- Director – Executive Search | Pharma & Life Sciences – APAC
- Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time
- Location: Singapore | Flexible Working
About Stemgenic
Stemgenic is a Singapore-headquartered boutique executive search and career advisory firm specialising in leadership and business-critical functional roles across industrial and scientific sectors in APAC. As we continue to expand, we are looking for an entrepreneurial search leader to establish and grow our Pharma & Life Sciences practice across APAC. This is an opportunity for an established recruitment professional who wants to move beyond running a successful desk and take ownership of building a specialist business within a growing firm.
The Opportunity
You will take full ownership of the Pharma & Life Sciences practice, shaping its market strategy, building client partnerships, delivering executive search mandates and driving commercial performance. Initially, this will be a hands-on billing leadership role, with the opportunity to progressively build and lead a team as the business scales.
What You Will Do
- Own the Pharma & Life Sciences desk across APAC and set its strategy, client focus and growth plan
- Build and deepen trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and HR partners within Pharma & Life Sciences companies across APAC
- Win and deliver retained and exclusive executive search mandates, from brief to offer
- Drive revenue, placements and desk growth as a hands-on individual contributor
- Grow the practice over time by hiring and developing consultants to build a team around the desk
- Represent Stemgenic in the sector through networking, industry events and thought leadership
Job Requirements
- A strong and consistent billing track record in executive search or senior-level recruitment within Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology or Life Sciences
- An established network of client relationships and commercial contacts across the sector, with the ability to develop business from day one
- Strong understanding of the Pharma & Life Sciences landscape, its business functions, leadership requirements and specialist talent markets in the APAC region
- Demonstrated success in winning and delivering senior-level recruitment or executive search assignments
- An entrepreneurial and commercially driven mindset, with a genuine interest in building and scaling a business
- Strong relationship-building skills and the credibility to engage senior executives and decision-makers
Previous experience in leading, mentoring or developing recruitment teams
What We Offer
- Attractive base salary to keep your momentum going, and a share of your desk’s profits
- A dedicated resourcer supporting your searches
- An AI-powered tech stack that runs end-to-end across your desk
- Island-wide coworking access and flexible working
- Full autonomy over your desk, clients and approach
- Clear visibility of your desk’s performance, and a leadership role in shaping how Stemgenic grows
Please be advised that due to the considerable number of applications we receive, we are only able to contact candidates who meet our client’s requirements.
We appreciate your understanding and wish you the best in your career endeavors.
Sathiyarajan Vinayagamani – SaVi
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