REASON FOR THE SEARCH

The firm works closely with the portfolio companies to drive business growth through international expansion, additional products, acquisitions, and organic growth. Through their brand-new position of Knowledge Manager, ArchiMed aimed to bring someone in-house to strengthen their pre-deal due diligence (DD) work.

THE PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM

ArchiMed is a healthcare-focused investment company founded in the 2010s. It is headquartered in Lyon and has additional offices in New York and Singapore, with a total headcount of around 200 employees. The company’s investment team is spread across Lyon and New York and comprises over 100 professionals.
The firm primarily focuses on global healthcare investments across various industries, including Biopharma, MedTech, Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Healthcare IT, Consumer Health, and Healthcare. Their portfolio strategy involves working closely with their invested companies to drive business growth through international expansion, developing additional products, making acquisitions, and achieving organic growth. They invest in both small and mid-cap companies.

THE SEARCH REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience post-education
• Experience in management consulting
• Experience in pre-deal due diligence in M&A
• Passionate about pre-deal due diligence
• Ideally, experience in the Healthcare or Life Sciences sector
• Experienced within M&A
• Fit with the ArchiMed culture

WHY RAW SELECTION

ArchiMed is located in Lyon, France, and the firm aimed to hire a profile with multiple language skills, which was the biggest challenge seen during this search. ArchiMed also wanted someone skilled in Healthcare or Life Sciences and M&A, which was also challenging to find.
The private equity firm is incredibly fast-growing, and we have worked on multiple successful searches with ArchiMed in the past to aid this growth.
To overcome these challenges, we mapped out across Western Europe’s major cities of investment banking and management consulting firms that operate in the Healthcare or Life Sciences sectors.
Raw Selection followed our 15 steps to fill a search process to complete this vacancy successfully.

The only part of this search that was surprising to Raw Selection was the huge interest in Management Consulting profiles that are aiming to get into the private equity industry.
Overall, this search for ArchiMed was successful, as we secured an excellent and experienced candidate and they are already located in Lyon, which is a huge benefit to ArchiMed.

Since this search, Raw Selection has been further retained on more investment positions and investor relations positions for ArchiMed, and we are looking forward to filling these roles with outstanding candidates too.

THE CANDIDATES’ THOUGHTS

“I truly enjoyed working with Alex to secure my next move. He understands quickly expectations and interests from a candidate's perspective. He was able to find a fit which I would not have expected at first, but which now appears to me as both very relevant and natural. Communication with him has always been pleasant, easy, and straightforward. I warmly recommend working with him!”

Sophie Reymond, Knowledge Manager, ArchiMed

GET IN TOUCH

To find out how Raw Selection can help your private equity firm or portfolio company find the best talent, reach out to Alex, Managing Partner and Founder, at Alex.Rawlings@Raw-Selection.com.

About Raw Selection

Raw Selection favours a meticulous approach to candidate research. Our process for selecting the right candidate means we can boast a 100% success rate for all our retained clients, with 96% of placed candidates still in their role after 12 months.
If your Private Equity firm is looking to hire, or if you are looking for a new role within the PE sector, please get in contact with Alex at alex.rawlings@raw-selection.com.