Sonya Wiesen

• Responsible for leading full life-cycle R&D recruitment supporting, Global Development Operations, Clinical Information Management, Study Support Services, Drug Discovery Research, Translational, Rare Disease, Gene Therapy and Global Clinical Supply Chain
• Partner with leadership team and internal and external stakeholders on sourcing, pipelining, recruitment forecasting and compensation package negotiations
• Partner with and provide vendor oversight with external recruitment agencies
• Collaborate with Sourcing team on recruitment strategies and market intelligence to build talent pipeline
• Oversee onboarding and new hire process for all hires; Oversee Immigration & Relocation needs
• Recruitment KPI Summary for tenure at Takeda: Average Time to Fill 80 days, Internal Hires 22%, Offer Acceptance Rate 95%, Total Roles Filled 248

• Full life-cycle R&D recruitment supporting Drug Discovery, Translational Medicine, Clinical Development, Pharmacogenetic, PK/PD, Biomarker and Genomics
• Executed sourcing strategies, talent pipelining and candidate engagement activities that resulted in diverse candidate pipelines for current/future roles and scientific conferences and events
• Project Management lead for Clinical Development recruitment; contributed to the design/development of automated dashboard report in partnership with HRIS to drive KPI’s & communicated progress to Sr. Leadership (TYK2 Psoriasis Asset)
• Chosen for a 3-month Employee Relations stretch assignment in conjunction with TA responsibilities

• Managed & trained recruiters on recruitment, sourcing strategy and Salesforce ATS application
• Assigned requisitions and oversight of recruiter’s progress; conducted weekly 1:1’s with recruiters to review activity & progress reports; Managed all accounts throughout the US to strategically source top talent for hard to fill roles
• Provided Employee Relations guidance for disciplinary actions and investigations (FMLA/ADA/STD)
• Negotiated contracts with new and existing clients
• Acted as interim VP of Life Sciences division for a leave of absence

• Managed & implemented recruiting processes, sourcing strategies & solutions for high-volume and/or hard to fill positions within Market Access, HEOR, Nutritional Chemistry, Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Development and Epidemiology
• Managed, trained and led recruitment team for HEOR Market Access build out (Celgene & Gilead); consistently met and/or exceeded KPI’s
• Client-facing consultative approach with responsibilities to include project management, problem resolution, candidate ATS tracking while maintaining a high level of customer retention and satisfaction

• Developed & delivered Recruitment, Compliance and Employee Relations training for hiring managers
• Managed OFCCP & EEOC Audits, compensation analysis and creation of job descriptions
• Full life-cycle recruitment for hard to fill roles & build-out projects (leading, tracking & reporting KPI’s) for CMDO’s, Biopharma & Medical Device companies
• · Supported R&D, QA/QC, Regulatory, Analytical and Engineering

• Account Manager & Life Sciences recruitment for R&D and CDMO clients
• Trained all incoming Jr. Recruiters and tracked weekly performance

Regional HR Business Partner – January 2007 to September 2008

• Promoted to HRBP for Jacksonville/Orlando market. Partnered with Corporate leadership to align HR strategy with business strategy and oversaw talent management

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS MANAGER - January 2006 to January 2007

• Promoted to Employee Relations Manager for the State of Florida supporting 3,000 employees. Implemented State-wide records retentions/compliance program and monthly ER newsletter; Led all ER investigations & employee disciplinary action programs as well as development/training for all field management.
• Partnered with outside legal counsel on all corporate complaints
• Member of the Diversity Counsel
• FMLA, ADA, EEOC Complaints, OFCC Audits

Pharmacist Recruiter - September 2005 to December 2005

• Brought on to develop and facilitate aggressive Pharmacist recruitment strategy during Eckerd Pharmacy acquisition. Led recruitment initiative to fill over 150 RpH’s in 3 months

• Performed HR Generalist duties to include recruitment for Nursing, Home Health Care, and Durable Medical Equipment
• Employee Relations, investigations, trained managers on coaching and counseling and disciplinary actions