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Pharmaceuticals Recruitment Experts

SRG is a market-leading specialist in Pharmaceutical staffing, recruitment and workforce solutions, with over three decades of experience in recruiting talent across scientific specialisms.  

Our team of pharmaceutical recruiters provide unparalleled support to both clients and candidates, backed by insider knowledge, and is dedicated to your hiring project’s success.

Why choose SRG for Pharmaceuticals recruitment?

As new innovations and scientific discoveries emerge across the pharmaceutical industry, and the skills landscape with Life Sciences evolves, SRG stands out amongst pharma recruiting companies as the specialists of choice for industry-leading organisations. Our pharmaceutical recruitment specialists have the expertise and experience required to connect organisations with top-tier talent suited to their challenges, opportunities and demands and place skilled professionals in a wide scope of pharma jobs. 

Our pharmaceutical recruitment consultants are specialists in the field, and through experience of building long-standing partnerships with leading organisations have built, and utilise, a detailed understanding of what is required to find the right candidate in specialist areas, such as drug discovery, pre-clinical development and biopharmaceuticals. 

Whether it’s hard-to-find talent, passive candidates or high-demand experts, we have proven our ability to find and place specialists who are ready to make an impact and drive the future of Life Sciences whilst building and excelling in their pharmaceutical career.  

Whether it’s hard-to-find talent, passive candidates or high-demand experts, we have proven our ability to find and place specialists who are ready to make an impact and drive the future of Life Sciences.

We are experts in Pharmaceutical recruitment

We bring knowledge, insight and commitment to help meet your pharmaceutical hiring needs across the life sciences.

  • Broad sector coverage - We support a wide variety of companies working across pharmaceuticals and life sciences.
  • Specialist domain knowledge - Our team understands areas from drug discovery to commercial manufacturing and regulatory affairs.
  • International reach - With recruitment teams in the UK and the US, we provide global hiring support wherever needed.
  • Niche expertise - We are equipped to discover and attain talent for highly specialised roles such as formulation, development and post-market surveillance.

Jobs in Pharmaceuticals

We support hiring across a wide variety of pharmaceutical functions, including:

Research & Development
  • Drug Discovery
  • Formulation
  • Analytical Development
  • Process Development and Optimisation
Manufacturing
  • Technology Transfer
  • Process Scale
  • Lean Methodologies
  • Manufacturing Operations
  • Continuous Improvement Specialists
Quality, Regulatory & Clinical
  • Quality Control Analysts
  • QA Specialists
  • Regulatory Affairs Specialists
  • Clinical Trials Associates
  • Post Market Surveillance Specialists



Pharma Hiring Trends & Salary Benchmarks

Stay ahead in a competitive market with SRG’s insights on pharma hiring trends, life sciences salary benchmarks, and diversity data. Discover what’s driving demand for pharma career opportunities and how employers can secure top talent in 2026.

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FAQs

We help recruit talent for key roles within the pharmaceutical industry. We are experts in placing scientists specialising in Analytical Development, Microbiology, Bioassay, Quality Control and Assurance, Validation Experts, as well as Production Technicians and Managers, Laboratory Technicians, Business, Clinical Experts, Regulatory Affairs, Data Experts and Senior Executive Leaders.   

Our deep network within the pharmaceutical industry ensures access to top passive talent within leading pharmaceutical companies, resulting in successful recruitment campaigns, at pace, across permanent and temporary requirements. 

SRG sources Chemicals talent via a multi-channel strategy, including leading job platforms like LinkedIn and CV Library, our website, and our database of over 200,000 scientists and engineers. We also proactively engage passive talent using targeted outreach. 

Yes. We provide permanent recruitment alongside contract and project-based hiring solutions, supporting organisations with long-term workforce planning as well as short-term or time-critical requirements. This flexibility allows pharma employers to scale teams efficiently while maintaining compliance and delivery timelines. 

Our specialist pharmaceutical recruiters understand the regulatory requirements of the sector and work with candidates experienced in GMP, GxP and other regulated processes. We focus on sourcing professionals who are comfortable operating within compliance-led environments where quality, documentation, and governance are critical. 

 

Insights 

We believe in the power of science - that’s why we stay at the forefront of the life sciences industry, keeping up to date with the latest research, innovations, and market trends to provide valuable insight and guidance to our clients and candidates.

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