Recruitment / Senior Recruitment Consultant - Life Sciences

Hlx Life Sciences is hiring. Following rapid global growth, we’re expanding our US Life Sciences division and are looking for ambitious Recruitment Consultants and Senior Recruitment Consultants to join the business in London. Since launching in 2024, Hlx has grown from a team of 5 to 45 employees globally, with offices across London, Basel, and Boston. We partner with some of the most innovative biotech, pharmaceutical, and life sciences companies globally through retained search, contingent recruitment, and scalable delivery solutions.

This role offers the opportunity to build a long-term career specialising in the US life sciences market, one of the fastest-growing and highest-performing recruitment markets globally.

As part of our US division, you’ll operate in a full 360 recruitment role focused on building and growing relationships across North America. You’ll be responsible for:

• Business development and winning new client partnerships
• Managing and expanding existing accounts
• Delivering retained and contingent search mandates
• Building long-term candidate networks across specialist verticals
• Managing full recruitment processes from initial briefing through to offer management and close
• Becoming a true market specialist within your space

The biggest differentiator is the platform you’ll be joining. This is not an environment where leadership has stepped away from delivery. The people leading the business are still actively billing, building accounts, winning clients, and working directly alongside the team every day. That means:

• Real-time mentorship
• Live market exposure
• Direct client interaction
• Learning from proven high performers
• Access to established global relationships and accounts

Several consultants within the business billed £1M+ last year, with multiple individuals already on track to exceed that again this year.

The US life sciences market offers significantly larger opportunities than traditional UK markets:

• Average fee sizes are typically double UK fees
• Faster-growing biotech ecosystem
• Higher-volume investment across life sciences and AI
• Access to some of the most innovative companies globally

At Hlx, we’ve spent years building relationships with high-growth biotech and pharmaceutical organisations across North America, meaning consultants gain direct access to active clients and warm accounts from day one. Alongside this there will also be opportunities to travel to the US for:

• Client meetings
• Industry conferences
• Relationship-building across key biotech hubs

The role will involve flexibility around US working hours where needed in order to maximise opportunities and build strong relationships across the market.

• Highly ambitious and commercially driven
• Motivated by high performance and progression
• Relationship-focused and confident communicating at senior levels
• Sales-minded with strong business development ability
• Resilient, competitive, and motivated by success
• Interested in building a long-term career within a high-growth business

Previous recruitment experience is preferred, particularly within life sciences, healthcare, technology, or other specialist markets, although high-performing recruiters from other sectors will also be considered.

• International incentives and travel opportunities
• Quarterly lunch clubs and performance incentives
• Clear progression pathways within a rapidly scaling business
• Market-leading commission structure and earning potential
• Collaborative, high-performance culture with no internal politics
• Opportunity to work within a genuinely global life sciences business

If you’re looking for an opportunity to join a business with serious momentum, direct market access, and the chance to build a highly successful career within the US life sciences market - we’d love to speak with you. For a confidential conversation, drop me a message directly.