New Era Executive Search

New Era Executive Search is a UK-based recruitment agency specialising in global executive search across life sciences, diagnostics, software, artificial intelligence, and industrial materials science sectors. With over 15 years of industry expertise, the company partners with venture-backed start-ups, high-growth scale-ups, and established global organisations to identify and place senior talent that accelerates innovation and commercial success. New Era takes a consultative approach, combining deep market knowledge with strategic sourcing to ensure candidates are both highly qualified and culturally aligned with client organisations.

The agency's core recruitment specialisations span life sciences including drug discovery, advanced omics, cell and gene therapy, biologics, and synthetic biology; diagnostics companies advancing disease detection and management; medical devices encompassing spine, orthodontics, and surgical instrumentation; software, data and artificial intelligence including AI-driven diagnostics, digital pathology, clinical software, and bioinformatics platforms; and industrial and materials science covering materials discovery, chemicals, polymers, energy, sustainability, composites, aerospace, and photonics technologies. New Era's expertise extends to supporting clients in complex clinical and healthcare markets whilst managing adoption challenges across these sectors.

Based in Leeds, England, New Era Executive Search operates with global reach, successfully managing expansion campaigns across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and beyond, from San Francisco to Singapore and Austria to Antarctica. The agency delivers measurable results with an average time to shortlist of under 10 days, a fill rate exceeding 98 per cent, and over 98 per cent repeat client retention. Clients choose New Era for its combination of industry specialisation, speed of delivery, end-to-end support throughout the recruitment process, and commitment to ensuring smooth transitions from offer through onboarding.