Daniel Zender

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist - Sales, Marketing and Executive Talent Acquisition

Labcorp

Sep 2022 - Current (4 years)

• Led full-cycle diagnostic and drug development recruiting efforts, in the US and EU, for sales, marketing, proposals and contracts • Developed a talent pipeline through proactive sourcing and networking primarily through LinkedIn and referrals • Successfully negotiated job offers ensuring a positive candidate experience and minimizing counteroffers • Worked in partnership with hiring managers and senior leaders, providing guidance and recommendations on candidates ensuring fit and time-to-hire metrics were met

Senior Scientific Recruiter

Labcorp

Jul 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year 3 months)

Scientific Recruiter

Covance

Nov 2018 - Jul 2021 (2 years 9 months)

Perform full life-cycle recruiting activities to meet the organization’s needs. • Provided a consultative and collaborative end-to-end recruiting approach to all stakeholders • Mastered Workday, iCIMS, Text Engagement, Phenom CRM and PostBeyond • Optimized recruiting efforts reducing average time-to-hire from 100 to 35 days • Led entry to mid-level recruiting efforts for Covance’s Early Development Services • Worked in partnership with hiring managers, providing guidance and recommendations on candidates ensuring fit and time-to-hire metrics were met • Developed sourcing plans including social and traditional networking, web mining and outreach with the goal of building and maintaining talent pipelines • Positioned candidates to hiring mana

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Goodwill of South Central Wisconsin

Jun 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year 6 months)

Perform full life-cycle recruiting activities to meet the organization’s needs, including workforce planning, sourcing and communicating with candidates, screening, orientation, regulatory reporting, attending job fairs, facilitating the creation and update of job descriptions, managing the ATS and performing exit interviews. Partners with assigned business counterparts on concerns related to employee relations, engagement and performance management. • Chartered by the Chief People Officer to in-source the recruitment function saving the organization hundreds of thousands of dollars annually • Managed the hiring of over 500 employees annually • Experienced in recruiting positions for multiple sites from hourly, entry level exempt through se

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Marketing, Branding & Communications Consultant

Zender Consulting

Oct 2016 - Jun 2017 (9 months)

My clients experience insights on: • Strategy • Structure • Talent managment • Branding • Lead management • Channel optimization • Service delivery • Process • Templates • Technology platforms • Commercial alignment • Created a brand integration playbook that provided step-by-step instructions for integrating new acquisitions into an existing brand • Developed a brand integration project management tool to prioritize integration activities that allowed the leadership team to identify activity owners, track progress and evaluate results

Senior Director, Global Shared Services Marketing

Covance

Feb 2011 - Jun 2016 (5 years 5 months)

• Promoted by CMO to establish an industry-leading global marketing services organization that evolved to a team of 20 supporting marketing communications, branding, demand management, events, technology platforms and digital. • Delivered new marketing services, optimized user experience across all channels and harmonized global marketing processes that consistently delivered hundreds of qualified leads per month. • Recognized by commercial leadership as a resource architect, who optimized a pool of office-based, remote-based and external talent to deliver projects on time and within budget

Director, Global Early Development Marketing

Covance

Jan 2007 - Feb 2011 (4 years 2 months)

Led the service development strategy for offerings that spanned multiple service lines across Covance. Additionally, I led a team of regional marketing communications professionals, maintaining the Covance brand, optimizing marketing processes and communicating key messages to targeted audiences. • Launched a global biomarker service offering that continues to deliver beyond expectations in annual revenue • Led the rollout of Stage-Gate® development methodology and process for prioritizing, developing and launching new products and services • Developed new and innovative marketing strategies including a new sales communication tool and a secure client access tool

Director, Global Chemistry & Clinical Pharmacology Marketing

Covance

Dec 2002 - Jan 2007 (4 years 2 months)

Led the service development and marketing strategy for Covance’s global Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology Services. • Directed foundational market research and insight leading to the expansion of Covance’s clinical pharmacology footprint with the acquisition of a major competitor • Instituted a new service delivery model which propelled Covance’s bioanalytical service from No. 3 to No. 1 • Led the business case development for expanding Covance’s Biopharmaceutical CMC Manufacturing services footprint to the U.S.

Senior Manager, Global Toxicology & Phase I Marketing

Covance

Jan 1998 - Dec 2002 (5 years)

Led the service development and marketing strategy for Covance’s global toxicology, preclinical consulting services, food/dietary supplements testing and early clinical services. • Hired to develop and launch a US preclinical consulting service in six months, and beat the deadline by two months

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Senior Manager, North America Marketing

Pharmacia Biotech

Apr 1990 - Dec 1997 (7 years 9 months)

• Hired as a Senior Product Manager to develop and launch various molecular biology products to Academia, Government and Pharmaceutical Companies • Spearheaded the development, go-to-market strategy and launch of Ready-To-Go® PCR Beads and MicroSpin® DNA Purification Columns (GE Healthcare Lifescience®)

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Biomedical Product Manager

Amersham

Sep 1983 - Mar 1990 (6 years 7 months)

• Biomedical Product Manager • Industrial Account Manager • Research Territory Manager • Technical Customer Service Representative

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