, Auditing and Assurance, Information Systems Security, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Information Technology Management
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration – BBA Business/Finance - Columbia College of Missouri (2015)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Workday, Taleo, Oracle, Microsoft BI, Jira, Bullhorn, BambooHR, LinkedIn Recruiter, Hire-Desk, ERecruit, Brassring, Lumesse, ADP, SilkRoad, Ceridian, Greenhouse, Microsoft Office Suite (Advanced)
CERTIFICATIONS
Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM)
Certified Compensation Professional Accreditation