Sentio Recruitment

Specialist recruitment for pharma and life sciences

We find people with the experience, judgement and sector knowledge to perform in demanding life sciences roles. Our deepest capability is in commercial and sales recruitment, supported by reach across the wider pharmaceutical talent market.

Sentio Recruitment

Recruitment informed by the market around the role

Sentio Recruitment connects pharma, biotech, medtech, diagnostics and adjacent life sciences businesses with specialist talent.

We look beyond the job title. Therapy area, product lifecycle, customer group, route to market and team mandate all influence who will succeed. We use that context to define the brief, focus the search and assess candidates with greater precision.

Commercial and sales recruitment is where we go deepest, from field-based and key account roles to brand, market access and commercial leadership. We also support appointments across medical, scientific, regulatory, technical and corporate functions.

Commercial and sales recruitment

Field sales, key account management, head office commercial, market access, brand leadership and commercial operations across pharmaceutical, medtech, diagnostics and private healthcare markets.

Field and account sales

  • Primary and secondary care representatives
  • Hospital and therapy area specialists
  • Key account and territory managers
  • Private-market, GLP-1 and aesthetics roles
  • Medtech and diagnostics sales

Commercial leadership

  • Regional and national sales managers
  • Sales directors and commercial leads
  • Business unit and country managers
  • Commercial excellence roles

Head office commercial

  • Brand and product managers
  • Marketing and omnichannel roles
  • Launch excellence and commercial analysts
  • CRM and sales force effectiveness

Market access, HEOR and payer

  • Market access managers
  • HEOR, HTA and NICE submission leads
  • Pricing, reimbursement and payer engagement

Commercial operations and compliance-adjacent

  • Commercial operations roles
  • ABPI and code compliance
  • Promotional review and commercial governance

Across the wider industry

Our network and sector coverage extend into the medical, scientific, regulatory, technical and enabling functions that support life sciences businesses.

Medical affairs

MSLs and medical advisors · Medical directors · Publications and medical education

Clinical and R&D

Clinical operations and project management · Biostatistics · Discovery and translational roles

Regulatory, safety and quality

Regulatory affairs · Pharmacovigilance · Quality assurance and GxP audit

Technical operations and manufacturing

Manufacturing and supply chain · MSAT and tech transfer · Engineering and packaging

Digital, data and technology

Digital health and data science · Real-world evidence analytics · CRM and platform roles

Corporate and enabling functions

Finance, legal and strategy · Business development · HR and project management

Executive leadership

General and country managers · Business unit directors · Senior commercial leaders

How we work

A more informed search

A strong appointment starts with an accurate understanding of the role and the environment around it. We work with hiring teams to establish what success requires, map the relevant candidate market and engage people whose experience matches both the brief and the business context.

A precise brief

Define the outcomes, experience and sector context the role requires.

Focused market mapping

Identify the organisations, backgrounds and candidate profiles most relevant to the search.

Credible conversations

Engage candidates with a clear understanding of the opportunity, market and expectations.

Considered shortlists

Present candidates whose experience and judgement stand up beyond keyword matching.

Hiring for a pharma role?

Whether the requirement is a territory manager, brand lead, market access specialist, MSL, regulatory appointment or senior commercial leader, share the role, market context and timing for a focused conversation.

Looking for your next pharma role?

We speak with candidates across pharma, biotech, medtech, diagnostics and wider life sciences. Register your interest and tell us about the functions, therapy areas and markets that matter most to you.