Pharmaceutical Executive

As with many industries over the recent years, pharmaceuticals has had to respond to a number of technological, economical and social pressures that have required it to adapt to the modern global market it now serves.

At Liftstream, we have been able to play a key role in supporting the pharmaceutical companies by applying our deep understanding of the recruitment environment as well as our specific knowledge of the pharmaceutical sector and functions. Liftstream’s executive search campaigns serve the pharmaceutical clients by equipping them with the very best management and leadership experience available.

The industry has for a long while been the subject of continual consolidation through merger and acquisition, a strategy that appears to show no sign of abating, only now we’re seeing more biotech and small pharmaceutical companies becoming involved in this tide of activity. This trend has created conditions that managers and executives have beneficially learnt from and who now have the capacity to apply that knowledge in helping other firms pursue similar strategies or to branch out and create start-ups. It has provided others with the financial security to break out of permanent employment and apply their knowledge and skills in consulting or interim roles. Liftstream has been able to respond to the outcome and assist clients and candidates alike in moving forward positively.  

The industry has responded to close regulatory control and companies have had to tighten processes to address their regulatory obligations in respective markets. The challenges of clinical development and regulatory approval are considerable. Often these are most acutely felt during the failure of key products that show great promise and so companies are obviously taking major steps to try and manage out these risk factors as best they can. The technical, business and managerial skill mix needed to orchestrate such development programmes have been the catalyst for a strong demand in critical disciplines. Liftstream, as a specialist pharmaceutical executive search firm, is able to apply its expertise in the clinical development arena to meet our clients extensive needs.

The Pharmaceutical industry has always courted some serious ethical and social issues. These are now often reported more widely and regularly across the 24x7 global news networks. Companies have had to meet these external pressures to counter any negative perceptions within business or society and take a proactive stance on key topics.

These needs have stimulated many functional roles which we have address through executive search projects, delivering the specialised knowledge required by the pharmaceutical industry to work with patient groups, lobby government bodies and committees, join industry associations to strive for greater congruence across the industry on key issues, construct heath and economic policies, as well as ensure pricing and legal protection are correctly governed.

Commercially, large pharmaceutical companies have proactively sought to build alliances and partnerships with biotechs and strategically beneficial companies. The business development and alliance management needs have created a really interesting dynamic at the commercial end of the industry and the particular expertise required to build these relationships is something that truly benefits from the highly targeted nature of executive search recruitment. Liftstream has built a strong capability in the business development, sales and marketing skill base and can leverage the industry’s best in this domain.

Liftstream’s expertise in the pharmaceutical recruitment sector has been acquired by recruiting across all core functions. The management and executive networks we’ve assembled in these disciplines across the European sector make Liftstream a partner of choice for your executive search requirements.