Drug Delivery
As more programmes hinge on how a molecule is formulated, stabilised, packaged, and moved from site to patient, the people who make that work have become some of the hardest to hire. Vector recruits across the full delivery, supply, and packaging landscape, for the CDMOs, biotechs, and packaging specialists building these capabilities.
The chemistry behind those molecules was well understood long before they reached scale. What held programmes back, and what now separates the leaders, was everything around the molecule: oral peptide formulation, device design, sterile manufacturing at volume, clinical trial supply, and the packaging that gets product to site and patient intact.
As the pipeline shifts towards complex biologics, peptides, and patient-administered formats, demand for formulation, device, clinical supply, and packaging talent has run well ahead of supply.
Across the full delivery, supply & packaging landscape
Drug delivery, clinical supply, and packaging talent describes itself by route, platform, and function, and so do the briefs we work. We recruit across each of them.
Oral Solid Dose & Bioavailability Enhancement
Spray drying, hot melt extrusion, and amorphous solid dispersions.
Injectables & Sterile Fill-Finish
Including long-acting injectables and depot formulations.
Combination Products & Devices
Prefilled syringes, autoinjectors, and on-body delivery.
Clinical Trial Supply
Randomisation, blinding, comparator sourcing, and IRT.
Inhalation, Transdermal & Novel Platforms
Dry powder, patches, implants, lipid nanoparticles, and particle engineering.
Packaging, Containment & Serialisation
Container closure systems, serialisation, and track-and-trace.
The people behind the platform
The role families that cut across every delivery, supply, and packaging function, from early development through to commercial supply.
Commercial & Business Development
The people who win and grow work on delivery, supply, and packaging capability: business development managers, key account managers, sales directors, and marketing managers.
Device & Combination-Product Engineering
Design, human factors, and integration with the drug.
CMC & Device Regulatory
Combined drug-device pathways and submission strategy.
Formulation & Drug Product Development
From early development through to commercial transfer.
Process Development & Scale-Up
Spray drying, HME, lyophilisation, and particle engineering.
Clinical Supply Chain & Logistics
Cold chain, distribution, and depot network management.
Analytical Development
Method development and characterisation for complex formats.
Packaging Engineering & Quality
Line design, validation, and GMP compliance for packaged product.
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
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"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
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