In 2022, a newly launched biotech startup needed to establish essential HR infrastructure to support its rapid growth. With groundbreaking scientific ambitions but no formal HR systems in place, the company required foundational policies, scalable business practices, and an effective approach to talent acquisition – most immediately, hiring a scientific team from scratch – to ensure long-term success.
Based on their needs we partnered with this company to:
- Build HR infrastructure: implemented core policies, payroll setup, and benefits administration to ensure compliance and operational efficiency.
- Design a hiring framework: structured recruitment processes to align new hires with the company’s scientific mission and workplace culture.
- Recruit key scientific leadership: facilitated the hiring of the first research team, including a Head of Research and several scientists, through a streamlined yet rigorous selection process.
- Develop scalable onboarding and goal-setting: introduced performance management tools tailored to early-stage growth while ensuring new hires felt supported and aligned with long-term objectives.
As a result, the outputs of our collaboration:
- Enabled seamless hiring: accelerated the recruitment process while maintaining selectivity.
- Established operational stability: HR frameworks provided the company with early-stage compliance and efficiency.
- Strengthened company culture: ensured alignment between talent, scientific objectives, and workplace values.
- Positioned for sustainable growth: HR foundations supported long-term expansion, making future scaling more efficient.
By implementing critical HR infrastructure and a purpose-driven hiring strategy, our client was able to move from early operational gaps to a structured, scalable framework that supports both scientific and business growth.