Your Trusted Life Science Recruiting Partners

Retained Executive Search

Our Mission:

 
 

Search Group of San Diego (SGSD) is a specialized executive recruiting firm focused on life sciences. For more than 20 years, we’ve helped biotech and pharma companies build their R&D teams, completing over 500 executive searches across scientific and clinical functions.

We bring together unmatched recruiting expertise, a global network of industry contacts nurtured over decades, and a deep understanding of the talent landscape in biotech and pharma R&D. Every search is tailored to your needs, high-touch, and designed to deliver the right leaders while keeping the process seamless for clients and respectful for candidates. Our track record speaks for itself, consistently connecting organizations with top talent that drives science forward.

At the core of everything we do are values we never compromise: trust, transparency, honesty, and respect.

 
 
 

BY THE NUMBERS…

 

60

COMBINED NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXECUTIVE SEARCH EXPERIENCE SERVICING PHARMA/BIOTECH R&D

525

Number of completed searches as of 2024

80%

Percentage of candidates presented to clients who are invited to first interview

68%

Percentage of diversity placements in 2023