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How to Compete with Big Tech for Top Data Talent.

As AI adoption accelerates across biotech and MedTech, demand for data talent is soaring — but so are expectations. Life sciences companies are competing not just on salary, but on meaning, growth, and flexibility. This guide explores how to attract and retain high-impact data professionals in a hiring landscape still dominated by Big Tech. Whether you’re building a data team, expanding your digital function, or simply want to understand what today’s candidates are looking for — this is your inside track.

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Hiring differently in 2025

Life sciences organisations have a powerful story to tell,  but many are still struggling to connect with the talent that could define their next phase of innovation.

Data professionals today are choosing roles based on mission, culture, and growth potential, not just compensation. That shift has created a new opportunity: to position life sciences as the sector where data work has a real-world impact.

This guide breaks down what matters most to these professionals in 2025 - and how hiring managers can meet them where it counts, from early outreach through to long-term retention.

If you’re looking to build or future-proof your data hiring strategy in 2025, this guide is the best place to start.

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Why This Guide Will Transform Your Hiring Process

Understand evolving data talent movement including why candidates with Big Tech experience are increasingly open to biotech and MedTech opportunities.

See beyond salary: uncover how work-life balance, career growth, flexibility, and mission alignment are shifting talent decisions in 2025.

Learn practical steps to differentiate your employer brand, articulate a compelling EVP, and create retention strategies that resonate with data professionals.

Discover how clear positioning and storytelling can help specialist data talent view your team as a career-defining opportunity not just another job.

Gain insight from companies like GSK and J&J that are creating cultures where data talent thrives and what you can apply to your own hiring strategy.

Use market insight, candidate motivations, and proven tactics to turn competition with Big Tech into a strategic advantage.

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