Life Sciences & Pharma Executive Search Recruitment

Spencer Riley has a dedicated team of talent acquisition and executive search experts with a particular focus on life sciences and clinical research, trials & logistics.

Introduction

Spencer Riley specialises in executive search for life sciences and clinical research, trials and logistics. We find top talent for C-suite, director, and senior leadership roles across commercial, operational, financial, IT, and legal divisions. Our global reach and proven track record deliver high-caliber candidates quickly, reducing your hiring costs and time-to-fill.

Sector-Specific Talent

Spencer Riley's international talent pool can fill senior roles in life sciences sector, including:

  • Clinical Research
  • Clinical Trials
  • Clinical Logistics
  • Gene Sequencing 

We work closely with you to understand your needs before delivering a shortlist of suitable candidates. We overcome talent challenges to find the best individuals and negotiate competitive compensation packages to secure them for your team.

Find the ideal candidate

Who We Work With

Spencer Riley partners with life sciences organisations of all sizes, from startups to global multinationals. Our team will work tirelessly to find and secure the best candidate for your vacancy, no matter what discipline or area of expertise, every time without fail. We work closely with you to define success metrics and provide transparent reporting, ensuring you get maximum value from our executive search services.

Specialist Roles

Sector-Specific Talent Acquisition

We recruit into top-level roles, including but not limited to:

  • Clinical Project Manager
  • Clinical Operations Manager
  • Biostatistician & Statistician
  • Clinical Data Manager/Clinical Data Associate
  • Business Development Director/Manager
  • Clinical Research Associate/Coordinator
  • Clinical Trial Manager
  • Study Start-Up Manager/Associate
  • Chief Medical Officer
  • Chief Commercial Officer
  • SAS Programmer
  • Proposals Manager
  • Contracts Manager
  • Medical Monitor/Clinical Monitor
  • Medical Affairs Manager
  • Project Director
  • Marketing 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

Life Science Recruitment for Commercial & Operational Roles

Spencer Riley delivers ready-to-go life sciences talent, accelerating onboarding and reducing hiring costs. Our focus is in finding experienced professionals for commercial and operational roles, including business affairs, regulatory, key accounts, sales, marketing, and procurement. Our expertise helps you find visionary leaders who drive innovation and commercial success in the life sciences sector.

Ongoing Relationships in Times of Change

We understand the rapid changes in the life sciences sector, with the increase of talent demand for R&D, drug discovery, gene sequencing and other forms of clinical research and trials. Spencer Riley's RPO service helps you meet these challenges by providing a steady stream of top-tier executives and specialists.

Our end-to-end talent strategy delivers:

  • Continuing support to hire senior healthcare executives and technical specialists
  • Reduced time to hire and total cost of recruitment
  • Qualified candidates shortlisted and interviewed
  • Rejected candidates kept on file for future reference and consideration
  • Fully managed remuneration negotiations and onboarding 

We handle everything from sourcing and screening to negotiations and onboarding, allowing you to focus on growth and innovation.

Bespoke Services for Life Sciences

Spencer Riley have a strong track record of filling highly specialised life sciences roles, even in highly competitive talent niches and the most specialised market segments. We welcome enquiries relating to all disciplines, including emerging roles where a skilled innovator is required. We offer Private Equity Services, Mergers & Acquisitions and Outplacement Services. Our team can tackle unique hiring challenges, including emerging positions, to deliver top-tier talent.

To find out more, please contact us to speak to our life sciences talent acquisition specialists, who will be happy to discuss any specific or unusual roles you need to fill as part of your upcoming talent pipeline.

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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.

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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.

Contact us today

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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