Practice Area

    Rare Disease Executive Search

    Rare disease commercial leadership is its own discipline: patient finding, advocacy relationships, hub services, and precision targeting of a few hundred treating physicians. We recruit people who have done exactly that.

    60–90 days

    Typical search

    92%

    Two-year retention

    Over 20 years

    Experience

    What makes this search different

    • Patient identification is the growth engine. We prioritize leaders who have built diagnosis-acceleration and screening programs, not just brand plans.
    • Advocacy communities are small and have long memories. Genuine, non-transactional relationships matter and we verify them.
    • First commercial hires in rare disease are player-coaches. Big-pharma candidates without hands-on stage fit are the most common mis-hire.

    Roles we place

    • VP / Head of Marketing
    • VP Patient Services and Hub Operations
    • VP Market Access
    • Head of Advocacy and Patient Engagement
    • National Sales Director
    • Chief Commercial Officer

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