Peak performers.

Welcome to Snowdon Talent, where we connect ambitious pharmaceutical, biotech, service, and technology companies with the leading 3% of sales professionals within life sciences.

Sales leadership is in our DNA

With a background in pharmaceutical sales at GSK, Galen, Actavis and Napp, combined with Sales Training & Consultancy expertise from Sandler Training, Snowdon Talent founder Mark Pickles understands the importance of industry-specific expertise and the need for genuine sales talent in commercial life sciences and pharmaceutical recruitment.

Recognizing the substantial business costs caused by bad hires, Mark developed an executive search service to create value for commercial life sciences leaders. By connecting them with the high-performing talent they need, we eliminate hiring mistakes, stabilize sales teams, and increase sales productivity.

Why Choose Snowdon Talent?

  • Industry Expertise: Our blend of sales leadership expertise and deep knowledge of commercial life sciences and pharma recruitment ensures we understand your unique needs.

  • Collaborative approach: We work closely with commercial leaders to establish their specific needs, creating a comprehensive benchmark that goes far beyond standard hiring models.

  • Meticulous Vetting: We painstakingly vet candidates to assess their fit against the desired benchmark, giving you the tools, information and support to consistently make excellent hiring decisions.

  • Innovative Approach: We partner with our clients, operate with complete integrity, strive for excellence and aim to raise the standards of executive search.

Are you ready to transform your recruitment process and results? Snowdon Talent can help you eliminate hiring mistakes, reduce recruitment costs, and build a winning team of consistently high-performing sales professionals. Contact us today to start the conversation.

Mark Pickles, Managing Director

A high-touch recruitment service underpinned by expertise and value

  • Searching the market for the best performers

    Executive Search

    Getting sales recruitment consistently right is complex, but vital for any business when scaling the slopes of success, and it’s never been more important to get executive search right. Hiring mistakes are not just an inconvenience – they waste time, generate substantial ongoing costs and damage both staff morale and productivity.

    When hiring Life Sciences sales leaders, you will have peace of mind with Snowdon Talent on your team, because no one goes to the lengths we do to get it right.

  • True partnership in executive search

    True Partnership

    We work with you to build a multi-layered profile of what you need. This goes beyond the limited and superficial "Can they do the job?" factors such as experience, education, market knowledge, and contacts to also include what we call the "Will they do the job?" factors when actually working as part of your team in the real world.

    Your team, your culture, processes, and work environment are unique, so for someone to consistently perform to the best of their ability for you, they must fit in and be genuinely happy. We give you the tools, information, and ongoing support to make consistently better hiring decisions that lead to stable and high-performing sales teams.

  • Sales success guaranteed

    Guaranteed Success

    Over many years of recruiting leading sales professionals for Life Sciences, the commercial leaders we place invariably perform and keep performing in the long term. For our clients, stable and consistently high-performing sales teams have become the norm.

    Working with us, we are confident your new hire will be successful. Hence, we are not afraid to have some skin in the game, so we offer a 12-month guarantee with every placement.

Industry sectors that we supply the very best sales talent to…

  • We recruit commercial leaders and their sales teams across the Healthcare market, especially within the NHS-orientated UK market, and increasingly with both HealthTech and MedTech companies.

  • Snowdon Talent partners with CMOs (Contract Manufacturing Organizations) and CDMOs (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations) across the US and EMEA to recruit top-tier sales leadership. Our expertise in drug development and manufacturing allows us to source executives with proven success in selling CMO and CDMO services to pharmaceutical companies.

  • Snowdon Talent partners with technology businesses selling services or solutions to Life Sciences, Pharma, and Healthcare sectors. We specialize in Executive Search and Recruitment for senior commercial roles across the US and Europe.

    Pharma Roles We Recruit For:

    • Commercial Executives

    • Sales Leaders

    • Chief Commercial Officers (CCOs)

    • Business Unit Directors

    • Business Development Directors

    • Account Directors

    • Sales VPs

    • Sales Directors

    Tech Solutions and Services Our Clients Sell:

    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    • Business Intelligence (BI)

    • Customer Engagement

    • Compliance Solutions

    • Clinical Trial Software

    • CTMS

    • CRM

    • Content Management

    • Document Management

    • Drug Development Software

    • Data and Analytics

    • eClinical

    • EDC

    • Master Data Management (MDM)

    • Machine Learning (ML)

    • Medication Management

    • Patient Engagement

    • Quality and Regulatory Solutions

    • SaaS

    • Software Solutions and Services

    • RIM

    • Track and Trace

  • We specialize in recruiting sales directors and business development professionals for leading Life Sciences businesses in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Our expertise covers manufacturing, research, and communications sectors.

    Specialties Include:

    • Biotechnology Sales

    • Pharmaceutical Sales

    • Business Development

    • Senior Sales Roles

  • With over 20 years of personal experience in UK Pharma Sales, we have a deep understanding of the market and the challenges faced by Pharma Sales Representatives and Leaders.

    Comprehensive Coverage of UK Pharmaceutical Sales Roles:

    • Key Account Managers (KAMs)

    • Market Access Specialists

    • Remote Detailing Specialists

    • Multi-Channel Account Managers (MCAMs)

    • Regional Business Managers (RBMs)

    • Primary Care/GP Representatives

    • Secondary Care/Hospital Specialists

    • Dispensing Doctor Specialists

    • Retail Specialists

    • Heads of Sales

    • Country Managers

    • Brand Managers

    • Marketing Managers

    • Selling Excellence Specialists

    • Sales Training and Sales Trainers

    • Sales and Marketing Directors

    Broad Experience Across Sectors:

    Our expertise includes Biologics, Biosimilars, Vaccines, Generics, Branded Generics, Retail, Ethicals, OTC, Orphan Drugs, Specials, and Branded Drugs. Whatever disease area experience you require, we can find it—and we’ve probably sold into it ourselves.

  • At Snowdon Talent, we partner with CROs across the US and EMEA, ensuring they have the right blend of commercial leadership and business development resources to successfully sell their contract research services to pharma companies.

    Why Choose Snowdon Talent?

    • Comprehensive Coverage: We work with a range of CROs, from specialized to full-service organizations.

    • Tailored Talent: Some CROs need scientifically qualified Business Development Directors with PhDs and extensive lab experience. Others seek Business Development Directors with exceptional commercial acumen and deep knowledge of the pharma market.

… and the locations that we’ve successfully placed peak performers

A map of Snowdon Talent's placements around the world

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