Fun Fact about me. What are you passionate about?

When I passed my higher grades, I always wanted to fly in the sky as an “Air Hostess”. I am very passionate about simplifying personal things for people I adore.

What did you do before joining Prescient?

Prior to joining Prescient, I was working with an automotive company in the Talent Acquisition team.

Why did you join Prescient?

I joined Prescient because it offered a whole new world regarding the HR function, encompassing personal and professional capabilities of team members along with a meritocratic environment.

What do you do on a day-to-day basis?

My role involves finding the right talent at the right time and facilitating a smooth HR function in the organization.

What surprised you about Prescient?

The company’s transparent environment, where senior management involves everyone’s opinions in decision making and execution.

What is the best part of your workday?

The best part of my workday is when I recognize and motivate people for their sincere efforts.

What do you value about your job?

I value respect, transparency, winning attitudes and honesty.

What have you learned?

“Think ahead”: Get into the habit of always looking for solutions and, most importantly, always stay a step ahead.

What impact do you feel you are making?

I focus on ensuring the right talent is matched to the right role. I have been successful in building healthy relationships with the teams, eventually helping them to be open for discussions.

Describe Prescient in 3-5 adjectives.

Value-oriented, progressive, transparent, knowledge-driven and meritocratic.

Fun Fact about me. What are you passionate about?

I love all food and cooking. Last year, I splashed out on a Kamado-style BBQ and I’ve been cooking everything in it ever since (including the Christmas turkey!).

What did you do before joining Prescient?

Prior to joining Prescient, I worked for just over nine years as a recruitment consultant across a variety of areas, with the last couple of years focused on supporting Pharma and Biotech clients.

Why did you join Prescient?

I joined Prescient because I recognized the exciting journey they are on and I knew that I could make a positive impact. Also, throughout the interview process I couldn’t believe how nice everyone was, so I couldn’t wait to join and meet my fellow colleagues properly!

What do you do on a day-to-day basis?

I work closely with stakeholders across the business and partner with them to understand their needs and requirements. It’s then my job to engage with talent to share with them what we at Prescient have to offer (which as it happens is quite a lot!).

What surprised you about Prescient?

Leading on from one of my answers above, it’s just how nice everyone is. I got a great feel for the culture throughout the interview process, and I – get to work with smart and talented individuals, who are also incredibly nice and humble.

What is the best part of your workday?

I think every recruiter is excited at the opportunity to deliver an offer that they know can impact and shape someone’s career. But what I really love now (vs. working in an agency) is that when someone accepts a job then they become a colleague and it’s just the beginning of our relationship.

What do you value about your job?

The opportunity to positively impact and shape careers by connecting individuals with Prescient, which in turn helps Prescient achieve its business goals.

What have you learned?

Having the exposure that I do to senior leadership and hiring teams has been great. Not only do I get some great insights into how a consultancy operates, but I also get to strategize with stakeholders to put together and deliver on short- and long-term recruitment plans.

What impact do you feel you are making?

Well, first and foremost, I hope I’m helping us to attract and hire top talent, but one of my key goals when I joined was to create a positive candidate experience. Searching for a new job is time-consuming and often stressful, so the fact I’ve already received feedback from joiners to say how enjoyable and slick our process was, has been really rewarding.

Describe Prescient in 3-5 adjectives.

Talented, ambitious, inclusive and specialist.

What did you do before joining Prescient?

I held roles in non-profit and commercial sectors within the biopharmaceutical industry, primarily focused on global oncology and the Americas region.

What appealed to you about Prescient?

The US East Coast office was so warm and welcoming. I met the entire global team during my first week and felt part of the “Prescient family” immediately.

What do you spend your time doing?

I spend much of my time formulating how Prescient should go to market with various digital and print campaigns. I am responsible for how the Prescient team represents themselves in the external marketplace with key stakeholder groups such as current and potential clients, investors and recruitment candidates.

What do you value about your job?

I enjoy driving the strategic direction of the Prescient brand through the development of strategic marketing programs and thought leadership initiatives.

What impact do you feel you are making?

I have really enjoyed developing the new Prescient Corporate brand platform, providing us with a great visual identity that supports the work that our talented consultants do.

What have you learned?

The great thing about Prescient is that everyone has the opportunity to develop their skills. I recently was certified in Employer Branding from the Employer Branding Academy.

How do you turn science into value?

I love the opportunity to externalize the powerful vision and think of the leadership team and subject matter experts into a powerful value proposition and messaging that resonates with our clients and incoming talent.

What did you do before joining Prescient?

I was working as a full-time technical translator in Bogotá, Colombia.

What appealed to you about Prescient?

I was excited to apply my familiarity with medical texts and terminology in a new way.

What do you spend your time doing?

Lots of reading documents very carefully – whether they are client deliverables, client contracts or the details of new projects we have won!

What do you value about your job?

I value that I am always learning.

What impact do you feel you are making?

Both QC and Compliance are about protecting the company: Either protecting us from making embarrassing mistakes, or protecting us from risk.

How do you develop your team? How do you support and nurture talent?

The proofreaders on our QC Team receive character-by-character feedback on deliverables. I meet throughout the week with the members of the Compliance Team to discuss relevant issues. I encourage all of my employees to participate in external professional development opportunities.

How do you turn science into value?

My teams make sure that science is clearly, concisely and consistently communicated to our clients.

Fun Fact about me. What are you passionate about?

I am a former collegiate hockey player and have recently developed a passion for skydiving.

What did you do before joining Prescient?

Prior to Prescient, I spent eight years as a Recruitment Consultant, having spent four years dedicated to life sciences recruitment.

Why did you join Prescient?

An opportunity presented itself to join Prescient as an Internal Talent Acquisition Partner, and given my admiration for the organization, this was a unique opportunity that I could not pass up.

What do you do on a day-to-day basis?

I introduce Prescient to the best talent in the industry and ensure a positive experience for anyone interested in joining Prescient.

What surprised you about Prescient?

Anthony… Just kidding. What surprised me the most about Prescient was the culture. We have a unique culture, and I believe it is one of our key differentiators that sets us apart from other life sciences firms.

What is the best part of your workday?

Delivering job offers. When we decide to invite someone to join Prescient, there is a genuine excitement, and the best part of my day is inviting an applicant to become a member of the team.

What do you value about your job?

I value the opportunity that Prescient provides. Anyone who is looking for career advancement will have opportunities with Prescient.

What have you learned?

Having joined Prescient as an Internal Talent Acquisition Partner, I have learned a lot about organizational structure, hiring strategies and the endless potential of a team that shares in the same values, goals and ambitions.

What impact do you feel you are making?

As I am responsible for meeting Prescient’s hiring goals, my impact on the organization is significant. I am motivated by this responsibility, and proud that my role has such a large impact on the organization.

Describe Prescient in 3-5 adjectives.

Ambitious, energetic, exciting, progressive and proud.

Fun Fact about me. What are you passionate about?

Experiencing other cultures through their cuisines, watching what Pakistan’s cricket team will do next and keeping up with the news.

What did you do before joining Prescient?

Edit copy at a newspaper in my hometown of Lahore.

Why did you join Prescient?

My job at Prescient involves two of my favorite subjects: Language and science.

What do you do on a day-to-day basis?

Read, write and pontificate.

What surprised you about Prescient?

The sheer volume of knowledge in my colleagues’ heads and how nice everyone is here.

What is the best part of your workday?

Finding just the right word for something or putting a comma in the right place; basically, anything that exercises my pedantry.

What do you value about your job?

That I will probably have to read up and learn about something new every day.

What have you learned?

A lot. Who knew healthcare could be so complicated?

What impact do you feel you are making?

I like to think I help people communicate more effectively and make fewer mistakes.

Describe Prescient in 3-5 adjectives.

Knowledgeable, ambitious and focused.