Your Trusted Life Science
Recruiting Partners
Connecting biotech and pharma companies
with top executive talent for over 20 years.
Our mission
Experience. Commitment. Results.
For more than two decades, our team has placed senior scientific and clinical leaders in highly specialized roles across discovery, translational medicine, clinical development, regulatory, and medical affairs. We operate where scientific depth and talent strategy intersect.
Our work is grounded in rigorous market mapping, direct access to passive talent, and long-standing relationships built across the global life sciences ecosystem. We understand the competitive landscape, in particular who is advancing which modalities, where scientific leadership resides, and how to engage high-performing executives who are not actively seeking new roles.
Each engagement is led by the founder or a partner level recruiter and executed with precision. We maintain a selective client portfolio to ensure focus, speed, and measurable impact. Our search process is disciplined, transparent, and tailored to the strategic objectives of each organization.
SGSD is built on enduring relationships and a reputation for delivering results in complex, highly specialized searches where accuracy matters.
By the numbers
60+
Combined years of executive search experience servicing Pharma/ Biotech R&D
550+
Number of completed searches as of 2025
68%
Percentage of diversity placemets in 2025
80%
Percentage of candidates presented to clients who are invited to first interview
>90
Days in an average search cycle
Who we serve
Trusted by Industry
Leaders Around the World.
With more than 500 successful searches under our belt, from Associate Director roles to C-level positions, our experience spans all therapeutic areas and modalities.
Ken and his team have served as highly consultative, collaborative, responsive, tenacious and creative partners for a number of our critical C-level and other senior roles. They were quick to understand our business, our culture and our hiring managers and have built trust most significantly with our CEO.
