Vector is a specialist recruitment partner for CDMOs, working across commercial, operations, and quality at every stage of growth. Our approach is built on firsthand experience of how CDMOs operate, so every shortlist is structured around the realities of your roles, your client commitments, and the demands of your current stage.
We recruit across the full CDMO landscape, from oral solid dose and sterile fill finish through to small molecule API, biologics, ATMPs, and cell and gene therapy, supporting organisations from clinical manufacturing through to full commercial production. Combined with direct experience building and scaling talent functions inside CDMOs, that breadth means we understand the pressures you face as you expand capacity, enter new modalities, and compete for a specialist talent pool that remains in short supply.
Talent for CDMOs across every level, from business development to C-suite.
Quality and regulatory professionals across drug product, drug substance, and biologics.
Production, supply chain, engineering, and development talent, from site launch to full commercial.
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.
2 weeks
average time to shortlist
94%
retention at 12 months
30+
countries hired in globally
"Vector has brought a wealth of growth experience and resources, many of their team have operated within a large CDMO and Life Science industry Globally. Their understanding of our industry and growth challenges, combined with their commitment to honest transparent dialogue, made them the ideal partner for our expansion journey.
Vector's strategic vision extended beyond traditional recruitment. Their ability to identify and secure transformative talent, as demonstrated in the case of our Biologics collaboration, has had a lasting impact on our trajectory."
Bobby Sheng | CEO and Chairman | Bora Pharmaceuticals
Commercial
Growth in the CDMO market is won and lost on the strength of your commercial team. Whether you're establishing a BD function for the first time, expanding into new regions, or shoring up senior leadership ahead of a critical phase of scale, the people you hire define how effectively you compete. Vector understands how CDMO commercial teams are built, how they operate, and what good looks like at every stage ofgrowth.
Functions we recruit across:
Business Development · Key Account Management · Commercial Operations · Sales · Marketing · Strategic Partnerships · Proposals · Commercial Leadership · Business Management · Customer Service
Quality & Regulatory
Operational and technical capability is what turns client commitments into delivered outcomes, the heartbeat of a site. CDMOs run under tight timelines, complex multi-client demands, and constant pressure to perform, and your people need to be built for it. Vector recruits across the full operational and scientific breadth of a CDMO.
Functions we recruit across:
Quality Assurance · Quality Control · Quality Leadership · Qualified Persons · Batch Review · Regulatory Affairs · Quality Systems · Validation · Compliance · Audit · Principal Scientist
Operations & Technical
In a regulated, multi-client environment, quality and regulatory appointments carry real weight. A mis-hire can affect inspection readiness, erode client confidence, and put your licence to operate at risk. We place quality and regulatory professionals who combine deep technical grounding with the commercial awareness needed to thrive in a CDMO setting.
Functions we recruit across:
Site Leadership · Manufacturing & Production · Supply Chain & Procurement · Engineering & Facilities · Process Development · Analytical Development · Technology Transfer · Project & Programme Management · Scientific & Technical Leadership · Validation · CMC
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.
"Vector have become a valuable partner"
"Vector have become a valuable partner and played a key part in our growth strategy. We worked together when we were a much smaller business, and they have grown with us, delivering a variety of talent mandates, from delivering difficult leadership searches and talent development. Vector come with an exceptional network and a deep understanding of how CDMO businesses work from within. They have been a key enabler for Bora over the years."
CEO and Chairman
Bora Pharmaceuticals
Ready to talk?
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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