Massachusetts – Life Sciences Recruitment
Supporting Life Sciences Growth Across Massachusetts
We help life sciences companies across Massachusetts hire the people they need to grow. From scaling start-ups to established global organizations, our team has delivered hires across every part of the life sciences sector here.
Whether you’re building your first leadership team or strengthening a growing function, we combine deep industry expertise with a people-first approach to help you find and secure the right talent.
Industries We Support in Massachusetts
We work across the full life sciences landscape, partnering with companies in:
Biotechnology
We partner with emerging and established biotech companies to build teams that drive scientific breakthroughs from discovery through to clinical development.
Some of our biotech clients include:
- CRISPR Therapeutics
- RVAC Medicines
- Scholar Rock
CDMO
We support CDMOs in building operational, quality, and technical teams to scale manufacturing capabilities and meet client demand.
Consultancies
We support life sciences consultancies—strategy, market access, HEOR, R&D transformation, data & analytics—to build client-facing and delivery leadership.
CRO
We help CROs strengthen their teams with experienced professionals who can deliver projects for clients on time and to the highest standards.
Medical Device
We support device manufacturers across Class I–III—placing talent in quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and commercial to deliver safe, compliant products.
MedTech
We work with MedTech companies to place the people who bring new medical technologies to life — from product development through to commercialization.
Pharmaceutical
We support pharmaceutical organizations of all sizes, helping them secure leadership and specialist talent to deliver therapies to global markets.
VC & PE
We partner with investors and their portfolio companies to secure leadership teams that accelerate growth and maximize value.
Expertise we provide in Massachusetts
Our team delivers talent across every area of the life sciences sector, including:
Our work with clients in Massachusetts
Following a major funding round, Ablative partnered with us to build teams across eight European locations as they prepared to launch their first clinical program.
We partnered with Arranta Bio in Massachusetts to build critical Tech Ops teams during their merger with Vibalogics, forming ReciBioPharm.
We placed a highly specialized Senior Scientist II for Boston-based biotech, Crispr Therapeutics, supporting their expanding gene-editing research.
Manus partnered with us to build specialist teams across Georgia and Massachusetts, driving growth in their synthetic biology operations.
RVAC partnered with us to build their new R&D site in Boston, marking a key step in their US market expansion.
Scholar Rock worked with us to hire a Clinical Quality Assurance leader to enhance oversight within their growing quality team.
Watershed Informatics partnered with us to hire specialist Bioinformaticians, accelerating early growth and strengthening their competitive edge.
Why Work With Us
Success in life sciences starts with the right people. In a competitive market like Massachusetts, where demand for skilled talent is high, finding and securing the right hires can be challenging.
That’s where we come in.
15000
Placements made
98
Percent Retention Rate
40
Years operating
32
Avg. Days to Hire
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