Executive Search

We have expertise in recruiting and assessing senior executives across the life sciences, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology and med-tech companies, service providers including CROs, CDMOs and consultancies, across all specialist and general functional disciplines.

We have a strong track record at Director level through VP to Board and NEDs. We have helped organisations across their various needs from individual discrete and confidential searches to setting up and establishing commercial operations in Europe for US companies looking to expand their geographical footprint. We have even managed the establishment of the Global HQ of a new pharma, supporting the establishment and growth across all functions.

With 15 years previous corporate experience leading commercial teams in Licensing, Strategic and Operational Marketing, we can provide a strong insight and empathy to issues facing organisations.

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GEOGRAPHICAL REACH

Dowsett Partners may be based in the UK but our reach and scope of searches is truly global. We have managed every type of search from National Searches in North America including the USA and Canada, in Europe Dowsett Partners have hired in all the major markets including France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Belgium the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, and have strong networks across the regions. This network allows us to execute in-country roles where local market knowledge may be required and above country roles at Regional or Global level.

MULTINATIONALS

Dowsett Partners have been placing people reporting to or at Board level for a significant number of leading companies such as organisations Headquartered in the USA Europe and the UK.

Our experience spans all functions within an organisation, with significant experience in Manufacturing, Licensing, Discovery, Early and Late Stage Clinical Development, Medical and Regulatory, Support Functions including HR, General Management and Commercial leadership across most therapeutic areas especially in Oncology, Rare Disease, Pain and Neurology.

Examples of positions we have successfully filled include:

  • Chief Marketing Officer
  • President of Pharma (numerous)
  • Head of Oncology Discovery and Early Development (and all their team)
  • VP Early Development Project Lead
  • Head of Clinical Development (numerous)
  • Global Head of Manufacturing
  • Global Head of Real Estate, Facilities and Engineering
  • Head of Business Development
  • Head of Corporate Marketing
  • Regional Head
  • GMs/Country Heads (multiple across Europe)
  • Head of Policy Eastern Europe Region

BIOTECHS AND SMES

Dowsett Partners have significant Senior Leadership Team level work and across the non-executive directors up to and including Chairman, for a wide variety of new start-ups, and those whose lead assets are entering commercialisation. We have supported US Biotechs wanting to establish a development and commercial presence in Europe, and early-stage discovery focussed companies needing scientific heads of functions.

Examples of positions we have successfully filled include:

  • CEO
  • COO
  • CSO
  • CMO
  • Head of Biology
  • Head of Chemistry
  • Head of Early Discovery
  • Project Management
  • Business Development