People and talent professionals in Pharmaceuticals
Many titles in this pharmaceutical HR and recruiting group name research, manufacturing or commercial teams, from R&D Talent Acquisition Lead at Pfizer to Global HR Director, Pharmaceutical Technology & Development at AstraZeneca. Sanofi and AstraZeneca have two people each, and the others have worked at Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Takeda, Novartis, Pfizer and Otsuka, useful for recruiting scientists, organizing HR by business unit or hiring a launch sales force.
Professionals to explore
Agata Baranowska
LinkedInExperience: Former VP, Global Group Head of Talent Aquisition · Takeda
Agata Baranowska was VP, Global Group Head of Talent Aquisition (2019-2021), Group Vice President (2017-2021) and Senior Director, ex US - post acquisition (2019) at Takeda. Since 2021, Agata has been Group Senior Vice President and "HR Business Leader Global R&D and Marketing & Branding Excellence & Global Group Head of Talent" at Galderma, describing work on talent management, succession planning and board composition.
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Alexandra Masanes
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of People (SVP), General Medicines GBU · Sanofi
People strategy across a global business unit is the fit for Alexandra Masanes, Global Head of People (SVP), General Medicines GBU at Sanofi (since 2024) and earlier Head of People & Culture - Europe Specialty Care there (2023-2024). Alexandra was VP HR Europe and Canada (2019-2023) and HR Country Lead France (2015-2018) at AstraZeneca and Global Human Resources Business Partner at Genentech (2012-2015), and has lived and worked in five countries.
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Alyson Graziano
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, HR Business Partner · Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.)
Sr. Director, HR Business Partner at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.) since 2024, Alyson Graziano held several Johnson & Johnson roles: HR Leader, Office of the Chief Medical Officer, Sector CMOs and Enterprise Epidemiology (2021-2024), HR Leader - Global Commercial Strategy Organization and Janssen Business Development (2018-2021), Human Resources Leader - CSS Supply Chain (2016-2018) and Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition (2014-2016).
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Erin Killeen
LinkedInExperience: R&D Talent Acquisition Lead · Pfizer
Erin Killeen holds two current Pfizer titles, R&D Talent Acquisition Lead (since 2023) and Strategic Business Planning and Operations, Oncology Late-Stage Development (since 2026). At Seagen, Erin was Sr Manager, Talent Acquisition (2021-2023) and Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (2020-2021), and was Senior Talent Acquisition Lead at Adaptimmune (2019-2020), a fit for recruiting clinical development and research staff.
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Janice Burke
LinkedInExperience: Director, Talent Acquisition, Global Corporate Functions · Daiichi Sankyo
At Daiichi Sankyo, Janice Burke has been Director, Talent Acquisition, Global Corporate Functions since 2022, after Director, Talent Acquisition, Global & US Medical Affairs, Pharmaceutical Development, Supply Chain there (2020-2022). Janice was also Director, Talent Acquisition Partner, Global Operations & R&D at Allergan (2019-2020) and Sr. Manager, Global Science, Talent Acquisition at Pfizer (2018-2019), and describes leading full-time and contractor recruitment teams.
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Lisa Dipietrantonio
LinkedInExperience: Head, US Talent Acquisition · Boehringer Ingelheim
Global executive search is how Lisa Dipietrantonio describes the focus of the Head, US Talent Acquisition job at Boehringer Ingelheim, held since 2022. At Sanofi, Lisa was Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Specialty Care (2020-2022) and Director, Talent Acquisition, Commercial (2017-2020), and cites over 20 years in healthcare talent work, especially commercial and medical, a fit for executive and commercial hiring.
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Manisha Jathar
LinkedInExperience: Senior Talent Acquisition Partner-Commercial and Corporate Functions · Sanofi
R&D, clinical and commercial recruiting questions fit Manisha Jathar, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner-Commercial and Corporate Functions at Sanofi since 2024. Manisha was Manager, Talent Acquisition (Research and Development) at PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (2019-2023), Senior Recruiter- Talent Acquisition- Medical Affairs QA Manufacturing Clinical at Ferring Pharmaceuticals (2018-2019) and Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Integrated Resources, Inc ( IRI ) (2013-2017).
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Marta Jagnieza
LinkedInExperience: Former Human Resources Director · AstraZeneca
Since 2023, Marta Jagnieza has been Human Resources Director at AstraZeneca, after HR Lead - Poland Commercial there (2021-2023). At Roche, Marta was Head of HR for Global IT Solution Center (2019-2021), Human Resources Manager (2018-2019) and HR Manager for Baltic countries (2017-2018), and describes leading the HR team for a global IT organization, a fit for HR in pharma commercial and IT hubs.
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Nicole Haris
LinkedInExperience: Head of Human Resources, AstraZeneca UK · AstraZeneca
Head of Human Resources, AstraZeneca UK since 2026, Nicole Haris was Global HR Director, Pharmaceutical Technology & Development (PT&D) (2023-2026) and Global Talent & Development Director, Operations, IT & Enabling Functions (2021-2023) at AstraZeneca. At Mondelēz International, Nicole was HR Business Leader, U.S. Sales (2020-2021) and Assoc. Director, Global Talent & Organization Effectiveness (2018-2020), a fit for HR support to drug development teams.
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Yatindra Nayampally
LinkedInExperience: Vice President HR - Product Strategy and Marketing - Innovative Medicines (Pharma and Oncology) USA · Novartis
Yatindra Nayampally holds Vice President HR - Product Strategy and Marketing - Innovative Medicines (Pharma and Oncology) USA at Novartis (since 2022). Yatindra's other Novartis roles were Human Resources Director (2021-2022), Vice President Human Resources (2020-2021), ai HR Head Global Functions, Global Pharma Division (2019-2020) and Global HR Head, Legal and Compliance (2018-2020), and Yatindra cites M&A and outsourcing work across the US, Europe and Asia.
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Choose the right perspective
For HR across a whole business unit, Alexandra Masanes, Yatindra Nayampally and Agata Baranowska hold the senior titles. Lisa Dipietrantonio fits commercial and executive recruiting, Janice Burke and Manisha Jathar medical affairs, manufacturing and R&D hiring, and Erin Killeen R&D; Nicole Haris, Alyson Graziano and Marta Jagnieza are business-partner HR leads.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you recruit medical science liaisons and launch sales reps ahead of a new drug approval?
- 02Should HR business partners in a drug company be organized by therapeutic area, by function or by country?
- 03How do you staff GMP manufacturing and quality roles when several drugmakers compete for the same people?
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