Recruiter, Life Sciences & Medtech
About The Position
Panther is seeking a full-cycle life sciences and medtech recruiter to lead hiring during a significant growth period, supporting roles across R&D, engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory and commercial teams. The recruiter will partner with hiring managers, the leadership team, and scientific and engineering leaders in New York and Pittsburgh. The role owns recruiting from kickoff and job-description creation through sourcing, screening, interviews, offer close, and onboarding. Panther has recruiting processes and tools in place, including Ashby ATS and an AI agent trained on Panther’s culture, team, and processes. The role begins as a contract, with a path to full-time as Panther grows. Remote contractors must be available during Eastern Time business hours. Full-time roles require relocation to New York City. The recruiter will help staff teams with people who meet hiring needs and share Panther’s values, keep searches organized and visible to leadership, provide candidates with a respectful experience, and coordinate successful new-hire onboarding.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in life sciences, medical devices, biotech, or pharma, owning searches end to end with little or no support.
- A track record of hiring for technical and scientific roles such as R&D, engineering, manufacturing, quality, or regulatory, either in-house or at a specialized life sciences search firm.
- Working knowledge of the life sciences and medtech landscape, including key companies, talent pools, and differences in roles and titles across startups, CDMOs, and large medical device and pharma companies.
- Strong talent judgment, including the ability to identify high-potential candidates, assess beyond resumes, and recognize candidates suited to a fast-moving startup.
- Strong sourcing skills and a track record of hiring passive candidates.
- Experience managing multiple open roles while keeping hiring managers and candidates informed.
- Comfort partnering with executives, scientists, and engineering leaders, and using data to push back when needed.
- Experience building and closing offers, including delivering equity packages.
- Experience with an applicant tracking system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and discretion in handling confidential information.
- Experience using AI tools in recruiting.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Ashby or Greenhouse.
Responsibilities
- Own multiple open searches across R&D, formulation, process and device engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and commercial functions, from co-ops and technical individual contributors through senior leaders and executives.
- Lead hiring kickoffs to define role requirements, must-haves, interview panels, and timelines; write and post job descriptions.
- Map target companies and talent across medical devices, biotech, pharma, CDMOs and CMOs, dermatology and skincare brands, and complex manufacturing.
- Source passive candidates through LinkedIn and channels such as referrals, conferences and trade shows, patents and scientific publications, professional associations, alumni networks, investor and advisor networks, and university programs.
- Use AI-powered sourcing and outreach tools, and build candidate pipelines ahead of upcoming roles.
- Review inbound applications in Ashby using Panther’s evaluation framework and AI-assisted screening.
- Conduct recruiter screens assessing technical and culture fit, and provide assessments with strengths, concerns, and a Move forward, Hold, or Reject recommendation.
- Design interview processes, including assessment ownership and whether to use take-home assignments or technical presentations.
- Coordinate interviews, including CEO interviews and in-person final rounds in New York and Pittsburgh, and lead debriefs to support timely decisions.
- Maintain scored candidate trackers and shortlists and provide candidates with a respectful experience.
- Benchmark compensation, recommend offers within established ranges, explain early-stage stock options, and close offers with hiring managers.
- Conduct reference checks, prepare offer letters, and coordinate welcome communications and first-day logistics.
- Report weekly to the CEO and leadership on pipeline, progress, and risks.
- Support headcount planning and prioritization against the hiring plan.
- Keep the careers site and job postings current and manage recruiting tools and spend, including LinkedIn Recruiter and job advertisements.
- Use AI in daily recruiting work, including sourcing, job-description writing, and candidate summaries.
Benefits
- Equity in the form of stock options.
- Competitive health insurance, including 90% employer-paid medical coverage, plus dental and vision insurance.
- Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance.
- Paid time off and paid company holidays.
- In-person company events.
- Fully stocked kitchen and in-office lunch twice a week.
- Opportunity to build something unique and high-impact with a team of experts in technology, healthcare, and science.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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