Expert Recruitment for Life Sciences & Pharma Executive
Matching leading talent with critical roles across life sciences, clinical research, trials and logistics.
Introduction
Finding the Leaders Who Drive Innovation in Life Sciences
Having the right leadership is key to success, which is why we connect you with the best candidates for C-suite, director, and senior leadership roles across all key divisions, including commercial, operational, financial, IT, and legal.
What We Offer:
- Specialised Expertise: Over 10 years of success in life sciences and pharma executive search, helping businesses like yours find top-tier talent.
- Global Talent Pool: Access to the best candidates worldwide across all key roles, ensuring your business has the leadership it needs to thrive.
- Hands-on Approach: We work fast and efficiently, reducing your hiring time and costs, without sacrificing quality.
We work with companies looking to fill essential leadership roles, helping you drive innovation and achieve your business goals.
Tailored Talent Solutions for Life Sciences
We connect you with top talent across the life sciences sector, focusing on senior roles in:
- Clinical Research
- Clinical Trials
- Clinical Logistics
- Gene Sequencing
By taking the time to understand your specific needs, we deliver a carefully curated shortlist of candidates who align with your team’s goals. From navigating talent challenges to securing the right offers, we make sure you find the perfect fit for your organisation.
Who We Work With
Whether you're a startup or an established global leader, we connect you with top talent across every discipline. We work with you to define clear success metrics, providing transparent reporting at every stage. From filling critical roles to building out entire teams, we deliver results quickly and efficiently, ensuring you get the best return on your executive search investment.
Specialist Roles We Cover
We recruit for key leadership and specialist roles across the life sciences sector. Some of the roles we fill include but are not limited to:
- Clinical Project Manager
- Clinical Operations Manager
- Biostatistician & Statistician
- Chief Medical Officer
- SAS Programmer
- Marketing Director
- Business Development Director/Manager
- Clinical Research Associate/Coordinator
- Clinical Data Manager/Clinical Data Associate
- Clinical Trial Manager
- Study Start-Up Manager/Associate
- Chief Commercial Officer
- Proposals Manager
- Contracts Manager
- Medical Monitor/Clinical Monitor
- Medical Affairs Manager
- Project Director
We work closely with you to define your exact needs before our expert headhunters deliver a shortlist of top candidates. We overcome talent challenges to find the best individuals wherever they are.
Our Approach
We take the time to listen to you and understand your business, the key drivers behind the hire and the importance in relation to your objectives
We will devote time to understand your business goals and role requirements and then develop a search solution that meets your specific needs
We will demonstrate unwavering tenacity, speaking pro-actively and confidentially with every individual with the right experience, in order to be certain we have secured the best person open to your opportunity
Our Services
Choose and adapt one of our three package options.
Connect
Ideal for companies seeking unique talent solutions without immediate urgency.
ASSURE
Ideal for companies seeking assurance in securing top talent for mission-critical roles.
Ideal for organisations looking to outsource their entire recruitment function for scalability and efficiency.
Life Sciences
Further information on our recruiting process
We find and place experienced professionals for roles in business affairs, regulatory, key accounts, sales, marketing, and procurement. Whether you're looking for visionary leaders or seasoned professionals, we focus on connecting you with the talent that drives innovation and success in the life sciences sector.
As the life sciences sector grows and shifts, with increasing demand for R&D, drug discovery, and gene sequencing, we know it’s essential to keep up. Our Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) service ensures a steady pipeline of top executives and specialists, helping you meet these ongoing challenges with out end-to-end talent strategy.
We provide comprehensive support that includes:
- Hiring senior executives and technical specialists
- Reduced time to hire, with lower overall recruitment costs
- A shortlist of fully qualified candidates ready for interviews
- Candidates kept on file for future needs
- Full management of salary negotiations and onboarding
We handle everything from sourcing and screening to final negotiations, allowing you to focus on growth and innovation.
Yes! We have a strong track record of placing top-tier talent in highly specialised roles, even in the most competitive markets. Whether you need help with private equity services, mergers & acquisitions, or outplacement services, we can tackle any unique hiring challenge—even for emerging positions requiring skilled innovators.
Simply reach out to our life sciences talent acquisition specialists. We’re happy to discuss any unique or specific roles you need to fill as part of your talent pipeline.
Our team
Adam works with top-tier specialists in innovative temperature-controlled packaging solutions, delivering complete supply chain solutions across Europe, APAC, and North America.
Jack focuses on expanding industries and sourcing niche opportunities for clients and candidates in new and emerging sectors.
Corey specialises in pharmaceutical and life sciences recruitment, focusing on Environmental Monitoring Solutions.
Laura leads client delivery, overseeing seamless recruitment processes for all key clients in the Life Science and Cold Chain Logistics sectors.
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Bespoke Services
As well as the core sectors to which we recruit Spencer Riley has a proven track record for helping businesses in a wide variety sectors and getting the results required.
Our meticulous and pro-active approach means we are ideally placed to take on assignments in markets that sit outside of our core business areas. We are also well placed to help with a host of Private Equity Services, Outplacement Services as well with Mergers & Acquisitions
For more information and to discuss your unique situation then please get in touch.
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Spencer Riley’s team of highly dedicated, specialist consultants’ pride themselves on gaining a full understanding of our client’s business,