Senior Vice President, Executive Search & Partner - Life Sciences/Healthcare
Chicago, IL 60652 US | Fully Remote TELECOMMUTE US
Job Description
Senior Vice President, Executive Search & Partner – Life Sciences/Healthcare
10+ years retained executive search experience required (life sciences/healthcare preferred).
Location: Virtual/remote, U.S.-based. Travel as needed for client meetings, conferences, and team gatherings.
Our client is a premier executive search and talent advisory firm delivering visionary leaders who build and scale life sciences and healthcare organizations. We specialize in discovering and placing innovative leaders, including world-class Board, C-Suite, and senior management professionals.
We’re hiring for a Senior Vice President, Executive Search & Partner to lead full lifecycle retained searches and drive new client development.
What you will do:
- Develop and expand client relationships in life sciences and healthcare.
- Drive new business development and maintain key accounts.
- Lead retained executive searches from intake through completion (Board to C-Suite).
- Partner with a delivery team (sourcer, RA, data) to ensure flawless execution.
- Attend industry conferences and client events to expand reach and visibility.
- Collaborate with firm leadership on growth strategy and thought leadership.
- Deliver an exceptional client and candidate experience.
What we’re looking for:
- Proven retained executive search experience (10+ years preferred).
- Demonstrated success closing $1M+ in search execution annually.
- Strong business development track record ($400–500K in new clients).
- Experience in life sciences/healthcare markets (preferred).
- Consultative, relationship-driven, with excellent client management skills.
- Strong executive presence; credible with Boards and C-Suite leaders.
- Transparent, collaborative, and entrepreneurial mindset.
What you get:
- Base salary $175K–$230K, plus uncapped commissions (new business + search execution).
- OTE $400K–$500K+; 1-year guarantees on searches.
- Phantom equity/ESOP profit-sharing.
- Full virtual work environment with transparent leadership.
- Collaborative culture, team retreats, conference travel, and community involvement.
Job Number 7511
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Additional Information
MeeDerby is an executive search firm uniquely dedicated to serving the staffing industry. For nearly three decades, we've helped thousands of executives, managers, senior sales and senior recruiters who have worked in staffing find their place in this robust industry. You spend your days helping people find the perfect job. Don’t you deserve a partner who can do the same for you? Leverage our hard-won connections to take the next step in your staffing career.
Meet Your Recruiter
Walter Shedd
Executive Recruiter
With over 16 years of experience in sales and recruiting management, Walter Shedd is a seasoned Executive Recruiter at MeeDerby, the leading source for executive search in the Staffing Industry. He has a proven track record of finding and placing qualified candidates for various staffing disciplines and verticals across the nation, leveraging his extensive network, subject matter expertise, and consultative approach.
Walter’s passion is to create lasting and mutually beneficial relationships between clients and candidates, and to help them achieve their growth and success goals. He has a broad and deep knowledge of the Staffing Industry, having worked across all corners of the industry, expanding on his roots in Commercial Staffing. He also has a unique background in visual storytelling, having interned with a photojournalist from TIME Magazine and covered major events such as the 2004 presidential election and the World Series. Walter’s focus at MeeDerby is to source and recruit top managers and executives for the Staffing Industry, with a special emphasis on his hometown of Chicago.
