APAC Life Science Recruitment: Insights from Zane Ho

Meet Zane, a Specialist Recruitment Consultant specializing in Marketing roles for the Medical Devices and Life Sciences industry in APAC. His approach to his craft is through building authentic and long-term partnerships and focusing on bespoke service to both candidates and clients

Zane & Singapore’s Specialization

At our Singapore office, we cover multiple specialty areas in life sciences. Our team focuses on:

• Market Access
• Medical Affairs
• Commercial (Sales & Marketing)
• Supply  Chain & Engineering 

Zane handles marketing placements in both medical devices and diagnostics. His colleague, Jodie Robinson, leads the sales positions in Medical Devices, while other team members cover regulatory affairs, quality assurance, pharmacovigilance, and contracts. This diverse expertise enables us to support a broad range of roles and seniority levels.

Regional Coverage

From Singapore, we recruit across APAC—including Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam), Australia & New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

• Relationship Building: In every market, our aim is to truly establish a genuine relationship rather than transactional discussions. 
• Market Hub: Singapore's status as a key regional hub in APAC provides us with the best industry insights and ability to elevate our perspective from a Regional HQ perspective
• Face-to-Face Engagement: As a modality, we focus on having regular business trips and physical meetings to put eyeballs over emails, being both figuratively and physically present in the market

Because many global life science companies have regional headquarters in Singapore, our consultants stay informed on trends and market opportunities, ensuring both clients and candidates receive timely guidance.

APAC Market Trends & Insights (2024-2025)

• According to our Data and Market Intelligence, we have noticed that there has been a trend of vacancies being combined into multi-hatted roles, thus demanding versatility from candidates and reducing the amount of actual headcount in a team
• Industry Shift: Professionals from Life Sciences are transitioning into Medical Devices, leveraging on transferable skills such as Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, and Change Management.
• Longer Interview Timelines: With the recent Geo-Political related economic instability, we are noticing more clients taking a risk-adverse approach to hiring, where we adapt to have a more consultative approach to the hiring process. 

Why Clients Choose Barrington James Singapore

• Market Specialization: We pride ourselves on both our Industry Specialization and Technical Knowledge to be a true Market Specialist
• Reliability and Repeat Business: With the legacy we have built, we are thankful that our clients continue to trust our performance and delivery 
• Genuine Candidate Relationships: Each consultant invests in building long-term relationships. We often have candidates who work exclusively with us because they value our personalized approach and market expertise.
• High-Touch, Specialized Services: Our Contingency Recruitment is complemented by our wider Delivery team, Board & Executive Partners, and Contracting Teams provide tailored, high-value recruitment solutions for every staffing need.

Recent Success for Zane

Zane demonstrated his expertise by embodying a true Consultative approach to a new client’s need. By being able to advise on the current Market Conditions and Talent Pool in the market, he successfully filled the role in just 7 Days, when the vacancy was already opened up to the Market for 6 months.

Additionally, Zane’s involvement in career talks at institutions like the National University of Singapore (NUS) highlights his thought leadership, helping him and our clients stay ahead in the competitive APAC landscape.

Zane’s track record:

• Head of Marketing SEA 
• Marketing Leader SEA
• Marketing Manager APAC
• Product Manager APAC