Simulations Plus hires specialized talent across 15 countries with total compliance certainty

The challenge: hiring niche scientific talent across borders without a clear roadmap

For Brian Musser, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Simulations Plus, international hiring isn't just about speed. When you're competing for highly specialized scientific talent in the pharmaceutical and biotech space, your onboarding process is a candidate's first impression of your employer brand. Every compliance delay and every payroll misstep can cost you a critical breakthrough.

Before G-P, those missteps were common. Simulations Plus had worked with other global employment providers for their employer of record (EOR) needs, but the experience left them feeling vulnerable and uncertain.

"We weren’t confident in the support or answers we were receiving from our previous EOR solution," Musser recalls. “Poor customer service and clunky online systems turned every international hire into a stressful, drawn-out process.”

The solution: a referral from ADP and a platform that finally made sense

Simulations Plus made the switch to G-P EOR after a recommendation by trusted partner ADP in September 2022. The impact was immediate.

"Their online platform is way better than other EORs," Musser said. “G-P's Global Employment Platform took the guesswork out of contract generation. It nicely lays out all the things to consider and makes hiring quick and easy." 

Onboarding became a seamless experience, while payroll and benefits were handled accurately and on time. By removing the typical compliance surprises that make global expansion complex, Simulations Plus could finally move forward with total confidence.

Everything they'd been piecing together across providers was finally consolidated in one unified platform. 

Simulations Plus' account rep gives the team clear and reliable answers — a meaningful contrast to the uncertainty of before.  

"G-P has made the EOR process so much easier to explain to candidates," Musser said. "We know we’re going to get great support from G-P. It has made hiring across the globe a lot simpler."

The impact: trusting people and technology to protect global talent

Since partnering with G-P, Simulations Plus has hired 38 professionals across 15 countries, spanning North America, Europe, South America, and APAC. They filled critical roles 3-5x faster — from chief scientific officers to pharmacometricians, regulatory strategists, software engineers, and more. Canada, the U.K., Germany, India, and Spain are their most active hiring markets, but G-P's global reach means no market is off limits.

The partnership has given Simulations Plus something their previous provider couldn't: total operational stability. G-P’s platform handles automated tasks like locally compliant contract generation, benefits management, and payroll with precision, while G-P's live, in-country compliance experts act as a seamless extension of Simulations Plus’s internal team. Having both the technology and the people backing them up means they can protect their employer brand globally, trusting that their compliance and their talent are in safe hands.