Permanent Life Science Recruitment
Connecting you with top life sciences talent through contingent, exclusive, and retained search solutions.
Permanent and Direct Hire
Speak with our permanent life science recruitment experts
Book a meeting with one of our expert consultants, and we’ll help you find the perfect permanent hire to drive your business forward.
Why Work With Us?
With our industry expertise, global network, and data-driven approach, we don’t just fill roles, we find candidates who truly fit your team and drive long-term success.
5000
Permanent placements
1400
Clients supported
68
Countries serviced
32
Avg. Days to Hire
Market Mapping
We can deliver detailed insights into the talent landscape, covering availability, competition, and skill trends, to support confident, informed hiring decisions.
Employer Brand
We can help shape your Employee Value Proposition and overall employer reputation, giving candidates a clear reason to choose you over the competition.
Workforce Planning
We can build bespoke hiring roadmaps aligned with your business goals, ensuring you have the right people in place at the right time as your team grows.
Long-Term Strategy
We can develop a forward-looking talent strategy tailored to your organisation’s needs, factoring in market dynamics, location, and future hiring plans.
Engagement Insights
Want to improve retention or team morale? We can carry out an in-depth analysis of your existing workforce to identify opportunities for better engagement.
Branding Campaigns
We can deliver multi-channel employer branding campaigns that showcase your culture, values, and mission, making it easier to attract the right talent.
DE&I Support
We can review your current approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and create strategies to help you build a more inclusive, attractive workplace.
Skills Gap Review
We can identify skills gaps within your existing team and align your hiring and development efforts to support long-term business goals.
Process Audits
We can review your recruitment process end-to-end, spotting inefficiencies and recommending changes to improve speed, experience, and quality of hire.
Our Approach
Specialist hiring, built around your business. We place high-performing professionals across clinical, regulatory, quality, drug safety, medical affairs, manufacturing, and beyond.
Combining deep industry insight with a global network and data-led processes, we deliver permanent hires who align with your technical needs, culture, and long-term goals.
Deep Expertise
We go deeper than surface-level requirements, gaining a full understanding of each role’s unique qualifications and challenges. Our consultancy-driven approach improves hiring processes, increases efficiency, and ensures long-term success.
Access to Hidden Talent
AI has made finding active candidates easier, but the best talent isn’t always looking. We specialise in headhunting high-calibre, passive life science professionals, those not actively job-seeking but the perfect fit for your needs.
Collaboration and Partnership
We work as an extension of your team, ensuring clear communication, aligned goals, and stakeholder engagement throughout every stage of the recruitment process. Our insights adapt to your evolving hiring needs.
Industry Specific Experts
Our life sciences specialists understand your industry's unique challenges, regulations, and talent needs. With deep sector knowledge and an extensive network, we connect you with candidates who have the right skills, experience, and cultural fit to drive long-term success.
Case Studies
Discover how our permanent life science recruitment solutions have helped companies hire top talent and build high-performing teams.
AveXis
We provided permanent life science recruitment, helping a US gene therapy biotech expand into Europe and transition to commercialisation.
RVAC
We helped an APAC mRNA biotech expand into the US, launching a Boston R&D facility with expert permanent life science recruitment.
AstraZeneca
How we reinforced AstraZeneca’s medical affairs team with permanent talent, strengthening our longstanding global partnership.
Carmat
We ensured swift permanent hires for key commercial roles in Germany and Italy, supporting their market expansion in artificial heart technology.
CureVac
We accelerated permanent life science recruitment, swiftly filling critical QA positions to address operational challenges in a tight talent market.
Scholar Rock
We enabled the expansion of this US biotech by overcoming location and expertise challenges to place a pivotal senior leadership hire in clinical QA.
Acarix
We provided permanent life science talent, appointing commercial leads in both DACH and the US to support Acarix ahead of two major projects.
PPD
We supported this global CRO with permanent life science talent, while managing compliance and onboarding across multiple regions.
GSK
We helped drive digital innovation by placing an AI and ML-versed bioinformatician, supporting the future of data-driven decision-making in life sciences.
BMS
We delivered permanent life science talent, successfully placing eight high-level hires within three months to establish BMS’s Biostatistics Hub in Basel.
Reaction Biology
We strengthened their European presence by securing two permanent BD Directors, providing expert commercial leadership recruitment.
How we can work together
Contingent
A no-risk, pay-on-success model for fast, cost effective hiring. Ideal for companies looking to fill roles quickly and efficiently, without upfront costs.
Exclusive
A dedicated search, ensuring better candidate engagement and a streamlined process, ideal for businesses seeking commitment with flexibility.
Retained
A high-precision search for senior or specialist hires. We secure the best talent through market research, confidential outreach, and rigorous assessments.
Speak to our hiring experts to see how we can help you
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Specialist and Executive Search
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