Life Sciences and Healthcare Recruiting & Executive Search

Healthcare and life sciences are a huge, multi-trillion-dollar industry and is only expected to grow due to population shifts and a rapidly aging population. As people live longer with chronic disease, the demand for new innovations in treatment and care are growing fast. The healthcare industry therefore needs innovative thinkers in its executive ranks: individuals who can find new solutions, increase efficiencies and build profitability in a field that encompasses patient care, research and development, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.

How We Serve the Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry

Some of our international recruitment partners are recognized as some of the best recruiters in the Health and Life Science industry. Following an extensive 9-step process designed to identify top performers, these recruiters work with top healthcare companies to deliver seasoned executives who have the specialized skills and knowledge to drive innovation in this important sector.

Our Pharmaceutical Industry Recruitment Services

Retained Executive Search

Our Pharmaceutical Executive Search Services Offer A Bespoke Approach with Exhaustive Search and In-Depth Assessment


  • Completely customized to your needs
  • In-depth assessments by our team saves you time
  • Utilize a set of custom criteria to narrow your search to the right executive talent and candidate pool

Great choice if you want a completely customized option, and have high level strategic positions to fill.

Professional Search

Our Pharmaceutical Headhunters and Recruitment Consultants Offer A Wide Selection Of Vetted Talents Selected Using Our Time-Tested Process


  • Combines custom criteria with our full database of qualified candidates
  • Efficient, personalized and tailored to your needs
  • Allows you to conduct a search without advertising

A good choice for most executive search needs with a global network access.

Contingency Search*

Our Life Sciences Industry Recruiters Offer A Cost-Effective Way to Reach a Qualified Top Talent Pool Quickly and Efficiently

(Only available to long term clients and for specific job openings)


  • Quickly reach out to our large and qualified global network of candidates and talents
  • Take a more active role in evaluating and vetting talents

* This option is only available for long term clients and for very specific opportunities.

Forbes Top 100 Executive Search Firm in 2018-2024

ACCUR Recruiting Services was just named a Top 100 Executive Search Firm and Top 100 Recruitment Firm in 2022 by Forbes Magazine for the 5th consecutive year! (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024)

Recruiting for Private Equity’s Pharmaceutical Portfolio Companies

With our 16 years of experience in the executive search services, we also built a strong expertise in recruiting C-suite executives for Private Equity Firms having portfolio companies in the Life Sciences industry. We understand the specific level of expectations in terms of growth, exit strategies and financial reporting. Often positioned on fast growing and sometimes emerging brands, PE-backed companies and Pharmaceutical brands require senior executives bringing best practices, usually coming from large and Fortune 500 companies, but often benefit from equity driven professionals with previous successful experience in entrepreneurial environments.

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Pharmaceutical Industry RecruitING Market

Healthcare and Life Sciences comprises a number of different interdependent and related industries such as health insurance, research, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and even retail pharmacy operations and processing.

Large players in this space include:

  • McKesson Corp
  • United Healthcare
  • CVS Health
  • AmerisourceBergen Corp
  • Cardinal Health
  • Express Scripts
  • Anthem
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Aetna
  • Humana

Major Industry Challenges for the Life Sciences and Healthcare

We find that our healthcare clients identify the following challenges as being top of mind:

  • Change: Today’s healthcare executives need to be quick thinkers, adapting to changing political environments and public attitudes toward the field.
  • Regulation: The past twenty years have been transformative in terms of the regulation of healthcare. The executives who are most successful in this space are ready to change and adapt and realize advantages in a changing market.
  • Technology: New breakthroughs in technology are constantly creating new opportunities for growth, efficiency and profitability.

For Candidates In The Pharmaceutical Industry

JOB SEEKERS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: For candidates who are looking for their next career opportunities in Pharmaceutical, they can use our Recruitment and Executive Search Firm as a great job search resource and one of the top employment agencies. ACCUR’s job openings are often confidential and not listed on any job boards.

We are committed to provide top career opportunities with some of the best employers on the market. If you wish to be considered for any of our Life Sciences industry job opportunities, please submit your resume and search for our latest jobs. We are not your usual staffing agency. We connect you with some of the industry leaders for great permanent positions.

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