Our Process: Precision Executive Search from Start to Finish
At Klein Hersh, we believe that the innovation behind a healthier world starts with the right people. For over 25 years, we’ve been delivering visionary leaders shaping the future of life sciences and healthcare. Our relationship-centered, industry-focused approach ensures every search is personal, precise, and built to last.
We Take a Personal Approach to Executive Recruitment
Our four-step executive search process is more than a framework—it’s the blueprint for how we consistently connect biotech, pharmaceutical, and healthcare companies with transformative leaders. Every phase reflects our deep subject matter expertise, high-touch collaboration, and commitment to delivering results.
Identifying Leaders – Defining the Vision
We begin with a deep discovery session, aligning on your mission, structure, and future goals. By understanding the skills and leadership style your organization needs, we create a tailored search strategy squarely focused on your priorities.
Qualifying Candidates – Vetting for Precision
We leverage decades of trusted relationships and an expansive network to surface both active and passive candidates. Each leader is carefully evaluated against your organizational, technical, and cultural needs. We go deeper than resumes, considering what drives each candidate personally and professionally to ensure motivations align with your mission and creating matches built to last.
Delivering Top Talent – Driving the Match
From candidate presentations to interview prep, offer consultations, and counteroffer navigation, we guide you through every step. Expect proactive communication, transparent feedback, and a process designed to help you select the right leader with confidence.
Cultivating Relationships – Following Through
Our commitment doesn’t end with a hire. We follow up with clients and placed executives to ensure smooth transitions and long-term satisfaction. Many candidates later become clients, and many clients return because of the strong relationships we’ve developed over time; some spanning careers.
Executive Search Built on Relationships, Backed by Data
For more than two decades, Klein Hersh has refined executive recruitment into a science.
Our life sciences and healthcare focus allows us to:
• Maintain deep relationships with leaders across every practice area
• Leverage real-time market insights to inform every search
• Deliver both speed and precision from an active and passive talent pool
A Trusted Talent Network Across the Life Sciences
With 400+ executive placements annually, Klein Hersh is among the top executive recruiting firms to have built such a trusted talent network in the life sciences. Candidates trust us to represent them with integrity. Clients trust us to surface exceptional leaders in competitive markets. Whether you’re scaling operations, launching new programs, or undergoing transformation, we deliver leaders who fuel innovation, strengthen culture, and make a lasting impact.
Select an Area of Expertise to be Connected With one of our dedicated Experts
Ready to Start Your Search?
Klein Hersh offers tailored recruiting solutions for every stage of your organization’s growth:
For high-level leadership placement, our permanent search services will ensure you secure the right leader who fulfills the skill and knowledge requirements your executive position demands. Beyond the necessary attributes, we get to know your candidates down to a personal level to understand their unique motivations, ensuring the right fit every time.
Corporate Expansion & Relocation
As you consider large-scale talent acquisition to support corporate expansion and relocation, as well as other strategic growth activities requiring significant executive recruitment of 15-20 professionals or more, finding the right leadership is crucial. Klein Hersh connects innovative companies like yours with visionary leaders who can drive success in new markets.
• Precision Executive Search: Strategic, long-term placements for CEO, CMO, CFO, and other key functional leaders.
• Interim Executive Staffing & Fractional Leadership: Immediate expertise for urgent or transitional needs.
• Corporate Expansion & Relocation Staffing: Local leadership for companies entering new markets.
• Venture Capital & Private Equity Talent Support: Scalable solutions for VC/PE-backed companies experiencing rapid growth.
This is precision executive search. This is the Klein Hersh process.
Let’s find the visionary leader who will shape your organization’s future.