Senior Healthcare Leader- Life Science and Healthcare Staffing
Job Description
Senior Healthcare Staffing Leader, Life Science and Healthcare Staffing – NYC or Remote
10+ years staffing industry experience required
Candidates must be willing to travel to NYC at least quarterly if remote.
Are you a staffing leader looking for your next opportunity to build, scale, and transform a business?
Our client is a growth-focused staffing organization looking to expand and strengthen its healthcare division. They are known for investing in leadership, building high-performing teams, and driving strategic growth across verticals. This is a high-impact opportunity to own and shape a healthcare business line from the ground up.
We’re hiring for a Senior Healthcare/Life Science Staffing Leader to build, scale, and lead a healthcare division through a turnaround and growth strategy, owning both vision and execution.
What you will do:
- Lead a full turnaround and growth strategy for the healthcare staffing vertical
- Define and execute go-to-market strategy, including target clients and service offerings
- Build and scale high-performing sales and recruiting teams
- Establish KPIs, operating rhythms, and performance management processes
- Develop talent pipelines for critical healthcare roles (RNs, LPNs, CNAs, allied health)
- Drive revenue growth, margin improvement, and client expansion
- Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, credentialing, and data privacy
- Partner cross-functionally with leadership across operations, tech, finance, and HR
What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience building and scaling a staffing vertical or business line
- Strong background in healthcare staffing (nursing, allied, clinical, or healthcare IT, Life Science)
- Demonstrated ability to create and execute strategic growth plans
- Experience leading senior leaders and driving accountability
- Strong understanding of KPIs, sales/recruiting metrics, and operating cadence
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous, build-from-scratch environments
- Track record of improving team performance and business outcomes
Required skills:
- Strategic planning and execution
- Healthcare staffing expertise
- Sales and recruiting leadership
- Performance management and KPI development
- Cross-functional leadership and collaboration
- Required education, training, experience:
- 10+ years of staffing, recruiting, or sales leadership experience
- Senior-level leadership experience in a staffing organization
- Experience with healthcare compliance and credentialing requirements
What you get:
- Competitive six figure plus base salary + performance-based incentives
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Opportunity to build and lead a high-growth healthcare division
- Direct visibility and partnership with executive leadership
Contact jill@meederby.com.
Job Number 7898
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
Jill Balick
Director and Executive Recruiter
Jill has more than 25 years of staffing management and recruiting experience, and brings significant industry intelligence and networking channels to MeeDerby’s client companies. Jill joined MeeDerby after a successful career in New York City managing Executive Search divisions for several organizations. Jill is a graduate of Colgate University and is fluent in Spanish.
Jill served as the former chair for the North Carolina chapter of ASA. She has been a mentor for the Wayfinders program in Charlotte, NC for over a decade, an organization providing children from high-poverty schools the opportunity to supplement their education with experiences that improve academic achievement and physical activity, expand their social capital, and increase their preparedness for the workforce.
