Find talented life science sector leaders
to drive innovation and growth

The life sciences sector is dynamic and fast-moving, so your business leaders and executives should be too. Find the perfect people for critical senior, management, and C-suite roles in your life sciences business quickly, efficiently and reliably.

Our life sciences sector is led by Tim Kneen, who gained 30+ years of experience across the pharmaceuticals industry before turning his abilities to life sciences executive search. Tim and the wider life sciences team have a successful track record of hiring across all major functions, including corporate and commercial leadership roles, for businesses operating in a variety of life sciences subsectors. 

So, whether you’re searching for a seasoned pharmaceutical CEO or a medtech operations expert, we can help you find the right person.

Our life sciences sector specialisms

We’ve sourced and placed executive-level life science talent across broad functions for businesses spanning diverse subsectors, including:

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Biotech
  • BioPharma
  • Medical Devices
  • Medical Tech & Digital
  • Food Science
  • Consumer Health Care

How we’ve partnered with life sciences businesses

We’ve helped diverse life sciences businesses make the perfect executive or management hires, including the examples below:

  • Global Director of Drug Safety, VC Owned

    The business had just acquired a new division and needed to hire a drug safety expert who was used to working in complex multi-site manufacturing organisations and had prior experience in an integration process. We placed an individual with a successful track record from a highly matrixed global pharma organisation who went on to achieve great results for the client.

  • Divisional President, DAX30

    The business required a new leader to be based in Germany for its largest division; auto-immune diseases with a pipeline focused on oncology and rheumatology. The priority was to re-vitalise sales performance and enhance operational effectiveness. We conducted a search focused on competitor businesses in the US and Europe before placing a perfect-fit candidate living in Switzerland at the time.

  • European Operations Director, Fortune 500

    The client had just acquired another global biotech corporation for $7bn and required a leader for the European Operations Team to help integrate the business’s operations into the broader organisation. After an extensive Europe-wide search, with a focus on increasing diversity at leadership level for the organisation, we identified and placed an excellent candidate based in Belgium to lead the integration.

  • Commercial Director, NASDAQ Listed

    This client was looking to transform its sales and marketing strategy, develop closer partnership alliances, and implement new market expansion. We mapped the medical device and healthcare sector in Europe and placed an individual previously responsible for sales and marketing of the growth division of a medical devices business.

  • Director of Talent Development & Acquisition, PE Backed

    This global biotech business was looking to develop a new role, combining talent development with talent acquisition to ensure there was alignment for future succession planning.  We were looking for individuals whose careers began in talent acquisition and expanded to include talent development internationally. Following an extensive search, we discovered a strong individual from a FTSE 50 organisation who accepted the role.