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High Impact Talent.
Delivered.

Human Precision. AI Power. Talent That Executes.

Our AI platform finds the passive Pharma and Biotech candidates your competitors cannot reach. Eagle Recruiting Services (ERS) brings 25 years of relationships that get them on the phone. Together, that combination delivers your shortlist in 10 business days for Commercial, Corporate, and R&D roles.

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Years Industry Experience
30K+
Direct Pharma & Biotech Connections
8–12M
Extended Network Reach
0
Business Days to Shortlist
ERS AI Platform, Live Search Running
PLACEDDirector of Regulatory Affairs · Mid-Size Biopharma · NJ PLACEDVP of Sales · Rare Disease Launch · Boston SHORTLISTHead of Market Access · 9 business days PLACEDVP Clinical Development · Pre-IPO Biotech · Confidential RPO21 of 22 roles filled · Biopharma scale-up · 38-day avg PLACEDCFO · Specialty Pharma · Philadelphia SHORTLISTNational Sales Director · 8 business days PLACEDDirector of Regulatory Affairs · Mid-Size Biopharma · NJ PLACEDVP of Sales · Rare Disease Launch · Boston SHORTLISTHead of Market Access · 9 business days PLACEDVP Clinical Development · Pre-IPO Biotech · Confidential RPO21 of 22 roles filled · Biopharma scale-up · 38-day avg PLACEDCFO · Specialty Pharma · Philadelphia SHORTLISTNational Sales Director · 8 business days
AI-Powered Passive Sourcing
Shortlist in 10 Business Days
Our platform analyzes career trajectories, therapeutic area depth, and seniority signals across thousands of professionals, in hours, not weeks.
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25 Years of Pharma Expertise
Expert Assessment. Every Candidate.
AI identifies who is available. J. C. DeTemple personally calls, qualifies, and delivers a written endorsement on every finalist.
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Results That Justify Every Dollar
Half the Timeline. Competitive Fees.
Traditional retained search: 25–33% fee, 90–180 days. ERS delivers the same quality at roughly half the time.
The Technology Behind Every Search

How Our AI Platform Works

Most firms say they use AI. Few can tell you specifically what it does. Here is exactly how our platform works, and why your shortlist arrives in 10 business days instead of 10 weeks.

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Candidate Universe Mapping
Our AI maps every relevant professional in Pharma and Biotech for your role, function, seniority, therapeutic area, company pedigree, geography. In hours.
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Fit Signal Scoring
Every candidate is scored on career trajectory, therapeutic depth, leadership progression, environment fit, and timing signals that suggest openness to a move.
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Personal Outreach by J.C.
Top-scored candidates get a personal call from J. C. DeTemple, not an automated sequence. 25 years of relationships gets them on the phone.
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Endorsed Shortlist Delivered
Three to five elite finalists, each with a written Recruiter Insight on fit, risk, and recommendation. Not resumes. Endorsed finalists.
The Speed Guarantee

We deliver your shortlist in 10 business days because our AI does in 48 hours what traditional firms spend three weeks doing manually. That is not a promise. That is how the technology works.

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Why ERS

Not a Recruiting Agency.
A Talent Partner.

Every other firm sends resumes. We deliver insight, alignment, and talent that moves the needle, for the roles where speed and precision both matter.

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Precision Over Volume
You will never receive 20 marginal profiles from us. Three to five elite candidates per search, each personally qualified and endorsed, so your team evaluates real talent, not noise.
02
We Reach Who Others Cannot
The best candidates in Pharma and Biotech are not on job boards. They are succeeding in their current roles. Our proactive headhunting goes directly to top performers, even when they are not looking.
03
Speed Without Compromise
Defined SLAs on every engagement. Signed agreement to shortlist in 10 business days. First interview to offer in 14 to 28. Urgency without cutting corners.
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AI Sourcing + Expert Assessment
Our AI analyzes career trajectories and therapeutic expertise across thousands of professionals. J. C. DeTemple personally calls, qualifies, and endorses every finalist before they reach you.
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We Speak Commercial
Sales leadership, marketing, market access, medical affairs, these are the roles we know best and the networks we have built deepest over 25 years. When you need a VP of Sales, you want someone who understands what that role requires.
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Partnership Beyond the Offer
We check in at 30 and 90 days on every placement. Our success is not measured at the signed offer letter, it is measured at the one year mark.
Who We Serve

Two Very Different Situations.
One Proven Approach.

Built for small to mid size Pharma, Biotech, and Medical Device companies, 50 to 2,000 employees, that need Fortune 500 level recruiting without the Fortune 500 infrastructure.

Situation One

You Have a Critical Seat Open

A Director, VP, or C-suite role that is costing you money every week it sits empty. You need the right person, not a stack of resumes, and you need them moving through your process within two weeks.

Best fit: VP through C-suite retained search in Commercial, Corporate, or specialized functions. Confidential searches. Hard to fill roles where passive talent access matters most.
Situation Two

You Are Scaling and Need a TA Engine

You are growing fast, a launch, a funding round, an expansion, and you have more open roles than internal capacity. You need embedded recruiting power without adding permanent headcount.

Best fit: Embedded RPO engagements, multi-role projects, launch staffing, and fractional TA leadership. We function as your recruiting team for as long as the growth phase lasts.
The Cost of Waiting

What Is This Role Really Costing You?

Every week a leadership seat sits empty has a real cost, delayed decisions, team strain, lost momentum. Move the sliders and see yours.

$220,000
8 weeks
3x
Estimated Cost of Vacancy So Far
$203,000
Lost value from the empty seat, before counting team strain, delayed launches, and decisions not made.
Cost Continuing Every Week You Wait
$25,400
ERS Partnership Fee is a fraction of this number. Engage ERS Now →
Our Guarantee

Defined Timelines.
Real Accountability.

The industry average for a Pharma and Biotech search is 49 to 90 days retained, over 170 on contingency. Our process runs at roughly half the retained average. These are not aspirational targets. They are commitments we make at the start of every engagement.

48h
Kickoff to Search Launch
Strategy built and sourcing initiated within 48 hours of signed agreement.
10
Business Days to Shortlist
Curated slate of personally qualified and endorsed candidates delivered.
14–28
Business Days to Offer
First interview through offer stage, under half the pharma industry average of 28–35 days for interviews alone.
90
Day Post-Placement Support
We stay engaged through onboarding and follow up on every single placement.
Industry Benchmarks

The Numbers Do Not Lie

Published benchmark data on what hiring actually costs and how long it actually takes in Pharma and Biotech, and where ERS lands against it.

49–170
Days, Industry Time to Fill
Healthcare and pharma searches run 49–67 days on average. Retained: 60–90. Contingency: 170+. (Workable, BountyJobs)
213%
Cost of a Failed Executive Hire
A failed leadership hire costs up to 213% of annual salary in replacement, lost productivity, and organizational drag. (SHRM)
35–50
Calendar Days, ERS Total
Engagement start to accepted offer. Roughly half the retained industry average, with retention rates 30% higher through relationship-driven search. (AESC)
Sources: SHRM 2024 · Workable Benchmarks · BountyJobs Pharma Data · AESC Retained Search Study
The ERS Method

A Process Built for Critical Roles

Five phases. Defined handoffs. Accountable outcomes at every step. Every engagement follows the same disciplined framework, no exceptions.

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Phase 1, Day 1
Deep Role Calibration & Bespoke Search Strategy
Every engagement starts with a structured intake, not to review the job description, but to understand the business priority behind the role, the team it joins, and what separates a good hire from a great one. We leave with a written search strategy and success scorecard.
⏱ Within 48 hours of signed agreement
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Phase 2, Days 1–5
AI-Powered Sourcing & Market Mapping
Our platform maps the complete candidate universe for your role and scores every professional on fit signals. Simultaneously, J. C. DeTemple activates the network, the 30,000 direct connections built over 25 years in this exact market.
⏱ Candidate universe mapped in 48 hours
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Phase 3, Days 5–10
Personal Outreach & Expert Qualification
Top-scored candidates receive a personal call, not an automated sequence. Each conversation qualifies skills, motivators, compensation expectations, and genuine interest before anyone reaches your desk.
⏱ Shortlist delivered by business day 10
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Phase 4, Days 10–38
Interview Management & Offer Strategy
We drive scheduling, gather structured feedback after every round, keep candidates engaged, and manage the offer conversation, including compensation strategy and counter-offer defense.
⏱ First interview through accepted offer
5
Phase 5, Day 38+
Placement Support & 90-Day Partnership
The engagement does not end at the signed offer. We support onboarding, check in at 30 and 90 days with both sides, and stand behind every placement.
⏱ 30 and 90 day check-ins on every placement
Interactive Tool

What Does Your Search Actually Look Like?

Select your role type and seniority. See exactly how ERS compares to the industry average, in real calendar days.

Industry Average
90
calendar days to accepted offer
ERS with AI Platform
35
calendar days to accepted offer
Every week that seat is open has a cost. ERS stops the clock faster.
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Where We Specialize

Built Around the Roles
That Drive Revenue

ERS combines AI-powered sourcing with 25 years of relationships to place leaders across Commercial, Corporate, R&D, and Manufacturing in Pharma and Biotech.

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Primary Focus, Commercial & Corporate

Commercial & Revenue-Generating Functions

These are the roles that build markets, drive revenue, and define a launch. J. C. DeTemple has spent 25 years building relationships with the best Commercial talent in Pharma and Biotech.

Sales
› VP & National Sales Directors
› Regional Business Directors
› Sales Operations Leadership
› Field Sales Management
› Key Account Management
Marketing & Market Access
› VP & Director of Marketing
› Brand & Portfolio Management
› Market Access & Payer Strategy
› HEOR & Outcomes Research
› Marketing Operations
Medical Affairs
› VP & Head of Medical Affairs
› MSL Directors & Managers
› Medical Science Liaisons
› Commercial Medical Directors
› Regulatory Affairs (Labeling & Promo)
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The Infrastructure Behind Every Great Commercial Team

Corporate & Headquarters

› Chief Human Resources Officers & HR Leadership
› CFOs, VP Finance & Accounting Leadership
› General Counsel & Legal Affairs
› CIOs & IT Leadership
› Strategic Planning & Corporate Development
› Communications & Public Affairs
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R&D, Clinical & Manufacturing

Research, Development & Operations

› Regulatory Affairs Leaders
› Clinical Development & Operations
› Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance
› Manufacturing & Process Engineering
› Quality Assurance · CMC · Cell & Gene Therapy
› Biostatistics & Translational Sciences
From the Field

What This Partnership
Looks Like in Practice

Real problems we solved, anonymized to protect our clients, but the specifics are genuine.

Regulatory Affairs · Biopharmaceutical

Open for seven months. Filled in 23 days.

Two prior agencies targeted the wrong company profile. We rebuilt the target list in the intake call, launched a focused campaign into mid-cap specialty pharma, and delivered a shortlist in nine business days.

9
Days to Shortlist
23
Days to Hire
11yr
Exact-Fit Experience
Commercial Leadership · Rare Disease

Eight failed interviews elsewhere. We changed the search.

A VP of Sales for a rare disease launch where cultural fit mattered as much as the resume. Our intake spent 30 minutes on cultural profile before skills, and targeted a completely different company profile than anyone had tried.

4
Candidates Presented
2
Final Rounds
1
Perfect Hire
Clinical Development · Pre-IPO Biotech

A search the market could never see.

VP of Clinical Development requiring complete confidentiality, the incumbent did not know. We approached only pre-vetted passive candidates through personal outreach, no company name until mutual NDA.

100%
Confidential
0
Market Leaks
Offer Accepted
RPO Engagement · Biopharma Scale-Up

200 to 400 employees in 18 months. No internal TA.

We built their entire TA infrastructure from scratch, hiring process, scorecards, hiring manager training, ATS management, and ran 22 concurrent searches as their embedded recruiting team.

21/22
Roles Filled
38
Day Avg Fill
18mo
Embedded Partner
Principal Recruiter

J. C. DeTemple

Strategic Talent Partner
25+
Years Experience
30K
Direct Connections
100%
Pharma & Biotech
Both
Agency & Corporate
in · Connect on LinkedIn TopTalent@EagleRecruitingServices.com

When a Pharma or Biotech company engages ERS, they are working directly with me. Not a junior account manager. Not a sourcer reading from a script. Me, on every intake call, every candidate qualification, every offer conversation, and every check-in at 30 and 90 days after placement.

I have spent more than 25 years on both sides of the desk, as an agency recruiter running retained searches, and inside life sciences organizations building the functions large TA teams run. That dual perspective is not common, and it shapes everything about how I approach a search.

My network across U.S. Pharma and Biotech spans more than 30,000 connections built over two and a half decades in the same sector, the same functions, the same candidate communities. When I reach out to a passive candidate, I am often reaching someone who has heard my name before. That reputation cannot be bought and cannot be built quickly, and it is the single most important asset I bring to every search.

What Clients Say

Trusted by TA Leaders
Across Life Sciences

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The shortlist arrived in nine days and every candidate was worth interviewing. We have never had that experience with a search firm before.

Head of Talent Acquisition
Fully Integrated Biopharmaceutical
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J.C. understood the role better than some of our own stakeholders. The candidate he endorsed hardest is the one we hired, and a year later, he was right.

VP Human Resources
Pre-IPO Oncology Company
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We had given up on a confidential search until ERS ran it. No leaks, no noise, just the right person, quietly delivered.

Chief People Officer
Rare Disease Biopharmaceutical
Insights

From the Front Lines
of Life Sciences Talent

Unfiltered perspective on the Pharma and Biotech talent market, written by practitioners who do this work every day.

FAQ

What Hiring Managers Ask Us

Straight answers to the questions we hear most from Pharma and Biotech TA leaders and hiring managers.

How long does a Director level search actually take with ERS?+
Shortlist in 10 business days. First interview through offer in 14 to 28 business days. Most searches close within 35 to 50 calendar days of engagement start, roughly half the 60 to 90 day retained industry average.
Is ERS more affordable than traditional pharma search firms?+
Yes. Traditional retained firms charge 25 to 33 percent and bill for weeks of manual sourcing research. Our AI platform eliminates that overhead, you pay for expertise and results, not research hours.
Do you work with small and mid size companies?+
That is exactly who we are built for, Pharma, Biotech, and Medical Device companies between 50 and 2,000 employees that need Fortune 500 level recruiting without the internal infrastructure.
What does the AI actually do, and what does a human do?+
The AI maps the candidate universe and scores fit signals, career trajectory, therapeutic depth, seniority, timing. J. C. DeTemple personally calls, qualifies, and endorses every finalist. AI finds who is available. A 25-year expert determines who is right.
What functions do you fill?+
Commercial (Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs), Corporate (HR, Finance, Legal, IT), and R&D and Manufacturing (Regulatory, Clinical, Quality, Manufacturing), Director through C-suite, across Pharma and Biotech.
Start the Conversation

Tell ERS About
Your Open Role

One conversation. No commitment. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right partner for the search, and exactly what the timeline looks like if we are.

📞215-377-3771 (215-ERS-ERS1) ✉️TopTalent@EagleRecruitingServices.com inERS on LinkedIn

Response within one business day. Every inquiry goes directly to J. C. DeTemple.