Téa Kish

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | Pharma, MedTech & Clinical Research | Global Hiring | Remote | 13+ Years Experience

Canada

About

I’m a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner with 13+ years of experience delivering recruitment solutions across pharmaceutical, medical device, and clinical research sectors globally. I specialize in full-cycle recruitment across Europe and North America, supporting high-growth and complex hiring environments. My experience spans clinical, regulatory, QA/QC, manufacturing, and commercial roles, with a strong focus on building strategic pipelines and partnering closely with hiring leaders. Throughout my career, I’ve: • Managed high-volume, multi-country hiring projects • Built and scaled recruitment processes across EU markets • Delivered niche talent in highly competitive sectors • Trained and mentored recruitment teams within RPO environments I thrive in remote, global environments and bring a consultative, strategic approach to talent acquisition. Currently open to remote opportunities in: • Pharmaceutical & Biotech • Medical Devices • CRO / Clinical Research I am open to fully remote roles and long-term international arrangements.

Experience

  • VP at Lipedema Alberta
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Led full-cycle recruitment delivery for Thermo Fisher Scientific across the Benelux region and broader European markets, supporting high-volume and niche hiring within pharmaceutical and medical device environments. • Managed 25–40 concurrent requisitions across clinical, QA/QC, manufacturing, and corporate functions • Delivered recruitment across Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and wider EU markets • Built strategic sourcing pipelines for hard-to-fill roles, improving candidate quality and time-to-fill • Partnered closely with hiring managers and HR leaders to define hiring strategies and workforce planning • Conducted competency-based interviews and guided hiring decisions • Led offer negotiation and achieved high acceptance rates through strong candidate engagement • Provided market intelligence and talent insights to support business growth • Played a key role in training and onboarding new TA team members within the RPO model

  • Principal Recruiter (AMS) at Alexander Mann Solutions
    Jul 2017 - Jan 2022 · 4 yrs 7 mos

    • Managed 25–90 concurrent requisitions across pharmaceuticals and medical devices (EU markets) • Delivered full-cycle recruitment across 8+ countries, including Benelux and broader EU regions • Reduced time-to-fill by ~20–30% through optimized sourcing and stakeholder alignment • Built and maintained active pipelines of 100+ qualified candidates across niche roles • Achieved 90%+ offer acceptance rate through strong candidate engagement and negotiation • Filled hard-to-fill clinical and technical roles within 30–45 days on average • Trained and onboarded 10+ new recruiters, improving team delivery capacity • Partnered with senior stakeholders across HR, operations, and leadership to align hiring strategy

  • Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner at GE Healthcare
    May 2019 - Oct 2019 · 6 mos

    GE Healthcare, part of General Electric (GE), provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. The expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies are helping clinicians around the world re-imagine new ways to diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases and other conditions earlier. In Norway, GE Healthcare develops and produces cardiovascular ultrasound technology as well as contrast media and radiography for the global market. The company employs more than 1,000 workers in Oslo, Horten and Lindesnes.

  • Lead Recruiter - Covidien / Medtronic a.g. at Medtronic
    Jul 2017 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future. Medtronic is working to improve how healthcare addresses the needs of more people, in more ways and in more places around the world. As one company, we can accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. This is the ideal opportunity to join us, and be part of our commitment to the health of others.