Context before candidates
We learn the role, team, challenges, priorities, and definition of success.
Clinical Research Talent Research Triangle Park
The right talent deserves a more thoughtful search.
The Aurum Triangle Collective is a boutique, founder-led recruiting firm connecting clinical research and life sciences organizations with carefully evaluated professionals.
Clinical Operations
Pharmacovigilance
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical Quality
Research & Site Operations
Aurum is Latin for gold. It represents value, distinction, and the exceptional people ATC is built to serve.
The ATC model
Specialized recruiting, without the volume-first playbook.
A search should begin with understanding. ATC learns the need behind the job description before deciding who belongs in the conversation.
Employer search
A shortlist with a point of view.
ATC brings industry context, professional judgment, and founder accountability to every engagement—so employers receive carefully considered introductions, not another résumé pipeline.
Explore the employer approach → View anonymized talent →Evaluation beyond the résumé
Experience, direction, communication, readiness, and alignment all matter.
Curated introductions
A limited shortlist—typically no more than five—supported by meaningful context.
Clear search communication
Documented activity, professional follow-up, and honest market feedback.
Professional network
Representation built around the person.
ATC is building career relationships across clinical research—not operating a job board. The process begins with understanding your experience, direction, and professional readiness.
Explore the professional pathway →Discovery conversation
A focused discussion about experience, goals, preferences, and next direction.
ATC Career Snapshot™
A structured view of strengths, target roles, positioning, and practical next steps.
Thoughtful representation
Qualified professionals are considered for aligned searches—not submitted indiscriminately.
Aurum Hire™ community
Professionals successfully placed through ATC enter the long-term Aurum network.
How ATC works
- 01Understand the need
- 02Search and evaluate
- 03Curate the introduction
- 04Support the placement
Areas of expertise
Focused on the work that moves research forward.
The Aurum Review
Where clinical research talent and industry intelligence meet.
The Aurum Review is ATC’s emerging editorial platform for the people, ideas, and developments shaping clinical research across Research Triangle Park and beyond.
Explore the publication →Editorial platform in development
Conversations that bring the clinical research community into clearer view.
Aurum Conversations™ will feature professionals, leaders, educators, and contributors whose experience deserves thoughtful attention.The organizations, events, and workforce developments shaping the Triangle.
Practical perspectives on hiring, readiness, career movement, and the market.
Selected viewpoints from people doing the work across the field.
Built from inside the ecosystem
Jermaine Woods
Founder & Managing Director
Jermaine founded The Aurum Triangle Collective after working across clinical research, regulatory operations, and the pharmaceutical industry.
His experience shaped a straightforward belief: specialized professionals deserve more thoughtful representation, and employers deserve recruiting partners who understand the environment surrounding the work.
Read the founder story →“Substance over speed. Professional judgment over volume.”
A founder conversation
Let’s begin with the need behind the role.
Tell ATC what your organization is building, where the hiring challenge exists, and what the right professional must be prepared to accomplish.