Services
Recruitment
New leadership, knowledge, skills, attitude, a growth mindset... these are concepts that appear in almost every vacancy text. But you are looking for more than just the right words. You are looking for that person who will really make the difference.
How do you translate container concepts into a concrete profile? What is the real task within your organization – and what kind of person fits that?
The English say it aptly: “Horses for Courses.” Two candidates may seemingly meet all the requirements in your carefully drafted vacancy, while in practice only one turns out to be the right match. You would rather give the other to your competitor.
At Health Devotion, we distinguish ourselves by having been ultimately responsible for hiring people, building high-performance teams, and leading products to blockbuster status for years – with revenues of over 100 million euros. We have achieved successes, made mistakes, and above all learned a lot. We now use that experience to maximize your chances of success.
Our services do not stop at placement. Every candidate who starts working through us receives one hour of coaching or mentoring every month for the first year – tailored to previously discussed objectives. This way we ensure that you not only recruit the best candidate, but also actually achieve your business goals.
Curious about what we can do for you? Feel free to contact us.
Interim management
Interim management can be an excellent solution for temporary assignments. However, we see it too often used as a stopgap measure: a position that becomes available due to illness or maternity leave, or a project that needs to be managed temporarily.
In our view, this does not do justice to the potential of interim management. In our opinion, the DBA Act is not an obstacle – but an opportunity to do things differently.
We believe that interim management offers the opportunity to create movement. To tackle issues with a fresh perspective, implement changes or test new ideas. Why would you settle for a temporary position, if you can also make real progress?
Here too, “Horses for Courses” applies. What do you want to achieve – and who do you need for that? Many can mind the shop, but that rarely yields the added value you are looking for.
At Health Devotion, we select interim managers not only based on experience, but especially on their suitability for your specific goal. During the assignment, each interim manager is assigned an experienced buddy from our team, who maintains contact every two weeks. In this way, we keep a close eye on whether the deployment still contributes to realizing your objectives.
In addition, every interim manager has direct access through us to a network of specialists in all facets of the pharmaceutical industry and biotech – from market access and regulatory affairs to stakeholder and governmental affairs.
This way you are assured of interim management that delivers more than just temporary staffing: it delivers sustainable impact.
Curious about what we can do for you? Feel free to contact us for a no-obligation conversation.
Interim solutions
In the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, there is often a search for the 'five-legged sheep': someone who can effortlessly switch between medical knowledge, market access, stakeholder management, governmental affairs, marketing and sales. Although there are interim managers in the market with a lot of expertise, they are often specialists in only one of these domains.
At Health Devotion we support our interim managers in all these areas, by connecting them directly with experienced specialists. However, it can happen that a project is so complex that it cannot be carried by one person. That is why we have developed Interim Solutions.
In short, we work with you to identify the purpose of the project and then assemble a team of interim professionals who can deliver this assignment. Hours are only billed based on what is needed for the project – no more, no less. This provides a flexible solution without long-term contracts or a permanent team on the payroll, minimizing costs and risks for you. As soon as the organization can take over, or the project is terminated, the deployment stops.
Interim Solutions is also the solution for larger projects, such as product launches.
Product launches
The Dutch climate for the successful launch of innovative medicines is becoming increasingly complex and unpredictable. Where in the past a product registration offered a reasonable guarantee for a successful market introduction, nowadays there are more and more obstacles that make the chance of success uncertain.
Many companies sometimes have people on the payroll for more than three years for products whose right to exist is not yet certain. Large companies can often absorb this internally, but for smaller companies or companies that want to establish themselves in the Netherlands, this is often a challenge.
Health Devotion provides support in the preparation and execution of product launches, until the moment the organization decides that it is financially viable to take over the responsibility itself.
During this period you will get maximum flexibility and only the effort that is needed to achieve the greatest success will be invoiced. No long-term personnel costs, but a solution that minimizes risks.
Reorganization advice and implementation
The pharmaceutical and biotech industries are high-risk sectors, especially in a country like the Netherlands, where after the patent expiry of a small molecule, more than 90% of sales shift to generic alternatives within a few months.
Biosimilars are also increasingly finding their way into the Dutch pharmaceutical supply.
Combined with a changing healthcare landscape and portfolio fluctuations, this can mean that the organization you have today is no longer the organization you need to be to ensure future business results.
With extensive experience in large change processes and reorganizations, we are happy to help you shape the necessary changes. Whether it concerns strategic advice or hands-on implementation, we are ready to implement the desired changes together with you.
Executive coaching and training
Are you a new Executive in a pharmaceutical or biotech company? You probably have a good team around you, but can you really discuss everything with them? Who helps you with the considerations and choices you make?
Even as an experienced executive, it can be lonely at the top. Sometimes it's nice to spar with someone who has been in your shoes, someone who knows the ropes.
The topics that can be discussed or coached are so diverse that there is only one solution: personal guidance. Call us for a free and non-binding first session. If we can solve it in one session, that would be great. If you want more time to brainstorm with us, we would be happy to make a suitable proposal.
