Perspective for thepeople building biotech.
Hiring strategy, leadership and career thinking from inside life sciences search.
The First Chief Medical Officer: What You Need, and When You Need It
Hire too early and you spend runway on a title; hire too late and clinical strategy drifts, so the timing deserves as much thought as the profile.
Reading an Equity Offer at a Private Biotech: Questions to Ask Before You Sign
A number of options means little on its own; these are the questions that turn a grant into something you can actually evaluate.
Before the IND: Sequencing Your First Ten Clinical Hires
The order in which you build a clinical team matters as much as who you hire, and the right sequence starts from the IND critical path.
Hire Scientific Leaders for Judgment, Not Just Track Record
In drug development, outcomes are noisy and credit is shared, so what deserves the closest look in a scientific leader is how they make decisions.
The Counteroffer Conversation: How Senior Biotech Leaders Should Think It Through
A counteroffer can feel like recognition, but it often leaves the reason you started looking untouched, which is why the decision belongs before the conversation.
Retained, Contingent, or Something in Between: Choosing the Right Search Model
The structure of a search shapes who you meet, how quickly, and how your company is represented in the market, so match the model to the hire.