Life Sciences

We entered the growing Life Sciences market in response to the demand for extra coverage from our existing clients. In an evolving sector, with frequent new initiatives and everchanging regulations, our clients were struggling to find the best talent, particularly after the local market had been exhausted. With our deep market penetration and international network, we were able to give them an immediate competitive advantage by sourcing less visible, passive talent and professionals from abroad. Our in-depth sector knowledge of trends combined with our expertise on brand awareness in the sector meant that smaller companies were also able to come to market and compete.

Our clients need to constantly adapt to keep up with changes in the industry to not only stay ahead of their competition, but also because delays in discovering and producing drugs can cost them millions. Changes also usually require a change in people, so there is more demand than ever for the best talent, meaning they have had to improve their candidate experience and improve their flexible working offering too.

We have continued to build our candidate networks and adapt our sourcing and engagement methods to be better and quicker to supply talent. The high level of support we give to Life Sciences businesses has a direct impact on their ability to discover, test and produce new drugs safely and compliantly, and we are proud to play our part in helping our clients go to market and transform the lives of their patients.

​Key features:

• We source and secure high calibre talent using innovative, customised search methods

• On-off flexibility to suit your needs

• We can deliver a “full package” from resourcing high-quality candidate to contactor care and compliance

• Ongoing brand awareness campaigns via our headhunting schemes

• Weekly or bi-weekly meetings to discuss progress, candidates, and feedback

Why you’ll love it:

• We can accommodate the differing needs of your business over time

• Long term support and advice on your talent management strategy

• Easier to compare the quality of candidates across the market, so you can make more informed decisions

• Option to request a search for a specific role or to be kept regularly informed of relevant people becoming available in your market

• No commitment to hire unless you really like a candidate

Key features:

• Flexible pricing options to suit your needs: our standard rate card provides a clear and transparent pricing structure

• Access to our global community of contractors with cutting edge expertise

• On average, our contractors are onboarded in just nine days and extended seven times, with the average tenure being 22 months

• All contractors are pre-screened and vetted as requested

• An experienced account team for the project duration and a dedicated account manager to provide a single point of contact

Why you’ll love it:

• Ability to rapidly ramp up and scale down resources as required

• Cost-efficient way to run projects without compromising on quality

• Full support to resource your projects across multiple verticals and geographic locations

• Minimal overall impact to your hiring manager community and current resources

• We can onboard the best talent quickly, speeding up your delivery and return on investment

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Key features:

• Fully bespoke from a location, skill set and seniority perspective

• Our dedicated research function will provide lists of active and passive candidate communities within a specific market

• We can also provide current market trends, competitor analysis and brand perception surveys

• Proactive and organic for quick access and use

Why you’ll love it:

• Better awareness of the candidate pools available in your market

• Increased awareness of your employer brand to help you stand out from the crowd

• Benchmark your talent strategy against the most effective in the market

• Successfully headhunt direct competition to your business

• Arms you with the information you need to make a business case on your talent requirements

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Key features:

• More cost-effective end-to-end solutions, compared to bigger consultancies, because we have direct access to the talent

• Our pool of trusted advisors, Delivery Assurance Directors (DADs), ensure every part of your project is optimised to ensure success

• Dedicated project delivery team

• On-going administration and compliance management

• Regular progress review meetings

• Project off-boarding and IP transfer

Why you’ll love it:

• Direct access to the best talent in the market, built up over 20 years

• Average savings of 36% against leading consultancies

• A completely personalised solution for your unique needs

• A scalable solution that's swift to implement, so you can ramp up and down quickly

• Guaranteed knowledge transfers to you can maintain BAU

• On-site dedicated service and programme management led by industry-leading specialists (DADs)

​Key features:

• You have one specialist point of contact at Hydrogen

• Using innovative, customised search methods, we source and secure the market’s best talent

• Searches conducted by a consultant and dedicated research team, to ensure a thorough search and all relevant candidates in the market are spoken to

• Weekly updates on your search

• Option to conduct market mapping and report on your brand perception in the market

• Staggered pricing solutions, in line with different hiring phases

Why you’ll love it:

• You gain preferred access to the best pools of active and passive candidates in your market

• Working exclusively with us, we will control your message in the market and promote your brand successfully

• We’ll work to tighter deadlines due to the increased resources that can be committed to the search

• Ability to spread the cost across a number of weeks or months

Key features:

• We can migrate an existing direct workforce to our payroll solution in just 28 days

• Comprehensive background and education checks as standard on all incoming contractors

• Contractors receive seamless on-boarding and enjoy the financial security that comes from contracting through a PLC

• Easy-to-use online systems for screening, timesheets and contract management

• Supportive of IR35 status for contractors

Why you’ll love it:

• Mitigated risk - contractors are insured under Hydrogen’s group policy

• We ensure contractors are compliant with any regulatory changes relating to contingent workforces

• Reduced onboarding time: your contractors receive a more positive, consistent experience

• You receive just one monthly, consolidated invoice for your entire directly hired contractor workforce

• We’ll advise on potential cost savings you can make on your contractor workforce

The challenge:

A client that we had been hoping to work with for some time suddenly asked us to source freelancers in Portugal, Spain, and East Europe after failing to find candidates with the requisite experience from 56 applicants through LinkedIn. With no experience of current rates for freelance professionals in the space and pressures on their time and resources, they turned to us for help.

Our solution:

After an in-depth discussion on the roles required and the desired skillsets and therapeutic areas, we immediately suggested a candidate that we thought would work for one of the target countries. This quick response, as well as our track record in the space, was reassuring, and our suggested process and timeline were readily approved, as well as an interview for that first candidate.

The outcome:

• Other CV’s were provided the same day, followed by a suggested interview schedule.

• Within two weeks, we placed 3 Clinical Research Associates in the target countries.

• The client was very happy with the service we provided, and we are now in regular contact on other roles and have been referred to other clinical operation directors.

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The challenge:

Our client, one of the world’s largest engineering consultancies, urgently needed an additional resource for one of their clients as they didn’t have anyone immediately available. Their internal talent acquisition team knew that they wouldn’t be able to find someone who was immediately available, so they engaged Hydrogen to find an experienced German-speaking C&Q engineer who was available immediately and open to relocating.

Our solution:

We are in constant contact with the majority of engineers across the DACH region and have a hotlist of top candidates that are available immediately or about to finish their contracts, which gives us a constant flow of talent. After discussing the criteria with the client over the phone, we sourced an individual, experienced in large biopharma projects, that the client hadn’t been able to find who met all the other requirements too.

The outcome:

• The consultancy was able to meet their client’s demands by providing them with a resource that was not available to them

• Our client was thrilled that we were able to provide them with a hard to find resource on the same day and get contracts signed within 72 hours

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The challenge:

A global Pharma company approached us to help them build their global Technical Artificial Intelligence team. They had no internal recruitment expertise in this area and their current suppliers had either turned down the work or hadn’t delivered. They initially approached us to help with two leadership positions and subsequently retained us on a further four roles, based on the quality of our delivery.

Our solution:

We took full briefings to understand the roles, the proposition and the potential and focus of the team, before mapping the market across Europe and beyond. In a new market for both us and the Pharma company, we achieved an outstanding CV to interview ratio, and initially provided six people in leadership positions. We have continued to hire for the team ever since, as well as expanding into other AI-centric areas of their business.

The outcome:

• The client was able to mobilise and build their adoption of AI within Data Science and Bioinformatics much quicker, to give them a competitive advantage

• The quality of our delivery has since led to us being referred to many other parts of their business across multiple locations in EMEA and the US

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