Talent Mapping is a process by which companies can assess the market potential and availability of talent for specific roles. By using a third party consultant like PiR Resourcing, companies gain access to market data that would otherwise be difficult to obtain. PiR Resourcing conducts interviews and research to provide insights into internal talent benchmarking, competitor roles and pay, and availability of talent. Their talent mapping engagements help clients make informed decisions about roles, structures, and succession planning. Recent examples discussed include projects to inform decisions around high-level procurement and regional management positions.

1. TALENT MAPPING
What is Talent Mapping?
Talent Mapping is an activity which allows companies to assess, in confidence, the
market potential and availability of talent in a given role. In turn this enables informed
decisions about structuring and reporting lines. By using a third party, such as PiR
Resourcing, companies can access market information and comparatives that would
otherwise be difficult to obtain.
How can Talent Mapping from PiR
Resourcing help your company?
• It can help inform your decision to go to search
• It means you can approach the market, in
confidence, about an ‘at risk’ role which may need
replacing in the near term
• It allows you to benchmark the capability of your
internal talent against an external candidate pool
• It gives you insight into candidates employed by
your competitors in a specific position, including
remuneration data
• It enables you to review structuring and reporting
lines in competitor organisations
Recent PiR Resourcing Talent Mapping projects:
PiR Resourcing’s Talent Mapping expertise has already
helped several clients; typical examples are:
1. VP Global Strategic Procurement –
an ‘at risk’ role
• Objective: to identify and engage with relevant
contacts across a range of world-class organisations
from different market sectors (automotive, FMCG,
technology and life science)
• Act as a benchmarking and potential succession
planning exercise for an existing role that is currently
located in the US
• Scope: 31 interviews conducted across 27 companies
spread across the US, Europe and Asia
• Insights: talent availability, interest in the role (five
CVs submitted), location of talent pool and flexibility
to move, leading companies in procurement,
cultural insights, remuneration packages, general
procurement trends
• Outcome: the report helped inform the decision
about launching a search in Q2 and this project
formed the basis of the initial shortlist
2. Country Manager Asia Pacific Region –
availability of regional talent
• Objective: to assess the availability of relevant talent
in the region (AsiaPac) rather than making an ex-pat
appointment for mid-capped pharma
• Scope: 15 interviews conducted across eight
countries
• Insights: identified the top three performers in
the region, leading regional companies, most
comparable roles held by ex-pats (US or European)
because of very limited regional talent, region
perceived as very attractive place to be, strongest
talent pools exist in Singapore, Australia and
Malaysia
• Outcome: the client decided to develop a
high potential employee over a 12 month period
and then re-assess whether to conduct an external
search
3. Global Head of Strategic Marketing – strategic
insight about new market
• Objective: inform the decision about the acquisition
of a business in a new market sector – devices – and
where is the leading global marketing talent
• Scope: interviewed 22 candidates in 18 companies
across Asia, Europe and the US
• Insights: top performers and high potentials
identified, structures and reporting clarified,
business challenges in sector crystallised, new
innovations explored, how a device business aligns

2. with a larger therapeutics focused organisation to
maximise strategic benefits
• Outcome: six months post integration of the new
business, decided to conduct a global search for the
Global Head of Strategic Marketing
4. International Medical Director – therapeutic
focus – inform restructuring project
• Objective: to understand competitor structures
in major pharma companies as part of a global
restructuring project for R&D; availability of
outstanding talent as a benchmarking exercise to
internal succession planning
• Scope: 22 interviews conducted across the US and
Europe
• Insights: structure of teams and reporting (direct and
matrix), alignment of medical and medical affairs,
therapeutic structure and focus, location of talent
pool including the top 10% of current job holders
in a similar role and high potentials seeking the
leadership role
• Outcome: informed the restructuring project and
flagged up high potentials to be included in a search
once gaps are clarified post-restructuring
How can I arrange for PiR Resourcing to help me
with a Talent Mapping Exercise?
If these case studies have flagged up a potential need
in your business, then please call Sally Hope or Carolyn
Douthwaite on +44 (0) 1480 499580 for an initial
discussion about options, process, timescales and
potential costs.
About PiR Resourcing:
About PiR Resourcing
PiR Resourcing is a specialist recruitment company
providing senior level permanent and interim
management candidates to the international life
science industry.
Because of our exclusive focus on the sector, our
solutions are aligned to your organisation’s individual
recruitment needs.
PiR Resourcing services include:
• Permanent Resourcing Services
• Interim Management Services
• Talent Mapping
• Board Evaluation and HR Services
• Bioscience Non-Executive Directors (NEDs)
Our network of contacts across different functional
segments leads to the solutions we achieve on behalf
of clients. In particular Medical, Medical Affairs,
Regulatory, Programme Management, Supply
Chain, Quality Management, Market Access, Health
Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Pricing
and Reimbursement, senior level Commercial roles
and NEDs.
If you would like to review a role, please do give a
member of the PiR Resourcing team a call to discuss a
specific resourcing need.
Tel: +44 (0) 1480 499580
Email: resourcing@pir-resourcing.com
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CEO, Medical Device Design Consultancy
“It has been a pleasure working with PiR Resourcing who proved very responsive to a challenging brief. Their
research was thorough and extensive, with a good list of candidates identified. The team was proactive in
communicating with us and we always felt that they gave us 100%.”