Finding a needle-in-a-haystack Project Manager for Aizon
Finding bilingual GxP project managers for AI manufacturing requires systematic mapping beyond standard job boards, covering MES vendors, pharmaceutical CDMOs, and regulatory consultancies. MITREC placed a hire for Aizon within 42 days after the client had searched unsuccessfully for three months, by assessing candidates on regulatory credibility and SaaS delivery capability.
Aizon had spent over three months trying to fill a critical Project Manager role through their own networks and generalist recruiters. The position required an exceptionally rare combination: fluent bilingual capability, deep GxP regulatory knowledge, hands-on experience with pharmaceutical manufacturing execution systems, and the project management discipline to deliver complex SaaS implementations in validated environments. Every candidate surfaced so far had fallen short on at least one critical dimension.
MITREC was engaged to deliver what Aizon's internal team had concluded was close to impossible: a bilingual Project Manager with direct experience in GxP-regulated manufacturing, comfortable operating at the intersection of AI-powered SaaS and traditional MES environments. The role required someone who could manage complex, multi-stakeholder implementations across European and Latin American sites while maintaining rigorous compliance with pharmaceutical validation requirements.
Rather than relying on job boards or LinkedIn searches, our research team systematically mapped the global pool of project managers with validated manufacturing systems experience and bilingual capability. We identified candidates working in adjacent roles at MES vendors, pharmaceutical CDMOs, and regulatory consultancies who possessed the precise skillset Aizon required. Our deep understanding of the GxP landscape meant we could assess candidates' regulatory credibility in ways that generalist recruiters simply could not. Within days of engagement, we had identified multiple viable candidates that three months of prior searching had missed.
Aizon hired directly from our initial shortlist. The selected candidate brought exactly the combination of bilingual fluency, GxP project management experience, and SaaS delivery capability that the role demanded. The hire was made within days of MITREC presenting the shortlist, ending a search that had been open for over three months. The successful candidate has since been instrumental in delivering complex AI-powered manufacturing projects across multiple regulated sites.
We had been searching for months and were starting to think this person didn't exist. MITREC found exactly what we needed in a fraction of the time. Their understanding of our technical requirements and regulatory environment was far beyond any recruiter we had worked with before.