Executive Search
The Asia-Pacific region has emerged as the fastest growing pharmaceutical market in the world and the war for talent has never been so competitive!
Collaborating with Morunda is the right choice; we have filled over 400 managers to director positions since 2001. We provide the best possible pharmaceutical talent for your recruiting needs.
Lessons learned from the Firing line of Interviewing in a Bi-lingual and Bi-cultural Environment
Morunda asked numerous long- term expatriates in Japan’s pharmaceutical industry for suggestions for new executives coming to Japan or new companies looking to establish themselves in the world’s second largest Pharmaceutical market.
Interviewing candidates is difficult, but when you add that the candidate must interview in a second language and culture, then navigating the land mines of recruiting … Read More
An Insider’s Perspective on Hiring in Japan
Recently, Morunda KK has been contacted by a number of companies looking to enter the Japanese market. Recruiting is not always straightforward for new entrants into Japan, and while the decisions involved are certainly not easy, they present challenges that must be carefully considered. Having a solid strategy is a must!
The five challenges of recruiting In … Read More
Pharmaceutical companies in Japan cross cultural boundaries to retain and hire the best and the brightest
After the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, I asked a European Pharmaceutical executive about how quickly the company was able to respond to the crisis. After a long pause and deep sigh, the executive described how his company would only act after
observing Astellas or Takeda had taken the lead. He said, “Philip, you know that many … Read More
ichi-go ichi-e – “One opportunity, One encounter”
Recently Morunda (a Tokyo based recruiting company) successfully recruited a sales manager from a European pharmaceutical company to an American company in Tokyo, Japan. As with all searches there were a few hiccups in the final delivery of the candidate to the client.
Most great candidates are not actively looking for new opportunities per se; however, they … Read More
Our habits are the nuts and bolts of our destiny
The new year brings hope and a sense of possibility. One of my favorite movies is The Shawshank Redemption. In it, the character Andy Dufresne, played by Tim Robbins, writes to his friend Red (Morgan Freeman), “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies”. Along with hope, … Read More
What are Japanese Pharmaceutical candidates thinking?
What are the most important factors for candidates when interviewing with multinational companies in Tokyo, Japan? Morunda interviewed 120 candidates who have interviewed with multinational pharmaceutical companies in Tokyo within the past 24 months. Our survey (Table 1) asked which of the following factors were the most and least important to candidates. The attributes surveyed were the attractiveness … Read More
Mid-level Managers seek more guidance
Mid-level Managers in Japan’s multinational pharmaceutical companies seek greater guidance and global opportunities from senior management
For a recent study, Morunda KK and the International Executive Search Federation (IESF) surveyed 72 Japanese managers working for European and American pharmaceutical companies in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. The survey asked the participants to rank, on a scale from one to … Read More
Pharmaceutical Industry Salary Survey 2012
Morunda KK surveyed leading American and European pharmaceutical companies in Japan to find the median age and the median salary of positions.
We surveyed marketing and business development functions and senior heads of business units, executive officers, and vice presidents. We also included clinical development functions and surveyed study/trial managers; operations managers; project managers; clinical operations directors and … Read More
Employees are moving from Pharmaceutical companies to CROs for growth and stability
Written By Mark Miller, Joaquin Zuluaga
and Anthony Tsay
As a recruiter for the clinical development area of the pharmaceutical industry, it is always great when you receive a phone call or e-mail from your client saying, “We need Project Managers, Clinical Trial Leaders, CRA’s…and lots of them. Can you help us”?
Of course we can, that’s what … Read More
Leading from afar
The International Executive Search Federation’s (IESF) global meeting was held in September 2012, in Milan, Italy. One of the keynote speakers at the meeting was Peter Hägglund, an expert in leadership, governance and organizational behavior.
Peter described the ways in which leadership has taken on a new dimension in the 21st century, explaining that an organization’s teams … Read More
