Life sciences staffing & recruiting The right people change everything.

Specialized life sciences staffing for Biometrics, Clinical Operations, and AI & Data Analytics.

We help biotech, pharma, and CRO teams find the people behind critical programs, from one hard-to-find hire to a dedicated functional team.

Client results

Good recruiting should show up in the numbers.

83.5% of the candidates we submit are interviewed, and 52% of those interviews end in a hire.

As of October 2026
positions filled
770 +
professionals in our network
8750 +
Expertise

We’re specialized because it makes us better at the search.

You should not have to spend half an intake call explaining what a Biostatistician does, why a CTM’s therapeutic-area experience matters, or why an AI engineer in life sciences needs more than a strong technical resume. Our recruiters work in three areas.

Biometrics

The people behind statistical strategy, clinical data, programming, and submission-ready outputs.

Clinical Operations

The people responsible for turning a clinical plan into a trial that actually runs.

AI & Data Analytics

The people building the platforms, models, governance, and analytical capabilities shaping the next generation of life sciences.

When clients call us

Usually, there’s a reason hiring suddenly matters.

What’s happening
What usually helps

A program just moved forward.

A key person left at exactly the wrong time.

A database lock is approaching.

A new round of funding means the team needs to grow faster than expected.

The skill set you need simply isn’t sitting in your applicant pool.

That is where we tend to come in. We help teams solve immediate hiring needs, plan for what is coming next, and choose the right resourcing model when the answer is not obvious.

Solutions

Call it what you want.
It’s still about the right person.

The industry has an acronym for almost every way to hire someone.

We work across the models, but we do not start with the acronym. We start with the problem you are trying to solve, the work that needs to get done, and the kind of person or team it will take to do it well.

Whatever you call it, the goal is the same: the right person, in the right seat, at the right time.

Human first

Human First is how we built CLS.

Whether you’re hiring, looking for your next opportunity, or joining our internal team, we believe the experience should feel personal.

We built CLS around people who value relationships, good judgment, and actually knowing the people they work with. That means taking the time to understand what someone needs, recommending people we genuinely believe in, and being willing to say when something is not the right fit.

Technology helps us work more efficiently, but it does not replace the conversations, context, and judgment that make recruiting work.

That is what Human First means to us.

01

We listen

Before we search, we understand the team, the program, the work, and what success actually looks like.

02

We search with context

Our recruiters work from relationships they have already built, while continuing to source beyond the obvious candidates.

03

We recommend, not forward

Everyone we submit has been personally screened and comes with context around why we believe they fit.

04

We stay involved

Feedback makes the search better, and communication after placement helps keep the relationship working.

Because finding a resume is easy.

Understanding the person behind it still matters.

Our team

Meet the people behind the work.

These are the people having the conversations, learning the market, getting to know candidates, working with clients, and solving the problems that come up along the way.

They are the people you will actually work with.

Illustrated portrait of Madison Driggers, Director of Client Partnerships at Connect Life Sciences

Madison Driggers

Director of Client Partnerships
Illustrated portrait of Jim Owens, President and Co-Founder at Connect Life Sciences

Jim Owens

President and Co-Founder
Illustrated portrait of Noemi Owens, Vice President of Recruiting at Connect Life Sciences

Noemi Owens

Vice President of Recruiting
Illustrated portrait of Tim Weldon, Senior Director of Client Partnerships at Connect Life Sciences

Tim Weldon

Senior Director of Client Partnerships
Illustrated portrait of Steve Stiles, Recruitment Team Lead at Connect Life Sciences

Steve Stiles

Recruitment Team Lead
Illustrated portrait of Shalanda Thomas, HR & Payroll Manager at Connect Life Sciences

Shalanda Thomas

HR & Payroll Manager
Open positions

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Talent community

Join our talent community.

Nothing that fits today? Tell us what you do and what you want next. When a position fits, a recruiter who knows your field will be in touch.

Insights

Signal, not noise.

What we are seeing in the market, written for the people who are in it.

Leadership perspective
·  Oct 2026
·  4 min read

Old School Meets New School: What Recruiting Shouldn’t Lose

Faxed resumes and hand-delivered paychecks are gone, and nobody misses them. What recruiting should not lose is the reason they worked: you had to know people.

Case studies
·  Oct 2026
·  1 min read

Not Just a Statistician. The Right Statistician.

How asking better questions helped an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company find rare expertise for an initiative it had never built internally.

Case studies
·  Oct 2026
·  1 min read

Scaling a Global FSP Without a Cash-⁠Flow Bottleneck

How CLS helped a global biometrics services organization build a 15-person SAS programming team quickly, on terms the business could sustain.

Client Contact

Have a hiring problem that isn’t quite a job description yet?

That’s okay. Tell us what is happening with the team, the program, or the workload. We can help you think through the people and the model that make sense.

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