LIFE SCIENCES · INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
We recruit for life science tools and instrument companies, reagent manufacturers, CROs, CDMOs, and biotech — placing the commercial, technical, and operational talent these organizations depend on.
24+ years placing candidates who combine scientific credibility with commercial results, across research, industrial, and clinical markets.
Your candidates aren't just selling — they're demonstrating instruments to PhDs, troubleshooting applications for research scientists, navigating FDA requirements for contract manufacturers, and building BD pipelines for CROs competing for pharma contracts worth tens of millions.
We've spent over two decades building a network across this segment. Whether your company sells capital equipment to environmental labs, reagents to oncology researchers, or clinical trial services to biopharma — we know your market, your buyer, and what your ideal candidate looks like.
Each links to a dedicated recruiting page with deeper detail.
Capital equipment, analytical instruments, and lab automation sold into pharma research, academic, environmental, food safety, and industrial markets.
Explore →Engineering, QA, manufacturing ops, and BD for contract development and manufacturing organizations. These searches stall most often at other firms. We've built a dedicated network here.
Explore →Every functional area across the life sciences tools and services market.
VP Sales · CCO · Regional Directors · Territory Reps · National Accounts · Business Development · Sales Operations
We recruit commercial leaders who understand both the science and the sell
credibility in front of researchers, results on a quota sheet.
SIGNATURE DIFFERENTIATOR
Field Application Scientists (FAS) · Field Service Engineers (FSE) · Applications Specialists · Technical Sales · Pre-Sales Engineers · Demo Specialists
FAS and FSE roles sit at the intersection of science and commerce. Most generalist recruiters don't know what an FAS does. We've placed hundreds of them.
VP Marketing · Product Marketing · Marketing Directors · Market Development · Scientific Marketing · Digital & Content
Life science marketing requires scientific literacy. We find marketers who can translate complex product capabilities to research audiences.
QA Directors · Quality Managers · Regulatory Affairs · Compliance · QC Analysts · Validation Engineers · CAPA Management
QA leadership in a CDMO is one of our most requested and most difficult search categories. We've built a dedicated network here.
Software Dev Engineers · Embedded Systems · Instrument Software · Lab Informatics · Bioinformatics · Data Scientists · CIOs
Modern life science instruments are as much software as hardware. We recruit engineers who understand regulated software environments.
Manufacturing Directors · Process Engineers · Quality Engineers · Automation Engineers · Supply Chain · Operations Leadership
From instrument manufacturers to CDMOs managing GMP environments — we place the engineering and ops leadership that keeps these organizations running.
CEO · President · COO · CFO · CCO · Chief Medical Officer · VP-Level Across All Functions · General Management
across PE-backed tools companies, venture-funded biotech, founder-led instrument manufacturers, and CROs at every stage.
Commercial skills alone don't work. Scientific background alone doesn't work. Finding candidates who genuinely have both is harder than it sounds — and rarely shows up clearly on a resume.
Most generalist recruiters find the science person who can't sell, or the salesperson who can't speak the language. The placements underperform. The search opens again six months later.
A number of our recruiters came directly out of the industries they now recruit for — sales, lab operations, instrument manufacturing, and clinical research. That's not common in recruiting. It means when we evaluate a candidate's background, we're applying firsthand knowledge of what the job actually requires — not guessing from a resume. It also means candidates take our calls. A field application scientist with ten years of experience knows within sixty seconds whether a recruiter understands their world. Ours do.
Life Science Instruments
Capital equipment manufacturer entering pharma research needed a leader with existing biopharma R&D relationships. Filled in 8 weeks.
CDMO
Contract manufacturer needed QA leadership after a 483 observation. Filled in 6 weeks — candidate cleared the observation within 90 days.
CRO
Mid-size CRO needed a BD director with established pharma sponsor relationships and proven CRO sales track record. Filled in 10 weeks.
