RECRUITMENT SERVICES FOR GERMANY’S LIFE SCIENCES, DIAGNOSTICS & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION SECTORS

Recruitment Consultants offering expertise, integrity, and effective solutions across Germany and the DACH region.

Our specialist recruitment agency specialises in recruiting for suppliers of products and services in the Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Diagnostics, and Scientific Instrumentation sectors across Germany, the DACH region and beyond. We focus on roles in Sales, Marketing, Applications, and Service Engineering at both operational and management levels.

We support clients looking to recruit in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the UK, Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland), Benelux (Belgium and the Netherlands), France, Spain, and Italy.

Our extensive experience in life sciences and scientific instrumentation recruitment includes assisting small to medium-sized companies from Germany, Western Europe, the USA, China, and Japan to establish or expand their presence in these markets.

Our reputation as a recruitment agency is built on our commitment to quality service and our ability to deliver the most comprehensive and thorough life sciences and scientific instrumentation recruitment solutions available, leaving no stone unturned.

Markets Segments Covered Within Life Sciences Recruitment

We offer contingency and full search recruitment agency and consultancy services to Life Sciences companies who provide equipment, consumables and services to meet research needs within Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies as well as Academia and independent Research Institutes.

In addition new and emerging markets like genomics, cell and gene therapy and bioprocessing have evolved which now form part of our sphere of activity.

We also continue to work in the Diagnostic market space and Environmental and some Industrial Sectors which use scientific instrumentation.

Additional Markets Covered

Environmental Scientific Instrumentation and Services
Industrial Scientific Instrumentation and Services

5 Reasons to Trust Imperial Life Sciences for Life Sciences Recruitment in Germany and DACH

1. Industry Specific Experts: Imperial Life Sciences focuses exclusively on the life sciences, diagnostics, and scientific instrumentation sectors, providing in depth industry knowledge and bespoke recruitment services.

2. Extensive European Network: The agency operates across Western Europe, including Germany and DACH region, ensuring a broad reach and understanding of regional market needs.

3. Proven Track Record: With over 10 years of experience, our agency is proud of its reputation for delivering high quality and effective recruitment solutions.

4. Comprehensive Services: We offer various recruitment methods and strategies, including contingency, full market search, and partnership recruitment, to meet specific client needs efficiently.

5. International Clientele: We assist not only European but US, Chinese, and Japanese companies as well with establishing and growing their presence in Europe.

Job Functions Covered in Life Sciences and Scientific Instrumentation Recruitment

We cover all commercial, customer facing roles which includes Sales (Internal and External), Marketing, Applications and Service Engineering functions.

Job Titles Covered in Life Sciences and Scientific Instrumentation Recruitment

Job Titles

Seniority

Most roles we handle are at either Executive or Managerial/Director/Vice President level.

For Employers

Salaries

Low, Below Average, Average, Above Average, High

Additional Costs to Employer

(Statutory Taxes and Employee Rights e.g. sickness pay, holidays)

Low, Below Average, Average, Above Average, High

In many cases Germany is grouped together the German speaking territory of Austria and parts of Switzerland to form a regional territory, DACH.

Frequently asked Questions about Life Sciences and Scientific Instrumentation Recruitment in Germany and the DACH region.

Q: How does the DACH region differ to the rest of W Europe? What are the unique challenges?
A: Germany and the DACH region, as well as the UK, are probably the two most significant and substantial Life Sciences markets within Europe being home to many of the large pharma companies, research institutes and universities which dominate the sector.

Furthermore the DACH region, especially Southern Germany and German speaking Switzerland, has a particularly high number of pharma companies and pharma related industry in an already affluent part of the world so demand for people is high and so, therefore, are the salaries.

The North of Germany is a little less expensive but it also means people must travel further to access the most lucrative and prestigious customers.

Q: If salaries are already high and you can’t just throw money at the issue, how do you secure the best talent?
A: In markets such as this, where the fight for top candidates is extremely competitive and the percentage of such candidates on the market low, search and selection techniques employed by an experienced recruiter not only help you identify highly qualified candidates but allow you to engage with candidates at an early stage in the recruitment process and find out what really motivates them as well as gives you the chance, via the recruiter, to peak a genuine interest in the opportunity on offer by being able to tell your story that is not predicated on salary alone.

So rather than using money as the primary motivator in securing someone for the job you compete in the market by identifying and securing the interest of like-minded people who understand appreciate the task in hand and are excited by the entirety of what is on offer and not just a slightly bigger salary which is rarely a desirable way of attracting the most suitable people or indeed getting the best out of them.

Q: Within W Europe where do salaries rank in the DACH region?
A: Pretty much at the top end. Especially S Germany and Switzerland.

Q: Do company cars form part of a standard employment package for Sales, Applications and Service personnel?
A: Yes. Although car allowances now are the preferred way of providing staff with a vehicle for business use.

Q: Are employment costs high to a hiring company?
A: Relatively speaking, yes. Germany along with other DACH, Benelux and Scandinavian countries has a high tax culture and employers certainly pay their share in this tax burden but costs are not as high as France, which is the most expensive place to hire someone from an employer’s point of view in W Europe. Germany does however have the advantage of giving you access to premium markets and customers and makes hiring in Germany/DACH essential for most companies looking to sell in Europe. If companies are going to hire just one salesperson in Europe as a starting point they tend to pick either Germany or the UK.

CONTACT US

To enquire about our client services or explore new roles in life sciences or scientific instrumentation, please contact our German team by phone or email. We will respond promptly to your queries.

+44 1325 488 366
enquiries@implifesciences.com