Principal Consultant- Preclinical

Principal Consultant - Preclinical

Date: Q1 2025

Location: London

About us:

Skills Alliance is a leading specialist Global Life Science workforce solutions company, providing staffing solutions since 2005. We have been providing global innovative recruitment solutions that facilitate our clients need to hire exceptional talent quickly. To date we count many of the leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device & technology, and animal health companies as our partners, and we are proud to be contributing to the discovery, development and distribution of safe and effective therapeutics & devices across the globe.

The role:

The role is a Principal Consultant role within our London-based Preclinical Perm team, (we are also open to Senior Consultant and Team Lead). We are looking for passionate, driven individuals looking to join our exceptional and growing team. You would report into Harpreet Mander, our Managing Director of the Global Permanent Division, who joined us 6 years ago as a Manager, working his way up quickly to MD. Harpreet also has 10 years of experience building and developing teams within the Global PERM Life Sciences sector. We are looking to speak to experienced recruiters that have worked in any Life Sciences or STEM sector with over 2 years’ 360 experience. You would have the opportunity to step into a leadership role and manage or go down a billing only route.

Skills Alliance offers a specialist, boutique feel, with the opportunity to develop your career quickly to Team Lead, by working with a highly experienced and internationally recognised senior management team, multiple Global top billers and a world class Learning and Development team. We offer uncapped commission, competitive basic salaries and excellent career development and training. You will be working in a very entrepreneurial atmosphere with the added incentives of team lunches, days out and amazing holidays.

What we offer:

• Hybrid working.
• Early Friday finishes (5pm in colder months, 4pm in Summer).
• Uncapped commission up to 40% depending on career path.
• 23 holiday days + bank holidays and 1 wellness day per year (Increases by 1 day annually).
• Learning and Development: a supportive and structured environment that includes continuous training delivered by our Global Learning Development Manager and Senior Management Team.
• We offer our newly developed Senior sales & Management training programmes that are tailored to each individual consultant in the business. This is delivered directly from our London based in-house L&D team, which covers everything from advert writing to selling to different personalities.
• International office relocation: for people who want to work in our other offices (New York, Seattle, Newport Beach, Zurich and Frankfurt).

Benefits and incentives:

• Quarterly lunch clubs at top restaurants in London.
• Team incentives.
• 2x Holidays per year- previous locations include Mykonos, Croatia and Ibiza.
• 2.5 hours of flexi-time per week.
• Private health insurance.
• Discounted corporate gym membership.
• Office meditation sessions and mental health talks/guest speakers.
• Health & wellness programme.
• Wellness days.
• Half days off for birthdays/Late starts and early finishes.
• Summer hours.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven background in 360 recruitment, ideally within Life Sciences or a transferrable market.
• Someone motivated by Career progression and earning potential.
• Consistently hitting individual targets.
• Exceptional communication and organisational skills when working with clients and candidates.
• Ability to attain and maintain excellent relationships with clients and candidates.
• Professionalism.
• Proven experience working in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to remain motivated, proactive and resilient particularly when faced with a challenging situation.

Experience:

• 2+ Years Recruitment experience.
• Experience opening new accounts and delivering into them.
• You should be recognized internally and externally as an expert within your Practice area/ industry sector.
• You should also be able to provide examples of building networks and developing relationships.
• A key component of this role is to open and drive new accounts so previous business development success and an ability to bring new business into the company is vital.
• Your ambition to succeed in a pressurised and competitive yet extremely high integrity based environment must be clearly evident.

If you have any questions or would like to have an exploratory, confidential chat to learn more, please apply below or reach out directly to claudia.giles@skillsalliance.com