Experienced Hires — pobl

Experienced Hires

We treat every search like an executive search: a carefully crafted project built around your brief, your objectives and your culture.

Executive-search rigour, for the hires that matter most.

Your most important hires deserve more than a stack of CVs. We run each experienced search as a proper project — mapping the market, approaching the people who fit (including those who aren't actively looking), and pressure-testing every candidate against your brief, your culture and where you're headed.

Built around your brief

We start with the real shape of the role — the objectives, the team, the culture — not just a job title.

Mapped, not job-boarded

We map and approach the whole market, including strong people who'd never answer an advert.

A crafted shortlist

Quality over volume — only people we'd genuinely vouch for, and who fit for the long term.

Selected work

A scarce-skill senior hire — placed, and thriving.

The brief

AI & Innovation Director

The client

Independent, highly-regarded MedComms agency

The challenge

A brand-new, senior role at the intersection of science and AI — very few people in the market with the skills required, and a high bar for both technical credibility and cultural fit.

The approach

We mapped the market end to end, made discreet, personal approaches to people who weren't actively looking, and pressure-tested every candidate against the brief, the culture and the long-term vision.

The outcome

A small number of carefully chosen introductions, reflecting the high level of expertise the role demanded in a space with very few qualified candidates. Two who could genuinely have been offered the job — and one who's now thriving in it.

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Two senior writers, from approach to offer in weeks.

The brief

Two Senior Medical Writers

The client

International MedComms agency

The challenge

Finding appropriately qualified Senior Medical Writers able to work hybrid from one of several office locations. The hybrid requirement is an increasing challenge — a post-Covid shift to remote working, a slowdown in talent mobility, and fewer people entering the field and acquiring the right training for this kind of role.

The approach

Using our network and industry knowledge to identify high-potential individuals — then, crucially, communicating the quality of the opportunity: why this employer, and why they were a standout option versus the agencies the candidates were already working for.

The outcome

From application to offer — navigating a thorough process, including writing tests — in a few short weeks.

Explore our Medical Writing specialism

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