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.

Find the ideal candidate

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

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

Choose a service

Our Services

Choose and adapt one of our three package options.

Connect

Exclusively Tailored Talent Solutions for Lower Level, Non-Critical Roles
This package is designed for exclusive but non-critical hires. Offering access to a curated pool of exclusive talent connections in response to a range of roles from broad to specialist and niche. Features include personalised candidate sourcing, initial screening, and candidate introductions.

Ideal for companies seeking unique talent solutions without immediate urgency.

ASSURE

Retained Hiring Strategy for Urgent, High-Impact or Confidential Roles
This package is tailored for organisations requiring a dedicated and comprehensive approach to executive and critical hires. A retained search solution with a focus on quality, efficiency, and confidentiality. Includes in-depth candidate assessments and exclusive access to top-tier talent.

Ideal for companies seeking assurance in securing top talent for mission-critical roles.
PARTNER
Comprehensive Embedded Solution for Rapid Growth and Retention
This is a total talent partnership, an approach aimed at transforming your talent acquisition process. This comprehensive solution encompasses all aspects of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) to ensure an embedded solution with strategic results.

Ideal for organisations looking to outsource their entire recruitment function for scalability and efficiency.

Life Sciences

Further information on our recruiting process

How can you help with hiring for commercial and operational roles?

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.

How can you help maintain ongoing relationships in times of change?

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.

Can you fill highly specialised or emerging roles?

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.

Still have questions?

Get in touch with us.

How we can help

Get Spencer Riley on Your Side

From the first role to the fiftieth and beyond, we work tirelessly and tenaciously to represent your organisation to the highest standard. We put forward the most positive and appealing image of your business, helping to attract top-level candidates who may have offers from multiple employers to consider. 

Our global network identifies top talent worldwide, while our dedication to building strong client and candidate relationships ensures long-term success.

We offer optimised time-to-hire and ongoing support for your talent pipeline. Contact us to discuss your hiring needs today.

Life Sciences

Our team

Meet our specialists in Life Sciences.

Adam Dowson
Divisional Manager

Adam works with top-tier specialists in innovative temperature-controlled packaging solutions, delivering complete supply chain solutions across Europe, APAC, and North America.

Jack Lister
Market Development Specialist

Jack focuses on expanding industries and sourcing niche opportunities for clients and candidates in new and emerging sectors.

Corey Ogden
Senior Search Consultant

Corey specialises in pharmaceutical and life sciences recruitment, focusing on Environmental Monitoring Solutions.

Laura Wild
Senior Search Consultant and Head of Client Delivery

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,

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