pobl · Welsh for people
We partner with agencies, consultancies, pharma and market-research firms, and in-house teams across medical communications, medical affairs and market access — supporting long-term talent strategy and the roles you need filled now.
We treat every search like an executive search: a carefully crafted project built around your brief, your objectives and your culture.
Flexible, agile resourcing for project-based and fluctuating needs: the right people, exactly when you need them.
Carefully crafted early-careers campaigns that source the highest-potential people for the next generation of medical communications.
Building in-house TA functions: employer brand, salary banding, ATS and AI tools, plus training and coaching for TA teams and interviewers.
A specialist medcomms TA team working inside your business on a monthly subscription. Live within a week, working in your ATS, with reduced placement fees and first refusal on every candidate.
The agencies and teams who turn complex science into clear, compelling communications for healthcare audiences.
Account Executive · Account Director · Scientific Team Lead · Editorial Lead · Client Services Director · Managing Director
Explore this specialism →The scientific storytellers behind publications, congress materials, decks and educational content.
Medical Writer · Senior Medical Writer · Principal Medical Writer · Scientific Director · Editorial Director · Freelance Writer
Explore this specialism →Designing and delivering learning that informs and changes clinical practice.
Medical Education Manager · Programme Director · Learning Designer · Scientific Lead · Account Director
Explore this specialism →Proving and communicating the value of treatments to payers and health systems.
Market Access Consultant · HEOR Analyst · Health Economist · Value & Evidence Lead · Market Access Director
Explore this specialism →The creative and strategic minds behind healthcare brand campaigns.
Copywriter · Art Director · Creative Director · Strategy Director
Explore this specialism →The account and project leaders who keep agency delivery sharp and on track.
Account Manager · Account Director · Group Account Director · Client Services Director · Project Manager
Explore this specialism →Bringing science to life across digital experiences and visual design.
UX/UI Designer · Designer · Digital Project Manager · Developer · Motion Designer · Digital Lead
Explore this specialism →Building profile and reach for healthcare brands and organisations.
Marketing Manager · PR Account Manager · Communications Lead · Content & Social Manager
Explore this specialism →The insight specialists who turn data and stakeholder views into commercial direction.
Insights Manager · Market Research Manager · Senior Research Executive · Qual & Quant Lead · Insights Director
Explore this specialism →Advising pharma and biotech on strategy, launch and growth.
Consultant · Engagement Manager · Principal · Strategy Director · Partner
Explore this specialism →The roles that keep an agency running and growing behind the scenes — finance, operations, IT, people and new business.
Finance Director · Office Manager · IT Services · Business Development Lead · Operations Manager · HR & People
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From our first conversation, Tom took the time to understand our requirements and provided details of great candidates — professional, communicative and responsive throughout. A talent consultancy that truly cares about your success.
Recruitment takes a lot of time and attention. Tom really helps reduce that by understanding your needs, who you're looking for and how you like to work throughout the process. Tom and Lindsey are a joy to work with.
Whether you're starting out, ready to progress, or weighing a senior move, we offer confidential career support and access to roles you won't find on a job board.
A confidential conversation about your career, plus current roles.
Hands-on help to put your best foot forward.
Personalised sessions tailored to your goals.
We actively seek out roles that match your aspirations.
We support multinational agencies with hubs around the world, hiring at a global level wherever the vacancy sits. We've delivered searches and projects across the UK, Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific, with one process, one point of contact and the same specialist networks in every region.
Our home market, where our networks across agencies, consultancies and pharma run deepest.
Hiring into European hubs for multinational agencies, wherever the business is headquartered.
Hiring into US offices for multinational agencies, and for US agencies and consultancies.
Hiring into offices across Asia and Australia, across time zones and from any headquarters.
One partner for every office, from a single critical hire to an embedded team supporting your hubs worldwide.
Start a conversation →pobl was founded on a simple belief: recruitment for a specialist industry should be done by specialists who understand it from the inside. We've lived the culture, the pitch and the pressure, and it shapes everything we do.
Talent isn't only our business — it's our contribution to the sector. We invest in the wider community that the whole industry relies on, for employers and professionals alike.
Our next-generation, community-led careers platform for the whole sector — connecting talent and employers, with events, insight and networking.
Connected into the wider biopharma and life-sciences community across the UK — beyond agencies, into the science our industry serves.
pobl colleagues are individual members of ISMPP — the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals — keeping us close to the standards and people shaping medical publications.
We attend a wide range of industry conferences year-round, meeting talent and employers where the sector gathers.
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