Alchemy Scientific

Executive Search & Leadership Recruitment

Find the leader the science needs.

We find and engage the scientific, medical and clinical leaders your organization needs to hire.

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Leadership needs we support

The leaders we help you hire.

Selected functions. If the role you need is not here, ask us.

  • Medical leadershipThe senior physicians who set and lead a company's medical strategy.
  • Clinical developmentThe leaders who design and run the trials that take a therapy toward approval.
  • Scientific and R&DThe scientists who lead research and early development.
  • Medical affairsThe leaders who connect a company's science with physicians and the wider medical community.

Representative leadership roles include Medical Director, Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Scientific Officer and President.

For organizations from early-stage biotech to large pharma, across preclinical development and clinical Phases I–IV.

How we search and evaluate

From the first brief to the final decision.

  1. Understand the roleThe scientific requirements, business priorities, company stage and team context.
  2. Identify and engageWe find the people who fit, and approach them directly and discreetly.
  3. EvaluateEach person is assessed on scientific expertise, leadership and organizational fit.
  4. Support the decisionInterviews, offer discussions, acceptance and the move into the role.

Established

Selected Clients & Placement Experience

The clients we work with today, and the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical-device and clinical-research organizations where we have placed physician and scientific leaders.

Current clients

Placement experienceSince 2001

Also in our placement experience

  • MedarexAcquired by Bristol Myers Squibb, 2009
  • Avanir Pharmaceuticals
  • Barr Pharmaceuticals
  • Cambryn Biologics
  • Cellular Dynamics International
  • Radiant Research
  • West-Ward Pharmaceuticals

Selected areas of expertise

Where we search.

Open the Expertise page

Tell us who you need.