Blackfield Associates

Name

Blackfield Associates

Legal name

Blackfield Associates

Website

https://blackfieldassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Sciences Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Life sciences recruitment
• Pharmaceutical staffing
• Contract recruitment
• Retained search
• Workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Portsmouth

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Contingent Recruitment: Placement-based recruitment services where clients pay a fee upon successful candidate placement. Provides contract and permanent staff across life sciences sectors.
2. Retained Search: Confidential end-to-end executive search solution with upfront fees and milestone payments for critical talent acquisition.
3. Statement of Work / Project Solutions: Delivery of STEM-related projects within defined scope, timescale and budget for capital projects in life sciences.
4. Workforce Solutions: Staff augmentation, multi-hire contract projects, and managed services including RPO and MSP programs.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Blackfield Associates is a specialist life sciences recruitment and staffing agency that provides contingent and permanent talent acquisition, retained executive search, and project-based Statement of Work delivery for pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, and regulated manufacturing clients. Its three core service pillars are Insight Solutions (data-driven workforce planning, talent mapping, recruitment process audits), Workforce Solutions (contract and permanent staffing, multi-hire projects, engaged and retained search), and Project Solutions (SOW, RPO and MSP programme delivery for STEM-related capital projects).

Product overview

Blackfield Associates is a life sciences talent provider offering a portfolio of interconnected recruitment and workforce solutions. The core offerings consist of three main service pillars: Insight Solutions (data-driven workforce analysis and planning), Workforce Solutions (contract and permanent talent acquisition), and Project Solutions (outsourced project delivery via SOW, RPO, and MSP models). These are supplemented by specialised services including International Staffing, Retained Search, Exclusive Projects, Contingent Services, and Market Insights. The company also operates GMPCast, a thought leadership webinar series delivered in partnership with ISPE UK. The portfolio is designed to address the complete talent lifecycle from strategic planning through to project execution for pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, and regulated manufacturing clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Insight Solutions

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered projects in over 50 countries
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ISPE UK (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Blackfield Associates serves as a consultancy partner to ISPE UK, delivering joint webinar content through the GMPCast series. The partnership involves knowledge sharing, industry trend consulting, and marketing collaboration including amplifying ISPE UK engagement through Blackfield's marketing channels. Blackfield supports ISPE UK events including the Annual Conference and inaugural Golf Day.
• AryiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 July 2023Blackfield Associates partnered with Aryium, the project management and design guardian for the Life Sciences sector. Blackfield now offers Aryium's services as part of their recruitment solutions, providing clients with integrated project management and staffing expertise.
• In2ScienceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCharity partnership supporting STEM education. Blackfield staff participate in fundraising activities including the 3 Peaks Challenge to raise funds for In2ScienceUK, which helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds access careers in science, technology, engineering, and maths.
• Hine AGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a partnership on the Blackfield Associates website, nature of partnership not extensively detailed in available content.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Skills Alliance: Skills Alliance is a specialist life sciences recruitment consultancy covering pharma, biotech, and medical devices. Its focus on technical and commercial placements across Europe and the US places it in direct competition with Blackfield for the same candidate pool and client base.
• NonStop Recruitment (Pharma): NonStop Recruitment operates a dedicated pharma and life sciences division placing professionals across Europe in technical, regulatory, and commercial roles. It overlaps directly with Blackfield's sector coverage and recruitment model.
• Hyper Recruitment Solutions: Hyper Recruitment Solutions is a specialist life sciences recruitment firm serving pharma, biotech, and medical device companies across the UK and internationally. Its focus on scientific and technical roles makes it a direct peer to Blackfield in the same vertical.
• Real Staffing: Real Staffing (part of SThree plc) is a specialist life sciences recruitment firm placing contract and permanent professionals across pharma, biotech, and medical devices globally. It is the closest direct competitor to Blackfield given overlapping sector focus, contingent and retained search offerings, and international footprint.
• Investigo Life Sciences: Investigo is a UK recruitment firm with a specialist life sciences practice covering pharma, biotech, and MedTech. It serves enterprise clients with contract, permanent, and project-based staffing, putting it in direct competition with Blackfield in the UK market.
• CPL Life Sciences: CPL Life Sciences is a specialist recruitment firm focused on pharma, biotech, and MedTech across Europe and the US. It offers permanent, contract, and executive search solutions for technical and commercial roles, making it a direct peer to Blackfield in niche life sciences talent.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Walters Life Sciences: Robert Walters operates a dedicated life sciences practice alongside its broader professional staffing business, recruiting across pharma, biotech, and medical devices. It competes with Blackfield for mid-to-senior life sciences talent while offering broader sector exposure.
• Michael Page Life Sciences: Michael Page Life Sciences is the life sciences arm of PageGroup, a major global recruitment firm. It serves pharma, biotech, and medical device employers with permanent, contract, and executive search — overlapping directly with Blackfield's offerings but with materially larger scale and brand recognition.
• ADECCO Life Sciences: ADECCO is one of the world's largest staffing groups with a dedicated life sciences vertical offering workforce solutions across pharma and medical devices. It is a broad incumbent competitor to Blackfield with significantly greater scale and global reach.
• Hays Life Sciences: Hays Life Sciences is the dedicated life sciences vertical of Hays plc, a global staffing incumbent. It competes with Blackfield across pharma, biotech, and clinical research staffing, but as part of a much broader multi-sector portfolio with deeper geographic reach and a larger recruiter base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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