Biomind Talent provides pharmaceutical executive search and biotech executive search for research and development and medical affairs leadership. Our searches are founder-led and retained, follow a custom plan and serve clients nationwide. Because leadership hires shape a whole program, we treat every search as confidential.
Leadership Roles We Search For
We conduct executive and retained searches for senior pharmaceutical and biotech roles across the functions we know best.
- Functional heads and vice presidents
- Research and development leadership, from discovery through biometrics
- Clinical development and clinical operations leadership
- Regulatory affairs and drug safety leadership
- Senior medical affairs leadership, including heads of field medical
- Talent acquisition leadership
See every function on our roles page.
How Our Pharmaceutical Executive Search Works
Each search starts with a conversation about the role, the science, the team and what success looks like. From there, we agree on a custom plan.
- A clear role profile and agreed criteria
- Market mapping of the companies, teams and leaders that fit your science
- Personal, confidential outreach, including to leaders who are not looking
- Assessment of scientific fit, leadership and career goals through conversation
- A reviewed shortlist, interview coordination and references
- Support through the offer and the transition
Why We Run Leadership Searches on a Retained Basis
Senior pharma and biotech hires shape a whole program, so we run leadership searches on a retained basis. Retained means a dedicated search: we commit to your role from the first conversation to the accepted offer, following a custom plan built around your science and your team.
That commitment gives us time to map the market, reach leaders who are not looking and assess each candidate’s scientific fit and leadership through conversation, not just a resume. It also keeps outreach discreet when a search is confidential. Every search is founder-led, for clients nationwide. Our guide explains how retained executive search works in pharma and biotech.
Biotech Executive Search vs. Life Sciences Executive Search
Life sciences executive search is a broad label that can include medical devices, diagnostics, tools and services. Biomind Talent’s focus is narrower: pharmaceutical and biotech leadership in research and development and medical affairs, across Immunology & Inflammation (including Fibrosis), Immuno-Oncology, Cell Therapy (CAR-T/TCR) and Rare Disease.
That focus means our conversations with candidates start from the science. It also means we will tell you plainly if a search sits outside what we know well.
Founder-Led, Boutique and AI-Enabled
You work directly with our co-founders and people who know the science and the hiring process. Our team brings over 3 decades of combined industry experience. We also use AI-supported research and workflow to prepare faster, while people lead every conversation and make every decision.
Read how that works on our AI-enabled executive search page, and see our approach to AI.
Confidential Searches
Many leadership searches are confidential, for example when a role replaces a current leader or supports a program that is not yet public. We treat client and candidate information as confidential and keep outreach discreet. Tell us in your first message if a search needs extra care.
Executive Search FAQ
What is pharmaceutical executive search?
Pharmaceutical executive search is the search for senior leaders in pharma and biotech, such as functional heads and vice presidents. It usually involves market mapping, confidential outreach and careful assessment.
Is your executive search retained?
Yes. Biomind Talent conducts executive and retained searches for pharma and biotech clients nationwide. Our guide explains how retained search works.
How is this different from your AI-enabled executive search page?
It is the same service. This page explains which leadership roles we search for and how a search runs. The AI-enabled executive search page explains where AI supports the work and where people decide.
Can you run a confidential search?
Yes. We treat client and candidate information as confidential and are glad to talk through a confidential search with you.
Do you search for medical affairs leaders?
Yes. Senior medical affairs leadership is a core part of our work. See medical affairs recruiting.
Related guides: working with a pharma or biotech headhunter, biotech staffing vs. recruiting vs. executive search and how to choose pharma recruiters.
Tell Us About Your Leadership Search
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