The Job to be done
Zytomed consolidated several different entities across multiple cities in Europe and had to find a new VP to manage and transform their organization and people team. The search was confidential and urgent to deliver high quality candidates fast.
The Approach
We first understood the companies legacy, growth strategy, current main challenges in the people field and prioritzed the scope of the profile in three different variations and urgently calibrated the profile with real candidates, iterated the and aligned the profile to be aligned and kicked-off the search.

The Result
pplwise sourced ~30 calibrated candidates, did 15 interviews and presented 6 candidates to interview within two weeks. The 4 most fitting candidates entered the funnel and we ended up with 2 candidates to offer and 1 hire within 81 days from kick-off to contract signed.
About the Client
Zytomed is a private equity backed Berlin-based company specializing in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of diagnostic reagents and system solutions for the fields of immunohistology, in-situ hybridization, and molecular pathology to anticipate cancer when it is still curable. The biotech/lifescience company operates across 5 countries.
What our client says
“I thoroughly enjoyed working with Thomas and pplwise! Strong candidate pool, quick response time, focused, pragmatic, and friendly.”

Bastian Eirich
Group CEO, Zytomed Systems