Search for the leaders steering diagnostics forward.

Spencer Rigby partners with organisations from Director to
C-Suite level, specialising in the change agents who steer businesses through transformation.

WerfenCase study at a glance
24Leadership placements
Seniority rangeSr Manager to CEO
Timeframe18 to 24 months
GeographiesUS · Europe · Spain · Italy
3
C-Suite
4
VP / GM
17
Director +
LuminexDiaSorinCedars-SinaiQiagenOraSureChem-BioTrinity BiotechMeridian BiosciencesWerfen
Where we specialise

Speciality diagnostics, end to end.

  • Clinical Diagnostics
  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Microbiology
  • Transplant Diagnostics
  • Molecular Diagnostics (PCR, qPCR, NGS)
  • Infectious Disease
  • Cancer Diagnostics / CDx / Genomics
  • Autoimmunity
  • Lab Automation & Consumables
Where we have functional strength

Director to C-Suite, across the org.

  • R&D / Product Development
  • Assay & Reagent Development
  • Instrument / Systems Engineering
  • Software Development
  • Bioinformatics / Computational Biology
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Quality Assurance
  • Scientific & Medical Affairs
  • Operations / Manufacturing
  • Commercial & Commercial Excellence
  • HR / People Leadership
Proof across the landscape

Trusted across the diagnostics industry.

Europe and North America are our dominant geographies, wherever our clients need the deepest support. Our relationships span the diagnostics and MedTech landscape itself, from early-stage disruptors to established global players.

Spencer RigbyWerfen

Building a leadership bench through transformation.

Werfen is a global diagnostics organisation in a state of active transformation, scaling people, systems and process without losing what made it work in the first place. Alongside search delivery, Spencer Rigby helped shape their talent acquisition strategy from the ground up. Over 18 to 24 months, we’ve placed leaders across nearly every function in the business, from Senior Manager through to CEO, spanning the US and Europe, including Spain and Italy.

Placements we've made for Werfen
  • CEO
    SpainC-Suite
  • Chief Commercial Officer
    SpainC-Suite
  • Chief Information Security Office (CISO)
    USA · MassachusettsC-Suite
  • Global Head of Executive Talent Acquisition
    ItalyGlobal Head
  • Vice President R&D Assays & Reagents
    USA · MassachusettsVP
  • Vice President QA/RA, Hemostasis & Acute Care Diagnostics
    USA · MassachusettsVP
  • VP & GM Point of Care Diagnostics
    USA · CaliforniaVP
  • Vice President Marketing Hemostasis
    USA · MassachusettsVP
  • Vice President of People, Hemostasis & Acute Care Diagnostics
    USA · MassachusettsVP
  • Vice President Operations, Transfusion & Transplant
    USA · GeorgiaVP
  • Vice President R&D, Immunoassay
    USA · MassachusettsVP
  • Senior Director Operations
    USA · MassachusettsSr Director
  • Sr Director Compensation, Benefits & HRIS
    USA · MassachusettsSr Director
  • Sr Director QA/RA, Transfusion
    USA · GeorgiaSr Director
  • Sr Director QA/RA, Transplant
    USA · MassachusettsSr Director
  • Sr Director Talent Acquisition
    USA · MassachusettsSr Director
  • Medical Director, Blood Gas
    USA · GeorgiaDirector
  • Medical Director, Autoimmunity
    USA · WisconsinDirector
  • Director Commercial Operations
    USA · MassachusettsDirector
  • Director of Commercial Marketing
    USA · MassachusettsDirector
  • Director of People, Autoimmunity
    USA · CaliforniaDirector
  • Director of People, Transfusion & Transplant
    USA · GeorgiaDirector
  • Senior People Business Partner, Transplant
    USA · WisconsinSr Manager
  • Senior RA Manager, Digital Solutions
    USA · MassachusettsSr Manager
Carlos Pascual
“Spencer Rigby understood our strategy, culture and purpose from day one.”
Carlos PascualLinkedIn · Former CEO, Werfen
Key to success with Werfen

Scaling leadership without losing what made it work.

Werfen are in a state of business evolution, requiring talent that can help the organization reach its future state. They require leaders that will gel into their unique culture and support the business through the transformation of people, systems and processes to scale. It’s integral this is achieved without it feeling like a revolution, requiring the perfect type of leader to straddle successful history with new, scalable ideas.

During this process, they have also been going through an entire people function evolution. Without an established Talent Acquisition function, Spencer Rigby has played a large role in improving talent acquisition strategies to deliver longer lasting results while also managing the workflow of how searches are prioritized and performed.

You will see from the placements, that we have touched every corner of the business to deliver the leaders that will shape the future direction of the business, covering almost every function across seniorities from Sr Manager right through to CEO.

Evolution, not revolution

The transformation of people, systems and process has to scale the business without it feeling like a revolution, protecting what already works while building what's next.

Leaders who bridge history and scale

That takes leaders who gel into Werfen's unique culture and can straddle a successful history with new, scalable ideas.

Built the TA function from scratch

Werfen was going through a wider people function evolution too. Without an established Talent Acquisition function, Spencer Rigby helped build one, improving strategy for longer-lasting results and managing how searches are prioritised and run.

Breadth across the business

The placements below show that reach: we've touched every corner of the business, covering almost every function and seniority from Senior Manager through to CEO.

Werfen is the one organisation we don't proactively approach on behalf of other clients — a boundary we hold as a matter of course wherever a partnership runs this deep.

References

What our partners say.

“I want to take a moment to acknowledge our valued partnership with Spencer Rigby. Their unique and thorough approach to recruiting has truly set them apart. They invest the time to deeply understand our culture at Werfen and what makes us unique, ensuring every search aligns with our values and the specific needs of each role. Their commitment to understanding both the employer and the candidate, beyond just resumes, has resulted in several high quality, high impact placements for our team.”
Giovanni Russi
Chief Operating Officer, Hemostasis and Acute Care Diagnostics, Werfen
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The team

The people behind the search.

“The diagnostics world moves fast. We move with it. Let’s talk about how we can support your organisation.”