The talents you need are not on the job market.
They are in our network.
3,000+ independent senior healthcare experts — consultants and interim managers who took projects over permanent roles. One network, built and run by healthcare professionals, giving you direct access to all of them.
Peer-reviewed, peer-recommended — onboarded directly into your team, in days.
Independent Expertise Is Reshaping Healthcare Talent
Freelancing sits at the fast-growing intersection of consulting and recruitment — and is outpacing both. This is not a trend to bet on: it is already the majority behavior of your peers.
* 2030 is a projection. Directional, not measured shares: the point is the trend, not a percentage. The measured figure we do stand behind is the one below — +55% growth in freelance hiring by healthcare managers over four years, from our own international survey of 1,000+ respondents.
Total Talent Management: Core Teams + Flash Teams
Your permanent staff are the nucleus: they hold the culture, the institutional memory and the work that never stops. Independent experts are the electrons around it — they arrive where the energy is needed, at speed, and they leave when the work is done. Neither one replaces the other, and an organization that only has a nucleus cannot move. Planning both as a single workforce, with a deliberate ratio, is what Total Talent Management means.
An average order of magnitude, not a rule. Smaller companies often run a much larger flash team; large groups usually sit below this range. The point is not the number — it is deciding it.
Why the mix, and not one or the other
A nucleus alone is stable and slow: every new need becomes a headcount request that takes six months, and every peak becomes overtime. Electrons alone would mean no memory and no culture. Together, the core team holds the organization and the flash team absorbs everything it should not be permanently sized for.
Total Talent Management, in practice
Permanent, interim and independent talent governed by one set of rules: one eligibility standard, one onboarding path, one place where the data lives. Not three silos with three sets of exceptions.
A ratio you choose, not one you discover
Most organizations already run a flash team — scattered across cost centres, contracted case by case, invisible in the workforce plan. Naming it is what lets Procurement consolidate it and HR govern it.
Where we fit
We are the supply side of your flash team, and the people who help you write the rules around it — from the qualified pool through to the freelance policy itself.
Not a Marketplace. Not a Staffing Agency.
A Network Built by Peers, for Peers.
- ✕A sales-driven account manager who has never done the job
- ✕A generic candidate database, sourced cold with keywords
- ✕Agency overhead built into the day rate, rarely disclosed
- ✕One point of contact — then you are handed off
- ✓Your contact has held the job you are briefing — every time
- ✓Every introduction personally reviewed by a peer who has done the job
- ✓Transparent, disclosed pricing — and a direct relationship with your expert
- ✓One relationship, from first brief to final invoice
The peer network way
Founded by the People Who Live This Industry
Not investors looking at a market. Healthcare industry professionals who felt the gap firsthand — and who still review every match themselves.
- A clientHealthcare industry professional
- pharmatch.coHealthcare industry professionals
- Independent expertsHealthcare industry professionals
- Their own peersRecommended by their peers
Healthcare Industry Professionals, Not Investors
Founded by PharmDs and healthcare-industry veterans who felt the access gap firsthand — not a fund looking at a market opportunity.
40+ Years, Combined, in the Industry
Decades of hands-on experience across clinical, commercial and operational functions inside pharma, biotech and medtech organizations.
Every Match, Personally Reviewed
The founding team still reviews the network's qualification standards themselves — this is not outsourced to an algorithm.
A Peer-Review Process No One Else Runs
Four validation steps, every one of them run by healthcare-industry peers — never by an algorithm or a generalist recruiter.
Peer Eligibility Review
Every applicant is reviewed by a healthcare-industry peer — never a generalist recruiter — against our eligibility criteria.
Peer Profile Validation
Expertise, seniority, day rate, CV, skills, languages and certifications — validated and documented.
Company & KYC Check
Legal existence, registration, insurance and compliance documents of the expert's own company are verified. This step is administrative by design — the only one in the chain that is not a peer judgement.
Peer Mission Qualification
Before every introduction, a peer re-qualifies the expert against your specific project. No automated matching.
One Network, Two Ways to Engage an Independent Expert
Every pharmatch.co member is a proven industry professional — peer-reviewed, never a generalist. They engage with you in one of two ways.
Independent Interim Manager
Embedded in your team on a part-time or full-time basis, for an agreed duration — operational, hands-on, accountable to your organization day to day. This is the majority of what moves through our network.
Independent Consultant
Engaged for a defined scope or deliverable — a dossier, an analysis, a submission, a study. Brought in for expertise, paid for outcome.
Every Function Across the Product Lifecycle
One network covering every function of the healthcare value chain, from R&D through to Support.
Serving organizations across: Pharma · Biotech · Medtech · e-Health · Consultancies / CRO / CDMO · Cosmetic · Food · Chemicals · Animal Health
From Brief to Onboarded Expert, in Days
The timeline our clients actually experience — and the reason it is structurally faster.
Scope, expertise, seniority, timing.
Peer-reviewed profiles, matched by a peer.
Onboarding begins, aligned with your internal process.
Why it is this fast
Two reasons, not one. First, our experts are already administratively pre-onboarded — profile, company and compliance checks are complete before you ever send us a brief. Second, and just as decisive: we have held these jobs ourselves. We read your brief and we already know which peer fits it, so there is no exploration phase, no guesswork, no waiting. We know each other, we move.
Proven at Scale, Since 2020
Built organically, since 2020, with zero external funding — every figure here is what the network actually holds today, not a projection.
Real Missions, Across Every Function
Anonymized examples from real mission briefs, across every function and every mission length.
| Function | The Need | The Expert | Duration | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R&D / Clinical | Pre-clinical data package review and gap analysis ahead of a first-in-human submission | Pre-Clinical Research Expert, 17+ yrs | 2 months | Deliverable |
| Production & Manufacturing | Interim site manager leading the transfer of a production line to a new manufacturing facility | Industrial Operations Manager, 20+ yrs | 14 months | Resource |
| Market Access & Pricing | Market access lead embedded in a global team, from pre-launch strategy through to reimbursement | Senior Market Access Consultant, 15+ yrs | 24 months | Resource |
| Regulatory Affairs | Global Regulatory Affairs Manager covering a maternity leave across a biosimilar portfolio | Regulatory Affairs Manager, 12+ yrs | 9 months | Resource |
| Quality | CAPA Quality Engineer leading a full audit-readiness program ahead of a health-authority inspection | CAPA Quality Engineer, 18+ yrs | 6 months | Deliverable |
| Medical Affairs | Medical Affairs lead embedded for a global oncology product launch, through to post-launch support | Medical Affairs Director, 10+ yrs oncology | 24 months | Resource |
| Digital & IT | PMO and IT project manager steering the roll-out of a clinical data platform across sites | IT Project Manager / PMO, 14+ yrs | 12 months | Resource |
Resource = you engage days worked, for an agreed duration. Deliverable = you engage a defined output, agreed upfront. Mission lengths in the network run from a few weeks to several years.
What Clients and Independent Experts Say
Verified recommendations from clients and independent experts of the network.
Built for Every Stakeholder in the Room
Arguments that hold up in the project room — and in the procurement review.
For Hiring Managers & Operational Teams
- A senior expert operational in days, not months
- A direct relationship with someone who has done your job before
- The exact skill set your project needs — nothing generic
- Scale the engagement up or down as the project evolves
For HR & Procurement
- One centralized access point to a 3,000+ expert pool — instead of a scattered supplier base
- Several engagement models, from per-mission sourcing to a fixed subscription — we adapt to how you buy
- No volume commitment and no exclusivity — you use the network when you need it
- One contract, one invoice, one point of contact — a simple administrative framework
What We Carry, So You Do Not Have To
Engaging independents directly raises questions your legal, procurement and finance teams have to answer. Here is what is already handled before an expert reaches you — and what is written into the framework.
Real experience of the legal framework
Engaging independents raises questions that do not have the same answer in every country. We have run this model since 2020, across 100+ countries, and we bring that experience to the table — sitting down with your legal, HR and procurement teams to frame the rules that fit your organization.
Every expert's company verified
Legal existence, registration, professional liability insurance and compliance documents of the expert's own company are checked at onboarding — step 3 of the peer-review process, and the only administrative one.
You choose who signs
With PHARMATCH ONE you contract directly with the expert. With PLUS, pharmatch.co holds the contract and you receive a single contract and a single invoice. With OFFICER and POOL, both are possible.
Confidentiality, from the first brief
Briefs circulate under confidentiality, and the missions published inside the network are anonymised — the client is never named until the first introduction call.
Intellectual property, assigned to you
Everything produced during a mission belongs to your organization. Scope, duration, IP and GDPR clauses sit in the standard framework, per engagement type — not in a side letter.
One framework, wherever the mission is
The network operates in 100+ countries, Europe and North America first. Multi-entity groups can run a single global framework and consolidate every engagement under it — the Global Plan of PHARMATCH POOL.
Our terms & conditions are published and disclosed for every engagement model, and are shared in full before anything is signed. If your legal or procurement team needs the framework in advance, ask us and we send it.
The Four pharmatch.co Offers
This is where we stop talking about how the work is shaped and start talking about how you buy it. Four ways to engage the same network — from a single introduction to a fully outsourced freelance function. Terms are always discussed and agreed with you directly.
| What you getEvery offer draws on the same peer-reviewed network of 3,000+ independent healthcare experts. | PHARMATCH ONESourcing on a per-mission basisOperational teams | PHARMATCH PLUSSourcing + full administrative managementOperational teams | PHARMATCH OFFICERYour outsourced Chief Freelance OfficerHR & Procurement | PHARMATCH POOLUnlimited, direct pool accessHR & Procurement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The common ground — in all four offers | ||||
| Peer-reviewed profiles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Single point of contact from brief to payment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Published terms & conditions, disclosed fee structure | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| What actually differs | ||||
| Success fee modeli | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Subscription model | — | — | Monthly | Annual |
| Freelance workforce centralisedi | By your teams | By pharmatch.co | By pharmatch.coBy your teams | By your teams |
| pharmatch.co holds the contract with the experti | — | ✓ | Optional | Optional |
| Timesheets, invoicing and admin handled for you | — | ✓ | Optional | Optional |
| Dedicated external resource acting as your Chief Freelance Officer | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Co-building your internal freelance policy | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Direct, self-service access to the full expert pool for your teamsi | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Full profile detaili | Via our team | Via our team | Via our team | ✓ |
| Freelancing market insights & benchmarks | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Global Plan for multi-entity groups | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Best for | A one-off need, a first collaboration, or testing the strength of our network. Also the right choice for teams who prefer to keep contracting and administration in-house. | Teams who want to centralize their entire freelance workforce with us — one contact from sourcing to invoicing. | Organizations with high, recurring freelance volume who want to outsource the function — or build it internally with our help. | Organizations who want full autonomy for their teams — with our team available on request when they would rather hand a search over. |
The offers combine — most of the interesting setups do
POOL gives your teams autonomy; OFFICER pilots it with you. Run them together and your people search the pool themselves while a dedicated resource governs the practice, consolidates the data and keeps the policy alive. And with POOL you are never on your own: whenever you would rather hand a search over, our team takes it on at preferential terms — the same sourcing work as PHARMATCH PLUS, on top of your pool access.
You already know what you need
Send the brief. A peer from your own field reads it and comes back with a shortlist — no fee until a mission is signed.
Post your project →You want the detail first
Subscription scope, governance, pool access for your teams, multi-entity setups — tell us your context and we will walk you through what each one covers.
Ask us about OFFICER & POOL →Every engagement type described above is discussed and tailored with you before anything is agreed.
We Help You Build Your Overall Freelance Policy
Hiring one expert is a project. Turning independent expertise into a real, governed capability is a policy — and that is a different conversation. We work closely with HR and Procurement to design it with you, from executive sponsorship down to the manager who briefs the expert.
We sit at every level of this — not at the end of it. Co-built with your teams, from the mandate down to the manager's toolbox.
You do not have to build this alone
We have run this exercise with organizations of every size, and we published the full check-list behind this framework. Bring us in at whatever stage you are: a blank page, a policy in draft, or a process that works for one team and needs to scale.
Get help building your freelance policy →We Do Not Just Claim It — We Publish It
Everything we say about the freelance shift in healthcare, we have researched, written or recorded — and made freely available.
Freelancing: a new talent source for the healthcare industry?
A conversation with Pharma Minds on rethinking performance through independent expertise: why senior professionals are leaving permanent roles, what it changes for pharma, biotech and medtech teams, and how to build a freelance policy that actually holds. Watch the full episode — no form, no paywall.
What Does an Independent Healthcare Expert Cost?
Indicative day rates computed from the rates our own onboarded experts declare, inside the pharmatch.co network. These are the experts' own rates — not a pharmatch.co quote, and no pharmatch.co fee is included.
Rates declared in other currencies are converted to euros at indicative rates. Hourly and salaried profiles are excluded.
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Indicative only. Real rates depend on scope, duration, urgency and the expert. This is a benchmark to frame a budget, never a quote — and it shows what experts ask, with no pharmatch.co fee included.
Get a real shortlist →Why pharmatch.co
The leading freelancing network for the healthcare industry worldwide — and the four reasons why.
One Dedicated Healthcare Pool
A curated, peer-reviewed network operating worldwide — Europe and North America first — and built for healthcare only.
All Expertise Covered
More than 30 functions across the entire product lifecycle, from R&D to Support, in one network.
Peer-to-Peer Qualification
A qualification standard built on peer review: every expert vetted by peers who have done the job.
Flexible Engagement Models
Several ways to engage, from a single introduction to a fully outsourced function — you choose what fits your organization.
The Questions We Are Actually Asked
The ones that come back in every first conversation — answered here rather than in a follow-up email.
What does it cost, and when do we pay?
Our fees are fixed and transparent, and disclosed before anything is signed. They usually sit on top of the expert's own rate, and are sometimes shared between the expert and the client so the total stays aligned with your budget. With PHARMATCH ONE and PLUS you pay only when a mission is actually signed — no retainer, and no fee for a search that leads nowhere. OFFICER and POOL work on a subscription instead, agreed with you upfront.
Who signs the contract — you or the expert?
Whichever suits your organization. With ONE you contract directly with the expert. With PLUS, pharmatch.co holds the contract and you get a single contract, a single invoice and a single point of contact. With OFFICER and POOL, both are possible.
How fast is fast, honestly?
Day 0 you send the brief. Day 1 to 3 a peer from your field comes back with a shortlist of profiles already qualified against your project. Day 4 onwards the expert can start, since the administrative onboarding is already complete. The limiting factor is usually your own internal validation, not our sourcing.
And if the expert turns out not to be the right fit?
Tell us early. A peer re-qualifies the need with you and we go back to the network — the point of a shortlist reviewed by someone who has done the job is precisely to make this rare, but it happens, and it is handled directly with you rather than through a claims process.
A day rate looks expensive next to a salary. Is it really?
A day rate and a salary are not the same unit, and comparing them directly is what makes freelancing look expensive. The honest comparison puts the fully loaded annual cost of a permanent hire — gross salary, employer contributions, recruitment fee, equipment, workspace, training, paid leave, and the months of ramp-up before the role is productive — against what an independent expert actually costs: days worked, nothing else, and productive from the first week. Add the cost of the months the role stays open, and of a hire that does not work out, and the two totals converge. On a defined project, or on any need that does not fill twelve months of the year, the independent is usually the cheaper of the two.
Do you cover countries outside Europe and the US?
Europe and the United States are where the network is densest, but it spans 100+ countries. And where it does not already hold the country or the niche you need, we source it ad hoc — that is what a peer network is for: our experts know who does this work, wherever they are, and a referral inside the profession finds in days what a cold search would not find at all. For a country where you have no local team, building local capability this way is one of the most common reasons managers call us.
Does joining cost anything, and is it exclusive?
Joining is free, and it is never exclusive. You keep your own clients, you keep your own rate, and you take only the missions you want. Being in the network costs you nothing and commits you to nothing.
Is your fee taken out of my day rate?
Our fees are fixed and transparent. As a rule they sit on top of your own rate, and they are sometimes shared between you and the client so that the total stays aligned with the client's budget. Either way you see the arrangement in full before you accept a mission — there is no undisclosed margin sitting inside your rate.
Tell Us What You Are Looking For
A need to scope, a policy to build, or simply a question about how the network works — write to us here and a member of the team answers you directly. No bots, no sequence of automated emails.
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Let's Build Your Team.
Tell us about your need — we'll introduce you to the peers best suited to it. No pricing surprises, no long forms — just a direct conversation with a team that has done your job before.
Joining the network is free for independent experts, and never exclusive — you keep your own clients and take only the missions you want.
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