Pharma/BioTech Executive Search

Executive Biotech and Pharmaceutical Recruiting Specialists

Our pharmaceutical executive recruiters have immersed themselves within the life science marketplace and have gained a bank of knowledge of the subtle intricacies of our partner companies’ needs and biotech executive jobs candidates’ ambitions.  Through this vision and understanding, combined with our passion to identify the most highly sought-after executive and scientific leaders, Klein Hersh has been recognized for over two decades as one of the preeminent biotech pharmaceutical recruiters and scientific executive search partners.

How We Are Different from other Biotech Pharmaceutical search firms?

Klein Hersh stands apart through our sharp focus and core competency in life sciences and healthcare, which form the foundation of our unique value delivery as biotech executive recruiters. We are a team of subject matter experts who provide dedicated support in a broad range of practice areas – aligned functionally with the companies and organizations we serve. By building our firm to mirror the way our clients are organized, we can stay in lock-step with the dynamic needs of the marketplace, helping our clients fill leadership positions in ways other biotech executive search and pharmaceutical recruitment firms cannot.

From your laboratory to your boardroom, at any level of experience, we’ll deliver your next expert. Let us know what you’re looking for below, and we’ll be in touch soon.

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Executive Operational Leadership
Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer Chief Business Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Scientific Officer Chief Medical Officer Chief Technology Officer Chief Development Officer Chief Strategy Officer Chief Regulatory Officer Chief Data Officer President of R&D Executive Vice President of R&D SVP Corporate Strategy and Operations Senior Vice President Technical Operations
Clinical
Chief Medical Officer Vice President of Clinical Development Vice President of Medical Affairs Vice President Clinical Operations Vice President Program Management Vice President, Drug Safety Vice President, Pharmacoepidemiology Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Vice President, Regulatory CMC Vice President, Biostatistics/Biometrics Global Head Clinical Operations Head of Pharmacovigilance Operations Head of Regulatory Affairs Senior Medical Director Medical Director/Sr. Director, Drug Safety
Discovery & Preclinical
Venture Partner / EIR Head of Research Head of Chemistry Head of Process Chemistry Vice President of Chemistry Vice President of CMC Vice President of Formulation Vice President of Biology Vice President of Pharmacology Vice President of DMPK Vice President of Toxicology Vice President of Translational Vice President of Immunology Vice President of Preclinical
Commercialization
Chief Commercial Officer Chief Marketing Officer Head of Market Access Head of Pricing Head of HEOR Head of Marketing Head of Commercial Strategy VP, HEOR VP, Commercial VP, Marketing VP, Marketing & Sales VP, Pricing & Reimbursement Executive Director of Marketing VP / Global VP Quality (QC & QA)


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