MARKETING MANAGER
Company
Cytrellis Biosystems
MedTech Aesthetic Capital Company
Industry:
Medtech
Startup
Time to fill: 39 days
Hired:
Marketing Manager
The Challenge
The client was expanding their marketing team and was looking for talent who had marketing and sales experience in their niche.
The position was posted on multiple job boards with a plethora of applicants; however, none were truly a match for the requirements of the position.
The hiring manager leveraged their network and while their network was robust, the timing was not right for anyone from this pool to make a career change.
The ideal candidate profile would have field-based sales and marketing experience which could complicate the compensation expectations.
Our Solution
SSC directly head-hunted over 100 candidates.
The client selected a shortlist of 6 candidates who were all highly competitive for the position.
A hire was made in less than 40 days and the remaining shortlisted talent was so strong that they were considered for other opportunities within the organization.
PRINCIPAL Electrical Engineer
Company
Cytrellis Biosystems
Industry:
Medtech
Startup
Time to fill: 55 days
Hired:
Principal Electrical Engineer
The Challenge
The CTO had reviewed and interviewed hundreds of candidates for this role, leading to significant losses of time and efficiency in this client’s fast-paced, start-up atmosphere. At this juncture, Summit Search Consultants was engaged.
The client was looking for a highly-specialized combination of significant prior medical device electrical engineering experience, a balance of design vs. test engineering exposure and prior success in a small company environment.
Given the leadership mandate for the incoming Senior Electrical Engineer, the client also sought a track record of success leading teams.
The client required that this candidate was local given the requirements of this role, company culture and upcoming milestones.
Our Solution
SSC identified and approached 203 targeted candidates, narrowing the selection down to a Shortlisted 10 candidates.
In an iterative and highly-collaborative process, SSC specifically targeted not only medical device start-ups, but more specifically those organizations with disruptive product offerings requiring heavy lifting from their electrical engineers.
With only 55 days to hire, a strong candidate was placed with extensive experience in startups within the medical device world.
