Clinical Research Staffing & Clinical Trial Workforce Solutions
From promising science to clinical progress.
Your study needs specialized clinical expertise at every stage, and the right people are rarely easy to find. Add the talent you need when you need it, with flexible support built around your program.
Accelerating Trial Progression & Clinical Research Recruitment
What's slowing your next clinical milestone?
As a trial progresses, the team you planned for rarely stays the team you need. A new phase brings more sites to monitor and more data to manage, and the specialists who can step in are hard to find. And while you search, the study still has to move forward without slipping on quality or oversight.
If it's advancing clinical research, Yoh is there. Our clinical team brings deep industry experience and specialized talent networks built for the pace, complexity, and regulatory demands of this work. Every organization, study, and stage of development brings different needs, so we work as an extension of your team to add capacity, maintain continuity, and keep critical programs moving.
Clinical Trial Market Trends & Clinical Research Talent Demand
Clinical programs are asking more of every team.
68%
of global clinical trial starts in 2025 came from emerging biopharma, where lean teams need specialized talent as programs advance.*
30%
of clinical research sites named staffing a top challenge in 2025, as studies grow more demanding.**
45
novel drugs approved by FDA through September 2026, nearly matching all of 2025.***
Proven Clinical Research Recruitment Agency & FSP Capability
What clinical teams gain with Yoh as a partner.
When a study depends on a few specialized roles, your recruiting partner has to know the work as well as the market.
Specialized Clinical Networks
The clinical specialists you need are often the hardest to reach through job postings alone. Our experienced clinical recruiters draw on talent networks built over decades in the industry to find them.
Quality & Fit Over Volume
Strong credentials only get a candidate halfway to the right match. We weigh your program, team, and role against each candidate's experience, motivations, and career goals, then make a credible case for why the right person should want to join.
Relationships That Look Ahead
We take time to learn your priorities and trial progression, and we stay close after each placement. That relationship helps us anticipate your next hiring need and start building a candidate pipeline before the role opens.
Support That Scales
Start with one critical role and expand as your needs do, without being forced into a one-size-fits-all model. Contract, temp-to-hire, and direct Hire support can grow into dedicated functional teams as individual hires multiply.
Connected to Broader Life Sciences Expertise
Clinical is one part of Yoh's Life Sciences practice. When your needs extend into scientific or R&D roles, you can keep working with a partner who already knows your organization instead of starting over.
Established Partner with Specialist Attention
Backed by 80+ years of STEM workforce leadership and 30+ years of life sciences expertise, Yoh pairs the scale, resources, and stability of an established partner with the high-touch approach clinical teams need.
Clinical Research Case Study
Filling 30 critical roles for an oncology-focused biotech.
An oncology-focused biotech opening its Research Triangle Park headquarters needed 30 specialized hires across clinical operations, regulatory affairs, and drug safety, with tight clinical timelines and investors watching. Yoh's recruiters learned the company's protocol goals and culture, then built targeted pipelines in immuno-oncology and cell therapy. All 30 roles were filled within nine months, and a year later, 95% of those hires were still in place as the company moved into Phase III ahead of schedule.
Clinical Trial Workforce Solutions Across the Life Sciences Ecosystem
Support for every stage of clinical development.
Yoh supports clinical teams at organizations of every size that are advancing programs through clinical development.
Emerging Biotech & Biopharma
Growth-Stage Drug Developers
Pharmaceutical Companies
CROs & Clinical Service Organizations
Medical Device & MedTech
Diagnostics
Let’s break through barriers.
Clinical research roles and functions we support.
Yoh's clinical team brings decades of industry experience to every search, so we know what each role demands and what it takes to bring the right person on board. Our deepest networks sit in the functions that run trials day to day, and we bring the same selective approach to the specialized roles around them.
Clinical Operations, Monitoring, & Project Management
Day-to-day study execution depends on strong operations and monitoring talent. Yoh places the people who keep sites on schedule and oversight consistent from first patient in to database lock.
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Clinical Research Associates (CRAs)
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Clinical Monitors
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Clinical Trial Managers
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Clinical Project Managers
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Clinical Program Managers
Clinical Data Management & Biometrics
Trial data now comes from more sources, and all of it needs to be clean and analysis-ready. Our data managers, biostatisticians, and programmers help you get it there.
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Clinical Data Managers
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Biostatisticians
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Statistical and SAS Programmers
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Clinical Programmers
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Bioinformatics Specialists
Medical Writing & Communications
Well-written protocols and study reports help a program clear review without avoidable delays. Yoh connects you with writers who understand clinical and regulatory documentation standards.
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Medical Writers
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Clinical Writers
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Regulatory Writers
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Scientific and Medical Communications Specialists
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Clinical Documentation Specialists
Medical Affairs, Drug Safety, & Clinical Development
Some roles shape the direction of a program, and others protect patients throughout it. For medical leadership, drug safety, pharmacovigilance, and clinical development needs, Yoh focuses on targeted, hard-to-fill searches where the right expertise matters most.
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Medical Directors
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Drug Safety Associates
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Pharmacovigilance Scientists
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Medical Monitors
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Clinical Development Specialists
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Medical Science Liaisons
Clinical Trial Disclosure & Transparency
Registering trials and reporting results on time is a specialized discipline with little room for error. It calls for detail-oriented professionals who know disclosure requirements, and that's who we recruit.
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Clinical Trial Disclosure Managers
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Clinical Trial Transparency Specialists
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Disclosure and Reporting Specialists
Flexible Clinical Staffing, FSP & Enterprise Workforce Solutions
Choose how you bring Yoh into your study.
Clinical needs change as programs move through development. Yoh's solutions flex with them, so you can add the right level of support at each stage.
Staffing Solutions
Every project needs the right people behind it. With eight-plus decades of STEM experience, Yoh connects companies to specialists in tech, engineering, and life sciences who jump in, get it done, and move work forward.
FSP Solutions
We combine the control of staff augmentation with the efficiency of outsourcing, giving organizations flexibility, cost control, and visibility. Yoh's specialists work inside your systems, following your SOPs and your standards, so every outcome stays under your oversight.
Enterprise Solutions
At some point, managing people, processes, and partners gets complicated. Yoh's enterprise solutions bring it all back into focus. Our RPO, EOR, and MSP solutions help you scale smartly, stay compliant, and keep teams moving in the right direction.
“Our partnership with Yoh has been instrumental in building a high-performing workforce within our function. Their talent pool is both deep and diverse, which has allowed us to find the right people (not just available people!).”
—Biopharmaceutical Company
Speak to a clinical research expert.
Clinical research FAQs
What specialized roles fall under clinical research staffing services?
Clinical research staffing covers the specialized professionals who plan, run, and report on clinical trials. At Yoh, that includes Clinical Operations and Monitoring roles such as CRAs, Clinical Trial Managers, and Clinical Project Managers; Clinical Data Management and Biometrics roles such as Data Managers, Biostatisticians, and SAS Programmers; Medical Writers; Medical Affairs, Drug Safety, and Clinical Development roles; and Clinical Trial Disclosure specialists. Our deepest networks are in Clinical Operations, Monitoring, Data Management, and Project Management.
How does a Clinical Functional Service Provider (FSP) model differ from traditional CRO outsourcing?
With traditional CRO outsourcing, the CRO typically takes ownership of an entire trial or a defined scope of trial activities and runs that work through its own processes. An FSP model provides a dedicated team for a specific function, such as monitoring or data management, that works within your systems and SOPs, so you keep oversight of the work while adding capacity and continuity. Yoh doesn't take on end-to-end trial ownership. Our FSP support is built for organizations whose needs have grown beyond individual hires, particularly in repeatable areas like Clinical Operations and Monitoring.
How quickly can qualified Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) and monitors be deployed?
Timing depends on the role, the therapeutic and phase experience required, location, and whether you need contract or direct hire support. Because Yoh's clinical recruiters maintain active networks of experienced CRAs and monitors and stay close to each client's trial progression, we can often start building a candidate pipeline before a role opens. For a realistic timeline on a specific need, speak to one of our clinical research experts.
What compliance and regulatory standards do clinical trial candidates fulfill?
Requirements vary by role, but clinical trial professionals are typically expected to have current Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training and working knowledge of ICH guidelines and applicable FDA regulations. Data-focused roles often call for familiarity with electronic records requirements such as 21 CFR Part 11. Yoh's clinical recruiters evaluate each candidate's training, regulatory experience, and therapeutic background against the requirements you define for the role and study.