Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Strategy

Finding the right people
for complex organizations

Senior-level recruiting expertise built inside biotech, life sciences, and complex enterprises. Taylor partners with leaders to build exceptional teams — from first hire to full strategy.

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15+
Years Experience
500+
Placements Made
Biotech
Deep Specialization
100%
Dedicated Consulting

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Taylor Shea — Talent Acquisition Consultant

About Taylor

Built for organizations where talent is everything

"Great recruiting isn't about filling seats — it's about building the future of your organization."

Taylor Shea is a senior talent acquisition leader and consulting professional with deep roots in biotech and life sciences. Over her career, she has worked inside some of the most scientifically complex and rapidly scaling organizations — navigating the unique challenges of recruiting for roles that sit at the intersection of science, technology, and business.

Whether you need to hire your first commercial team, rebuild a broken recruiting process, or support employees through career transition, Taylor brings the experience, relationships, and strategic clarity to get it right.

Based in Lake Oswego, Oregon · Serving clients nationwide.

Beyond the Work
📚 Voracious Reader 🐾 Dog Mom 🍞 Sourdough Baker 🍪 Brown Butter Cookies 🍱 Home Cook 🌲 Pacific Northwest

What Taylor Does

Services built around your needs

From full-cycle recruiting to process strategy, every engagement is tailored to where your organization actually is — not a generic playbook.

Talent Acquisition

End-to-end recruiting for critical roles. From sourcing strategy to offer close — with the market knowledge that comes from years inside complex organizations.

Talent Attraction & Employer Brand

The best candidates have options. Taylor helps you articulate what makes your organization worth joining — and reach the people others can't.

Recruiting Strategy & Process

Broken hiring process? Scaling fast? Taylor diagnoses, redesigns, and implements recruiting operations that scale with your growth.

Resume & Profile Review

A sharp resume and LinkedIn from someone who reads them every day. Honest, direct, and built to get you noticed in the right rooms.

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Biotech professionals collaborating in a modern laboratory environment

Deep Specialization

Biotech & life sciences recruiting is a different game

The candidate pools are smaller. The roles are more complex. The science matters. Taylor spent years inside biotech organizations building recruiting functions from the ground up — and brings that inside knowledge to every search.

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Experience Across

Industries & Functions

Taylor brings specific knowledge of roles, talent pools, and compensation benchmarks across these areas.

Biotech & Biopharma Life Sciences Clinical & Regulatory Affairs Medical Devices Diagnostics Research & Development Commercial & Sales Operations & Supply Chain Finance & Accounting Human Resources Executive & Leadership Technology & Engineering

What Clients Say

Results that speak for themselves

Taylor's approach is direct, thoughtful, and deeply invested in your success — whether you're hiring or being hired.

Taylor transformed our recruiting function in under six months. She didn't just fill roles — she rebuilt how we think about hiring, and the quality of candidates we're seeing now is night and day.

Sarah M.
VP People, Biotech Startup

I'd been stuck in my search for months. After Taylor reviewed my resume and helped me position my story, I had three first-round interviews within two weeks. She just gets it.

James R.
Senior Director, Clinical Development

Taylor's outplacement support during our restructuring was exceptional. She treated each person with real care and helped our team land on their feet with dignity. That matters enormously.

Karen L.
CHRO, Mid-Size Pharma

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Who does Taylor typically work with?
Taylor works with two types of clients: organizations — biotech, biopharma, and life sciences companies ranging from early-stage startups to publicly traded enterprises — and individuals — senior professionals navigating career transitions, job searches, or seeking resume and LinkedIn support. Most clients are in the Pacific Northwest or working with remote/distributed teams, but Taylor serves clients nationwide.
What makes Taylor different from a staffing agency?
Taylor spent over a decade inside biotech companies — not recruiting for them from the outside. She sat in the same rooms as the hiring managers, understood the science, and built recruiting functions from scratch. That inside perspective means she asks different questions, accesses different networks, and brings a level of context that generalist or staffing agencies simply can't replicate.
Do you work with pre-IPO companies?
Yes — this is a core part of Taylor's expertise. She understands the urgency, confidentiality requirements, and executive talent dynamics that come with building a team ahead of a public offering. She's also experienced working through major acquisitions, having been part of Juno Therapeutics through its acquisitions by both Celgene and Bristol Myers Squibb.
How does pricing work?
For organizations, search engagements are typically structured as a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year compensation, either retained (milestone-based) or contingency (placement-only). For individuals, career services are fixed-fee packages. All engagements begin with a complimentary 30-minute discovery call where Taylor will assess your situation and share a clear proposal.
What industries and roles does Taylor specialize in?
Taylor's deepest expertise is in biotech, biopharma, diagnostics, and life sciences — covering functions including R&D, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, CMC & Manufacturing, Quality, Medical Affairs, Commercial, and G&A. She has recruited for roles from bench scientist to C-suite, and has particular depth in hard-to-fill scientific and technical positions.
How quickly can Taylor start?
Taylor typically responds to all inquiries within one business day and can begin scoping an engagement within the same week. Timeline depends on the type and complexity of the engagement — reach out to discuss your specific needs.

Ready to build something great?

Whether you're a leader looking to hire, an organization rethinking your talent strategy, or a professional navigating your next move — let's talk.

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What Taylor Offers

Services & Expertise

Tailored engagements for organizations and individuals navigating the complexities of talent — from first hire to career transition.

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How Taylor can help

Every engagement is scoped to your specific situation. No retainers for things you don't need. No generic playbooks.

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Talent Acquisition

Full-cycle recruiting for individual roles or entire hiring initiatives. Taylor manages the process end-to-end — sourcing, screening, assessment, and close.

  • Retained and project-based search
  • Executive and senior leadership hiring
  • Technical, scientific, and commercial roles
  • Sourcing strategy and pipeline building
  • Interview design and debrief facilitation
  • Offer strategy and negotiation support
02

Talent Attraction & Employer Brand

Great candidates have choices. Taylor helps you tell your story in a way that resonates — and build the reputation that makes top talent want to join.

  • Employer value proposition (EVP) development
  • Job description writing and positioning
  • Candidate experience design
  • LinkedIn and external presence strategy
  • Competitive compensation benchmarking
03

Recruiting Strategy & Process

For organizations where recruiting isn't working — or needs to scale. Taylor diagnoses the gaps and builds the operating model to fix them.

  • Recruiting function assessment and audit
  • Process design and workflow documentation
  • ATS selection and implementation support
  • Interview training for hiring managers
  • Metrics, KPIs, and reporting frameworks
  • Team structure and capacity planning
04

Outplacement & Career Transition

When organizations go through restructuring, Taylor provides meaningful support to affected employees — navigating their transition with care and practical expertise.

  • Individual outplacement coaching
  • Group program design for RIFs and restructures
  • Resume and LinkedIn overhaul
  • Job search strategy and market navigation
  • Interview preparation and offer evaluation
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Resume & LinkedIn Review

Direct, honest feedback from someone who reviews resumes every day — and knows what actually gets noticed. For executives and senior professionals ready for their next move.

  • Resume strategy and rewrite
  • LinkedIn profile optimization
  • Personal brand positioning
  • Cover letter guidance
  • Tailoring for specific roles or industries
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Not sure what you need?

Every engagement starts with a conversation. Taylor offers a complimentary 30-minute discovery call to understand your situation and recommend the right approach.

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Track Record

Built Inside the Industry, Not Outside of It

Taylor has built recruiting functions and filled critical roles at companies ranging from Series A startups to publicly traded global enterprises. She understands the different hiring challenges at every stage.

Pre-Clinical / Early Stage

Founding team hires, first commercial builds, and establishing culture from the ground up. Taylor has worked inside early-stage biotechs where every hire shapes the company's future.

  • Series A–C hiring
  • Founding scientist placements
  • First HR/People hires
  • Culture & EVP development
Pre-IPO & Growth

Scaling talent rapidly and building the infrastructure needed for an IPO. Taylor understands SEC compliance considerations, quiet period hiring constraints, and the urgency of pre-IPO builds.

  • IPO readiness hiring
  • Executive team scaling
  • Commercial launch builds
  • Cross-functional rapid growth
Publicly Traded

Navigating the complexity of large, matrixed, publicly traded organizations — balancing speed, governance, and candidate experience at scale across multiple sites and geographies.

  • Enterprise-scale TA strategy
  • Global search & diversity
  • Board & executive placements
  • M&A integration hiring

Where Taylor Has Done This Work

Taylor's experience spans some of the most scientifically complex and high-growth companies in biotech — from early-stage diagnostics to large-cap pharmaceutical enterprises.

Delfi Diagnostics
Sr. Talent Partner
Apr 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Talent partner across all DELFI functions — G&A, Laboratory Operations, Quality, Management, Commercial, R&D, Medical Affairs, and Clinical Development.

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
Recruiter → Sr. Talent Coordinator
Apr 2019 – Mar 2022 · 3 yrs

Full life-cycle recruitment for Lab Operations, Commercial, Regulatory, and Quality functions. Candidate experience obsessed; executive recruiting coordination.

Juno Therapeutics  acq. Celgene → Bristol Myers Squibb
Recruiting Coordinator — Technical Operations
Dec 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

Supporting hiring for QC, QA, and Manufacturing. Building SOPs for high-volume recruiting. Experienced the company through two major acquisitions.

NanoString Technologies, Inc.
Recruiting Coordinator
May 2016 – Nov 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Seattle

Recruiting for Manufacturing and technical functions at a pioneering spatial biology company.

Built for These Searches

Biotech & Life Sciences Roles Taylor Recruits For

Deep familiarity with the full spectrum of roles unique to biotech, biopharma, and life sciences — from pre-clinical to commercial, pre-IPO to publicly traded. When hiring managers and HR teams search for a specialist recruiter for these titles, Taylor is the answer.

Research & Discovery

Research Scientist Principal Scientist Senior Scientist Computational Biologist Bioinformatics Scientist AI/ML Drug Discovery Lead Structural Biologist Protein Scientist Biochemist Cell Biology Scientist Molecular Biologist Genomics Scientist Translational Scientist

Clinical Development

Clinical Research Associate (CRA) Clinical Trial Manager Clinical Operations Director Medical Monitor Clinical Program Manager Study Manager Clinical Data Manager Biostatistician Statistical Programmer (SAS/R) Clinical Scientist VP Clinical Operations Chief Medical Officer

Regulatory Affairs

Regulatory Affairs Specialist Senior Director Regulatory Affairs VP Regulatory Affairs Regulatory CMC Specialist IND/NDA/BLA Specialist Regulatory Intelligence Manager Global Regulatory Affairs Lead Device Regulatory Affairs (510k/PMA) Regulatory Operations Specialist RAC-certified Professional

CMC & Manufacturing

CMC Director Bioprocess Engineer Process Development Scientist Upstream Process Scientist Downstream Processing Scientist Analytical Development Scientist Formulation Scientist Drug Product Development Technology Transfer Manager Manufacturing Director Head of Technical Operations

Quality & Compliance

QA Specialist / QA Manager QC Analyst / QC Scientist GMP Compliance Manager GCP Compliance Specialist Quality Systems Manager CAPA Specialist Validation Engineer Computer System Validation (CSV) GxP Quality Lead Head of Quality Assurance VP Quality

Medical Affairs & Safety

Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Senior MSL Medical Affairs Director VP Medical Affairs Pharmacovigilance Specialist Drug Safety Associate Medical Writer Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR) Real World Evidence (RWE) Scientist Medical Director

Commercial & Market Access

Sales Representative — Biotech/Pharma Key Account Manager Regional Business Director VP Sales Marketing Manager — Oncology/Rare Disease Market Access Manager Payer Strategy Lead Reimbursement Specialist Launch Excellence Manager Chief Commercial Officer

Finance, Legal & Operations

VP Finance — Biotech CFO (Pre-IPO & Public) Corporate Controller Head of Business Development (BD) Alliance Management Director IP / Patent Counsel General Counsel — Biotech Head of Investor Relations Program Manager / PMO Chief of Staff

People & HR

HR Business Partner — Biotech Head of Talent Acquisition Talent Acquisition Manager Recruiter — Life Sciences Compensation & Benefits Specialist HR Director — Pharma CHRO — Biotech Learning & Development Manager Total Rewards Manager

Executive & Leadership

CEO — Pre-IPO Biotech COO — Life Sciences CSO — Chief Scientific Officer CTO — Biotech Board Member Recruitment VP R&D Head of Pipeline Strategy President — Rare Disease General Manager — Oncology

"Don't see your role listed? That's exactly why you should reach out."

Taylor has recruited across the full spectrum of biotech and life sciences functions — from bench scientist to boardroom. If you're hiring for a specialized, unusual, or emerging role, she likely has a network for it.

Engagements & Investment

How Taylor Works With Clients

Every engagement is scoped to your specific situation. Taylor doesn't publish fixed rates because the right structure depends on the role, timeline, and organization — but here's how most engagements are structured.

For Organizations

Search & Recruiting

Retained or Contingent

Search fees are typically structured as a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year total compensation. Retained engagements include milestone-based payments. Contingency available for select roles.

  • Retained search: billed in thirds (start, mid-search, placement)
  • Contingency search: fee due only on successful hire
  • Project-based recruiting sprints available
  • Process consulting billed at project or retainer rates
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For Individuals

Career Services

Fixed-Fee Packages

Individual career services are offered as defined packages so you know exactly what you're getting — and what it costs — before we begin.

  • Resume + LinkedIn Review & Rewrite
  • Interview Prep Session (1-on-1)
  • Job Search Strategy Package
  • Full Outplacement Support (6-week program)

Pricing shared during your free 30-min discovery call.

Schedule Discovery Call
All engagements begin with a complimentary 30-minute discovery call. Taylor will learn about your situation, share how she'd approach it, and provide a clear proposal — before any commitment is required.

Let's Connect

Start a conversation

Whether you have a specific role to fill, a process to fix, or you're figuring out your next career move — reach out. The first conversation is always free.

Location
Lake Oswego, Oregon · Serving clients nationwide

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Tell Taylor a bit about what you're looking for — she responds personally to every inquiry within one business day.

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