Mark Saunders

National Partnerships Manager

Reed

Jun 2026 - Current (4 months)

As National Partnerships Manager for Reed Scientific, I bring over 20 years’ experience delivering strategic recruitment and talent solutions across the global life sciences and technology sectors. I specialise in building high-value partnerships that enable organisations to scale effectively, whether in biotech, pharma, medtech or adjacent technology fields. Having led talent acquisition strategies across EMEA and the US for Global Pharmaceutical Organisations, and high-growth Cambridge-based innovators, I combine deep market insight with a highly consultative approach. My focus is on aligning hiring strategies with business objectives—driving performance, improving processes, and delivering exceptional outcomes for both clients and candid

EMEA Technical Recruitment Lead

Zifo

May 2024 - Oct 2025 (1 year 6 months)

Scientific Service provider working with Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology companies from R&D through Clinical Development & Manufacturing. Advised leadership on hiring strategy. Responsibility for recruiting all staff across Europe.

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Director, Talent Acquisition Manager/Specialist

CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC LTD

Sep 2023 - May 2026 (2 years 9 months)

We work 1- as an agency/talent search company OR, 2- as an internal Talent Acquisition function (dependent on client need) We recruit permanent and contract staff across the EMEA region for Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology clients recruiting Medical, Clinical, R&D staff including where AI/ML meets Life Sciences. Advised leadership on hiring strategy, work with senior stakeholders, and input on workforce planning initiatives.

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Director, Talent Acquisition Manager/Specialist

Cambridge IR Ltd

Sep 2014 - Aug 2023 (9 years)

TA Manager/Principal at Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Regulatory Genome, Kinetic Smart Solutions, Undo.io, Owlstone Medical, PervasID, PA Consulting, Cambridge Intelligence, McKesson, Cambridge Design Partnership, McLaren Cars, and Myrtle.ai. CIR is a recruitment consultancy company specialising in onsite and remote recruitment of Pharma, Biotech, Engineering, Technology & Fintech staff across EMEA & US. Head of Talent Acquisition: Scaled Owlstone Medical from 60 to 180 employees in 15 months across EMEA, recruiting multi-disciplinary teams including engineers, sc

Senior Business Developer

Quanticate

Apr 2012 - Sep 2014 (2 years 6 months)

Envalis is the recruitment arm of Quanticate Ltd which is a medium-sized Clinical Research Company (CRO) which predominately works in the Biometrics area. I was responsible for bringing in 80% of the companies revenue. Envalis is responsible for all the CRO's internal recruitment but is itself an independent recruitment company working across EMEA in the Life Science sector. As an Internal recruiter, I recruited Statisticians, SAS Programmers and Medical Advisor's at various levels across the UK and East Coast USA. As an External recruiter, I worked with various Life Science companies including Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Devices & Software Analytics (Telehealth, Telecare) companies to recruit Medical & IT staff across the EMEA r

Sales Manager (Life Sciences) and Managed Cambridge office

Randstad

Jan 2009 - Feb 2012 (3 years 2 months)

Took over the Life Science business within Abraxas PLC (later acquired by Randstad) to sell Life Science & IT recruitment services across Europe. Opened the Cambridge office for Randstad technologies. Managed a small team of recruiters, up to 8 people, plus indirectly managed client-focused project teams.

Sales Manager/BD Lead - Life Science Division

Square One Pharma

Jan 2003 - Jan 2008 (5 years 1 month)

Built Square One Pharma to a £4.5M recruitment business from nothing, recruited and managed an EMEA focused Sales team specialising in the recruitment of permanent, contract and freelance Medical, Clinical, IT and Pharmaceutical staff across Europe. With my small team (5 people including myself) we built a perm and contract business and had 50 contract staff and was billing c£750k permanent recruitment fees per annum. We successfully worked with and was on the Preferred Suppliers List for most of the top European companies in these sectors.

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