Category Archives: For Jobseekers

How to Move from Clinical Research to Executive Leadership

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At JRG Partners we sit on the other side of these searches every day, so this reflects what we actually see working for candidates. Clinical research professionals hold expertise that pharmaceutical companies genuinely need at senior levels, but the move into executive […]

Resume Strategies for Pharma Regulatory Affairs Professionals

Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Having placed executives into these roles repeatedly, we wrote this to tell you what genuinely matters, not the generic career advice you have already read. Regulatory affairs resumes are frequently weakened by the same habit: listing regulations, regions, and procedures rather […]

How to Position Yourself for a VP-Level MedTech Promotion

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This reflects what we see from the recruiter’s side of the table, which is a useful vantage point when you are planning your own next move. Getting promoted to VP in a device company depends less on performing your current role excellently than on demonstrating that you already […]

Career Paths from Engineer to Medical Device Executive

Medical Device Executive

This reflects what we see from the recruiter’s side of the table, which is a useful vantage point when you are planning your own next move. Engineers are well positioned to reach device company leadership, because technical credibility matters enormously in this industry, but […]

How to Handle a Counteroffer in Medical Device Recruiting

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Having placed executives into these roles repeatedly, we wrote this to tell you what genuinely matters, not the generic career advice you have already read. Counteroffers are common when a device company loses a senior person it cannot easily replace, and they are harder to […]

How to Transition from Pharma to Medical Devices Leadership

Life Sciences Leadership

This reflects what we see from the recruiter’s side of the table, which is a useful vantage point when you are planning your own next move. Moving from pharmaceutical leadership into medical devices is a genuinely achievable transition, but it is not the lateral step it often […]

Understanding Non-Competes in the Medical Device Industry

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This reflects what we see from the recruiter’s side of the table, which is a useful vantage point when you are planning your own next move. Non-compete and related restrictive agreements are common in medical devices, where companies protect product knowledge, customer […]

Networking Strategies for MedTech Professionals

Medical Conference Networking

Drawing on the searches we run, this lays out what actually separates the candidates who get these roles from those who do not. Networking in MedTech works differently from generic career networking, because the industry is small, technically specialized, and reputation travels […]

What a 90-Day Plan Should Look Like for a New MedTech Executive

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At JRG Partners we sit on the other side of these searches every day, so this reflects what we actually see working for candidates. A 90-day plan for a device executive should look different from a generic one, because the first ninety days must be spent understanding regulatory […]

Negotiating Your Compensation Package as a MedTech Executive

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This reflects what we see from the recruiter’s side of the table, which is a useful vantage point when you are planning your own next move. Negotiating a MedTech executive package requires understanding what actually drives value in the offer, which varies enormously depending […]