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Industries · Life Sciences

Life Sciences.

Pharma, biotech, medical devices, diagnostics, CROs, and clinical research. Senior recruiters who understand both the regulatory rigor and the scientific operating model.

Segment
Pharma · biotech · device · diagnostics · CRO
Roles
CSO · CMO · VP R&D · VP Clinical Ops
Engagement
Mostly engaged
Geography
Nationwide · US
The thesis

Life sciences leadership requires regulatory and scientific fluency.

Senior life-sciences leaders operate inside FDA, EMA, ISO, and HIPAA-adjacent regulatory frameworks, and the candidate pool reflects that. A great VP of Clinical Operations at a CRO is a different person than a great VP of Manufacturing at a CDMO. Generalist tech recruiters miss this, life-sciences headhunters don't.

The recruiter assigned to your search has spent more than a decade placing leadership across pharma, biotech, medical devices, and diagnostics. The deposit funds the targeted, credible outreach the search requires.

We work pharma operators (small molecule, biologics, ATMPs), biotech (preclinical through commercial), medical devices (Class II/III), in-vitro diagnostics, contract research organizations (CROs and CDMOs), and clinical-research-adjacent operators.

Roles we cover

Where the search lives.

Senior leadership and niche-headhunter roles. The recruiter assigned to your search has spent a decade in this segment.

SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL LEADERSHIP
CLINICAL & REGULATORY
  • VP Clinical Operations
  • Heads of Regulatory Affairs
  • Heads of Clinical Development
  • Directors of Pharmacovigilance
OPERATIONS & MANUFACTURING
  • VP Manufacturing
  • Heads of Quality (QA/QC)
  • Heads of Supply Chain
  • Plant Managers (CDMO/CMO)
COMMERCIAL & STRATEGY
  • Chief Commercial Officers
  • VP Marketing
  • VP Business Development
  • Heads of Market Access
FAQ

Life Sciences,
specifically.

The questions hiring operators send in the first call.

What kinds of life-sciences roles do you recruit for?
Scientific and medical leadership (CSO, CMO, VP R&D), clinical and regulatory (VP Clinical Operations, Heads of Regulatory Affairs, Heads of Clinical Development), operations and manufacturing (VP Manufacturing, Heads of Quality, Plant Managers at CDMOs/CMOs), and commercial leadership (CCO, VP Marketing, VP BD).
Do you work with both clinical-stage and commercial-stage operators?
Yes. Both. The recruiter assigned has experience matched to the operating stage; preclinical-through-Phase-2 operators recruit a different leader profile than commercial-stage manufacturers.
Are life-sciences searches typically engaged or contingent?
Most senior life-sciences searches are engaged. The candidate pool is small, regulatory experience matters, and the search depends on credible headhunter outreach. Contingent runs work for less specialized roles with deeper benches.
Do you place candidates with FDA submission experience?
Yes. FDA-experienced regulatory leaders, IND/BLA/PMA-experienced clinical and quality leaders, and post-approval lifecycle leaders are recurring engagements. The recruiter assigned scopes for the specific submission experience your search requires.
Do you cover both venture-backed biotech and PE-backed device platforms?
Yes. Both financing models. The recruiter knows the cadence and operating-leverage realities of each.
Do you cover the entire United States?
Yes. We run nationwide life-sciences searches; the recruiter has experience working across the major life-sciences hubs (Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Research Triangle, NJ corridor).
So now what?

Three paths from here.

  1. You're hiring against a specific clinical or commercial milestone.

    Engaged search fits, the candidate pool is small, mostly passive, and stage-specific. We map the pool against your milestone calendar in five days. Start the scoping call →

  2. You're benchmarking comp against the candidate's current biotech equity.

    Send us the candidate's stage, equity grant size, and target role. We come back with a peer-comp read pulled from comparable cap-table moments. Email the read request →

  3. You're scoping a confidential CSO or CMO transition.

    Most senior R&D and clinical-leadership transitions are sole-incumbent and structurally confidential. An exclusive engaged search with code-name discipline is the right model. Read engaged search →

Start a life sciences search

Tell us the modality, the stage, the role.

We come back inside one business day with a scoping call, a fee quote, and a market read on candidate availability.

INDUSTRY · LIFE SCIENCES