LIFE SCIENCES PRACTICE
Life Sciences Leadership & Technical Talent
Building exceptional teams for biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, and diagnostics companies from breakthrough scientists to executive leadership. Strategic placements across all levels that accelerate your path from innovation to market impact.
Schedule Your Life Sciences Search ConsultationRoger Trinh, CSP
Partner, Life Sciences Practice
Roger Trinh brings over 10 years of specialized executive search experience in the life sciences sector, with deep expertise in biomanufacturing, clinical operations, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs. Roger has successfully built high-performing teams for CGT (Cell & Gene Therapy) innovators, clinical-stage biotechs, PE-backed life sciences companies, and more.
Roger’s approach focuses on strategic team building rather than transactional placement, earning him trusted advisor status with executive teams and C-suite leaders. His network of 20,000+ industry professionals spans quality assurance, GMP operations, clinical development, diagnostic laboratories, and biomanufacturing.
As a Certified Search Professional (CSP), Roger maintains the highest standards of recruiting excellence and ethical practice in executive search.
Success Stories
CGT (Cell & Gene Therapy) QC Team Build-Out
Challenge: Leading CGT (Cell & Gene Therapy) company needed to build their QC Method Validation team to support manufacturing scale-up.
Approach: Worked directly with the Senior Director of QC Method Validation with complete creative freedom to build the team strategically. Sourced the Manager through my network and assisted in bringing in the rest of the team.
Result: Four strategic placements that established a fully operational QC Method Validation function, enabling the company to meet critical manufacturing milestones.
Executive Infrastructure Build
Challenge: PE-backed life sciences company needed HR leadership to support their transition from startup to scale-up phase.
Approach: Collaborated directly with the CEO and executive team to place their HR Manager and Executive Assistant, establishing the foundation for people operations.
Result: Long-term partnership developed became the company's preferred recruiting partner for both administrative and hard-to-find technical roles.
Clinical Operations Team Expansion
Challenge: Clinical-stage biotech needed to rapidly scale their clinical operations team to execute on aggressive trial timelines.
Approach: Referred by a former VP of Clinical Operations who joined the company, I built their clinical operations team from the ground up.
Result: Placed 10+ roles across all levels from executive leadership to individual contributors in a compressed timeline, enabling the company to launch multiple clinical trials on schedule.
FocusedFit™ for Life Sciences
Our proprietary FocusedFit™ platform leverages Hybrid Intelligence the convergence of human expertise, evidence-informed behavioral insights, and artificial intelligence to accelerate your life sciences executive search while ensuring superior fit.
How FocusedFit™ Transforms Life Sciences Recruiting
Technical competency matching
Beyond resume keywords to deep understanding of scientific and operational expertise
Cultural and team dynamic assessment
To ensure new leaders integrate seamlessly with your existing team
Accelerated candidate identification
Through AI-powered network analysis and pattern recognition
Evidence-based evaluation
Combining behavioral science with life sciences domain expertise
The Result: 6-week average placements (vs. 12-week industry standard) with leaders who drive measurable business impact from day one.
Next Steps
For Life Sciences Companies
Ready to build the leadership team that will drive your company's next growth phase?
Schedule a consultation to discuss your specific needs:
- Strategic team planning and organizational design
- Critical role identification and prioritization
- Competitive market intelligence and talent landscape analysis
- Sorta Athletes
- Timeline and search process design
For Life Sciences Executives
Exploring your next career opportunity in life sciences innovation?
Connect with our team to discuss:
- Life sciences innovation opportunities nationwide
- PE-backed company leadership roles
- Career advancement strategies in life sciences
- Confidential career exploration and market insights
Contact Our Life Sciences Practice
Roger Trinh, CSP
- Partner, Life Sciences Practice
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