Biotech hiring is unlike any other sector. Headcount decisions carry disproportionate weight when your runway is finite, your science is advancing rapidly, and the talent pool for your modality is genuinely small. Vector understands the pressures at each stage of a biotech's growth, and we've built our practice to reflect them.
Talent needs shift with funding rounds, pipeline milestones, and strategic pivots, and the window to hire well is often short. We work with biotechs across every stage, from early discovery through to late-stage programmes and commercialisation, securing the leadership and specialist talent you need at the moments that matter most.
Research, discovery, translational, and clinical development talent across every modality.
Process development, CMC, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and regulatory.
Pre-launch buildout, market access, brand, and the corporate functions behind a growing biotech.
We operate on a global scale. We’ve hired talent globally, bringing the insight and localised strategies needed to hire effectively across the US, Europe, and APAC.
5 DAYS
average time to shortlist
28 days
intake call to offer
98%
offer acceptance rate
"Vector supported a critical period of growth at AGC Biologics, making many key hires over 18 months across our US sites, from site-based roles to C-Suite.
In parallel, they supported the training of our Talent Acquisition teams, which gave us greater control of our own hiring and saved us money.
The level of professionalism and work ethic is genuinely hard to find in the search business, and I'd have no hesitation to use Vector again."
Patricio Massera | Former Chief Executive Officer | AGC Biologics
R&D and Clinical
For early-stage biotechs, research talent shapes the scientific direction of the company, often the highest-stakes hires you'll make. The transition from pre-clinical to clinical is one of the most demanding talent moments a biotech faces. We work across modalities including small molecule, biologics, cell and gene therapy, and RNA therapeutics, supporting biotechs from platform-building through first-in-human and beyond.
Functions we recruit across:
Research & Drug Discovery · Platform Science · Translational Medicine · Medicinal Chemistry · Biology · Bioinformatics · Clinical Development · Clinical Operations · Medical Directors · Medical Affairs · Pharmacovigilance · Biostatistics · Data Management
Technical Operations
As biotechs move towards clinical supply and commercial manufacture, technical operations hiring becomes critical and highly specialised. The talent pool of people who combine deep technical and regulatory knowledge with biotech-scale experience, able to operate without large team infrastructure, is genuinely limited, and we have active relationships across that network.
Functions we recruit across:
Process Development · Analytical Development · Tech Transfer · CMC Operations · Manufacturing · Supply Chain · External Manufacturing & CDMO Management · Quality Assurance · Quality Leadership · Regulatory Strategy · Regulatory CMC · Submissions · Validation
Commercial & Corporate
Building a commercial function for the first time is one of the most consequential talent programmes a biotech undertakes. Get it right and you launch with momentum. Alongside that, biotechs at scale need to build out the corporate backbone covering finance, people, and investor relations that supports a public-company-ready organisation.
Functions we recruit across:
Commercial Strategy · Brand & Marketing · Market Access · HEOR · Pricing & Reimbursement · Sales Leadership · New Product Planning · Patient Advocacy · Business Development · Finance · People & HR · Investor Relations
Scalable recruitment
outsourcing
Flexible and scalable recruitment outsourcing solution. We embed our experienced talent specialists directly into your recruitment team - providing seamless hiring support to drive your organisation’s growth without the headaches.
Talent is pivotal to
accelerating innovation
Leveraging our deep market insights, expansive network, and recruitment expertise, we empower you to assemble the teams essential for nurturing ideas, achieving business objectives, and propelling your organisation to unprecedented success.
"I would have no hesitation to use Vector again."
"Vector worked with us to help support a critical period of growth at AGC Biologics. They hired many critical hires over an 18 month period, across our sites in the US from site based roles to C-Suite. In parallel they supported the training of our Talent Acquisition teams, which resulted in eventually greater control of our own hiring, saving us money. Neil has been our customer single point of contact, since the relationship started, and has been very easy to work with from Day 1, with a high level of professionalism and work ethic, both are really hard to find in the search business. It is clear from the work he has done building a CDMO previously himself, he leverages this knowledge well for his customers. I would have no hesitation to use Vector again."
Patricio Massera, Former Chief Executive Officer
AGC Biologics
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Whether you're planning a search, dealing with an urgent vacancy, or thinking through a broader talent strategy, we're happy to have a straightforward conversation about what you're facing. No pitch, no obligation. Our consultants have worked inside the industry you're hiring for, so you'll get a direct perspective from the outset.
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