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 kim@meederby.com.
Job Number 7898
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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
Kim Whiteley
President
Kim brings more than 20 years of staffing industry and search experience to MeeDerby. She leads the day to day operations of MeeDerby supporting the team in placing managers and executives in the staffing industry. Kim is active with the American Staffing Association (ASA), participating in the Women in Leadership Council, The Mentor/Mentee Program, former Chair of the Direct Hire Council and a 2023 advisor to the Women’s Business Colloraberative’s (WBC) Staffing Workstream. Kim is active in her community as a board member with SHIP (Student Homeless Initiative Partnership), is a volunteer dive coach for her son’s highschool and a committee member of BoyScout Troop 278. Prior to joining MeeDerby, Kim spent 15 years with Spherion in leadership and revenue driving roles across multiple staffing verticals.
