Expertise

CLINICAL TRIALS & DEVELOPMENT

We work across the clinical trials and development ecosystem, including CROs, clinical trial services, patient recruitment, clinical technology, data, pharmacovigilance and specialist development platforms.

We understand the different leadership requirements of businesses operating across clinical research and development; from specialist service providers to scaled, international platforms.

PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING

Our expertise extends across CDMOs, CMOs and specialist manufacturing organizations supporting small molecules, biologics, sterile products, cell and gene therapies and other complex modalities.

We understand the operational, commercial and regulatory demands of manufacturing businesses, and the leadership capability required to scale capacity, improve performance and support sustained growth.

SUPPLY CHAIN, LOGISTICS & PACKAGING

We advise businesses operating across the pharmaceutical supply chain, including specialist logistics, cold chain, clinical trial supply, distribution, storage and packaging.

These businesses sit at a critical point in the pharma ecosystem, where operational excellence, technology, quality and international scale increasingly determine competitive advantage.

SPECIALIST & ENABLING SERVICES

We work with specialist businesses providing critical services across the pharmaceutical value chain, including comparator sourcing, clinical supply, laboratory and testing services, regulatory services, consulting and other specialist solutions supporting pharmaceutical development and commercialization.

We understand the distinctive leadership requirements of these businesses; from specialist founder-led companies to international platforms, consolidators and private equity-backed growth businesses.

TECHNOLOGY &
DATA

We work with technology and data organizations transforming pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, commercialization and supply chain operations, including software, data, analytics and technology-enabled service platforms.

We understand the leadership requirements of businesses operating at the intersection of technology, science and healthcare, where specialist expertise must be combined with the ability to build scalable, commercially successful businesses.

Executive Search for Pharma Services

Pharma Services is a specialist industry. The businesses are highly technical, the markets are global and the leadership challenges are rarely straightforward.

At Verbatim Executive Search, Pharma Services is our specialist focus.

We understand the organizations that sit behind the pharmaceutical value chain; from clinical trials and development through manufacturing, supply chain, commercialization and specialist enabling services.

More importantly, we understand the leadership capability required to build, scale and transform them.

Our sector knowledge, combined with a global network of senior executives, operators and Board-level talent, enables us to identify leaders who bring the right combination of industry expertise, commercial judgement and transformational capability.