Andreas Schulz

Founder of MoreThanCareer, an independent career practice for pharmaceutical and life sciences professionals, built on years of real hiring decisions rather than generic advice. I sit on the hiring side of the table, so the guidance reflects how pharmaceutical hiring decisions are actually made. The practice reaches an audience of around 12,000 LinkedIn followers and a newsletter of around 4,000 subscribers, both built within months. WHAT I OFFER • Executive career coaching and job search strategy for CRAs, MSLs, Clinical Operations Managers, Regulatory Affairs specialists, Quality Directors, Pharmacovigilance professionals, Data Scientists, and engineers, up to C-level • CV and application strategy: full CV rewrites and role-fit analysis, so clients apply to fewer roles and reach more interviews • LinkedIn profile rewriting: keyword work and personal branding that put clients in front of recruiters and hiring managers • Reverse recruiting: a done-for-you job search. I find suitable roles, run targeted applications and hiring-manager outreach on your behalf, and prepare you for interviews and salary negotiation. A coach gives you advice and tools; a reverse recruiter runs the search for you, and I do both • Interview coaching and total compensation negotiation, tailored to pharmaceutical hiring processes WHO IT IS FOR Pharmaceutical, life sciences, and engineering professionals moving sponsor-side, pivoting between functions, or stepping up to Director and VP level. Languages: German, English, Polish.

End-to-end talent acquisition across Bayer's Pharmaceuticals division in Berlin, covering specialised and executive leadership roles across more than ten functions: Clinical Development, Engineering, Medical Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Biostatistics and Data Science, R&D, Product Supply, Market Access, and Commercial. SCOPE • Ownership of VP and SVP level mandates, with direct sourcing of passive senior and executive candidates • People Partner responsibilities for Bayer Product Supply sites in Germany • Works Council (Betriebsrat) negotiation and German co-determination across all mandates • RPO and FSP partner management; worked within and influenced vendor governance to hold quality and cost SELECTED WORK • Co-designed a recruitment campaign that brought in around 120 hires for Product Supply Berlin, using channels most teams never touch: radio, U-Bahn, and poster advertising • Drove adoption of AI hiring technology, including Eightfold AI across Bayer, alongside SAP SuccessFactors and LinkedIn Recruiter, improving sourcing and candidate matching • Built delivery plans against demanding hiring targets & met them across the functions above • Ran intake sessions with hiring managers and HR Business Partners, bringing labour-market and competitor insight into role design and search • Built candidate pipelines for hard-to-fill roles, reducing dependence on external agencies • Recruited engineering and technical specialists for Product Supply alongside the scientific, clinical & commercial functions • Mentored and developed junior recruiters PLATFORMS AND TOOLS Workday (subject matter expert and trainer for the Talent and People Partner Organisation), Eightfold AI (SME), SAP SuccessFactors, LinkedIn Recruiter, GHP, ServiceNow. Workflows: executive search, direct sourcing, employer branding, talent marketing, stakeholder management, Works Council negotiation, RPO & FSP management, pipeline building.

Senior staffing recruiter and Lead Recruiter for Staffing DACH, running full-cycle hiring of clinical research professionals across the DACH region and Poland for both contract and permanent placements. • Co-managed, and at times single-handedly staffed, a Functional Service Provider (FSP) partnership for Clinical Monitoring and Clinical Project Management at a pharmaceutical company, generating several million Euros in revenue across four years • Directed end-to-end recruitment for CRAs, CTAs, Clinical Project Managers, and Biostatisticians across DACH and Poland, meeting client delivery timelines • Built candidate pipelines through direct sourcing on LinkedIn, Xing, job boards, networking events, and outreach • Negotiated competitive offers and employment terms in a tight CRO talent market • Acted as the link between hiring managers and candidates, providing candidate assessments and market intelligence • Trained and mentored junior recruiters and standardised staffing practice across the DACH function Workflows: full-cycle recruitment, direct sourcing, FSP delivery, clinical research staffing, offer negotiation, stakeholder management.

Recruitment consultant for clinical, non-clinical, and medical roles, placing candidates with sponsors, CROs, and ICON internally. • Focused on CRAs, CTAs, Clinical Project Managers, Medical Advisors, and Statistical Programmers • Ran the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing and screening through to offer negotiation and onboarding • Built the pharmaceutical and CRO market knowledge that became the foundation for the rest of my career in life sciences recruitment Workflows: clinical recruitment, sourcing, screening, lifecycle management, CRO and sponsor markets.

• Provided independent recruitment consulting for the financial sector, serving national and international clients. • Recruited high-quality permanent, temporary, and contract staff, acquiring new clients and candidates while negotiating project offers and employment contracts. • Co-managed key accounts and high-potential candidates, conducting personal interviews and supporting them during client meetings.

Delivered recruitment support for national employers across industries, managing the full hiring process from sourcing through placement. • Consulted on further education and federal financial support programs to enhance workforce development for both employers and candidates.

Independently developed and executed a research project while managing faculty tasks and teaching undergraduate courses in Eastern European history.

• Led sales-oriented projects to strengthen partner and client relationships, establishing a partner forum and collaborating with marketing and IT teams to resolve issues and optimize processes. • Engaged with German, English, and Polish customers via phone and email, addressing and resolving diverse inquiries.

Managed international academic projects, fostering partnerships and handling relations while providing English and Polish translation and interpretation services.

• Graduated in a multidisciplinary program, mastering historical and political analysis and cultural studies.