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Account Executive Clinical Research

Location:
San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401
Salary:
145,000
Posted:
May 12, 2025

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Resume:

Alicia (Ali) Henderson

*********@*****.***

760-***-**** cell

www.linkedin.com/in/alihenderson

Professional Experience:

Beacon Hill Staffing Group

July 2024 to date

Account Executive II

● Responsible for seeking out clients and candidates for pharmaceutical, biotech, CROs for contract and full time placement.

● Engage with clients for their needs for their hiring needs and discuss solutions to remediate.

● Keep clients and candidates in the communication process and update them regularly.

● Negotiate pay for clients and candidates.

● Utilize my resources such as LinkedIn and proprietary databases to call, email and meet for their immediate resources or forecasted needs.

● Attend regional and industry specific conferences to discuss business needs and exhibit for BHLS capabilities.

MLytics Life Sciences

August 2023 to February 2024

Director of Recruiting and Strategic Accounts

● Engage and encourage Head of Departments and Decision Makers to utilize our clinical trials AI platform for their studies. Solicit contracts/agreements to be established for contract resource needs.

● Maintain my connections from prior resource needs and consider them for marketing etc.

● Utilize my 9K plus LinkedIn connections to benefit hiring managers and applicants for a cohesive workflow (contract, FSP or perm).

● Provide qualified candidates to hiring managers based on prescreening, networking, referrals, prior successful engagements, etc.

SimulStat Inc., Solana Beach, CA

Feb 2014 to August 2023

Senior Recruiter

● Recruit nationally and internationally (Canada) for major Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) and staff Project Based consultants for internal projects and FSPs.

● Maintain, build, and utilize Bullhorn with qualified candidates and hiring managers. Use LinkedIn advanced searches for engaging with candidates that are open on professional affiliations.

● Strategically source individuals from LinkedIn Recruiter, Postings/Climber, niche-based user groups and conferences, company directories, organizational directories, and my 16 years plus extensive and loyal connections/network/prior placed consultants and their referrals.

● Arrange and attend meetings with consultants and hiring managers to build relationships, discuss hiring needs, and job searches.

● Negotiate pay rates, benefits and start times of newly hired consultants.

● Pre-qualify potential candidates by thoroughly screening/reviewing their work experience, educational background and performing reference checks before presenting to hiring managers/clients. Arranging Technical video zoom or Microsoft teams with our senior managers to ensure accountability, performance, knowledge of said skills listed on their resume.

● Responsibilities include interviewing, screening, and sourcing new candidates that skills match those of the clients’ needs.

● Perform service calls or “touch points” to ensure outstanding customer service.

● Work with HR team to produce better practices and improve workflow for the recruitment team.

● Work with/align with recruitment team to communicate and share best practices to improve relationships, quicker close strategies, etc.

● Specialize in SAS programmers, Biostatisticians, Epidemiologist, Epidemiology Programmers, Clinical Data Managers, and Clinical/Regulatory Medical writers. Assent Consulting, Solana Beach, CA

Jan 2007 to Jan 2014 (DOCS Global acquired Assent Feb 2013) Senior Recruitment Consultant

Responsibilities:

● Successfully place permanent and contract consultants to achieve and or exceed monthly goals. Annual placements: 2012 (50), 2011 (20), 2010 (44), 2009 (15/maternity leave), 2008 (38), and 2007

(25).

● #1 Recruiter for Assent since 2007 and as of Feb 2013(DOCS acquisition) known to be in the top 3 out of 30 recruiters.

● Recruit nationally and internationally for major Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Clinical Research Organizations (CROs).

● Maintain, build, and utilize a proprietary database of clinical candidates and hiring managers (EZ Access).

● Source individuals from job boards, user groups, company directories, organizational directories, cold calling, industry specific conferences, networking, and referrals.

● Arrange and attend meetings with hiring managers to build relationships and discuss hiring needs.

● Develop effective sourcing methods, define job requirements, and coordinate timelines to ensure productivity.

● Negotiate bill/pay rates, benefits and start times of newly hired consultants.

● Pre-qualify potential candidates by thoroughly screening/reviewing their work experience, educational background and performing reference checks before presenting to hiring managers/clients.

● Responsibilities include interviewing, screening, and sourcing new candidates that skills match those of the clients needs.

● Perform service calls or “touch points” to ensure outstanding customer service.

● Review and edit Exhibits, Addendums, and New Client Service Agreements with consultants and HR. May 2005 to January 2007

American Mobile Healthcare, Del Mar, CA

Nurse Recruiter

Responsibilities:

● Identified and recruited qualified nurses of all specialties on short-term contract nursing assignments throughout the United States.

● Responsible for meeting and achieving my sales goals on a regular basis.

● Consistently made over one hundred outbound calls to potential and existing candidates by telephone and e-mail to qualify them for travel opportunities.

● Educated prospective candidates on the benefits of travel nursing.

● Generated and built candidate leads through planning, persistence, and client referrals. Relocated to California from Hawaii, January to April 2005 June 2002 to September 2003, Rehabilitation Fitness Coordinator November 2004 to January 2005, Front Office Staff

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center of Hawaii Lahaina, HI Responsibilities:

● Marketing new health and wellness programs to potential patients through local doctors, dieticians, clinical meetings, radio and paper advertisements, and fitness facilities.

● Key player in the roll-out of the MedGem Procedure and Balance Log Software program for Hawaiian Islands.

● Marketing HealthSouth Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation services at local and international events.

● Assisting front office staff: entering new patients into database, insurance processing, filing, auditing account receivables and customer service.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, Emphasis in Exercise Science and Fitness San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 1999 Affiliations:

2021-To Date: PharmaSUG Committee

Co-Chair for Philanthropy and Special Events

● Coordinate with the Chair and Conference leaders on matters pertaining to the community that would help raise awareness and insight of their causes. Targeting and identifying organizations such as Feed America, Shriner’s Hospitals, Academia, Health, Medical private and non-profit organizations, such as nVolve and the Smith Center the Healing and the Arts to raise money in each local the conferences are in attendance. Work on logistics of communicating their purpose through website, posters, presentations prior, during and post conference.

● Coordinate and plan Tuesday night festivities to create a community fun filled vibe to enhance participation, communication, networking and further build relationships within the community. Worked with Conference committee to collaborate on the theme and activities; coordinate and purpose menu with committee and Hotel staff working with slated budget (potential attendee numbers and available vendors/resources) and select appropriate venue props for the evening.

● Work with committee to purpose, plan and execute ideas for annual conferences.

● Use prior best practices and develop new ideas for current and future conferences.

● Use effective verbal communication to mitigate problems, concerns, and strategy to develop solutions to potential problems or concerns.



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