Executive Recruitment Agency for Life Sciences & Medtech
At this level, your next move is a mandate, not a vacancy. As part of PPD Executive, we operate as a discreet executive recruitment partner, shaping transitions for senior leaders across pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotech, healthcare, and digital health. Our executive search coverage spans Australia, connecting leaders with opportunities that align with their expertise, timing, and career objectives.
Trust us as your career advocate, guiding you through strategic decisions and offering opportunities that transcend traditional placements. Join us in shaping the future of healthcare leadership, where your success is not just a placement but a strategic alliance for lasting professional fulfilment.
Your next chapter starts with a conversation. Register with one of the leading executive recruitment agencies in Sydney and across Australia: PPD People.
Why Partner With Us?
Choosing to partner with us for your executive search in Sydney and across all major cities in Australia is a decision to manage your career deliberately rather than transactionally. We begin with private, tailored conversations to understand the mandate you should take on next: your goals, leadership style, preferred cultures, and the organisational contexts in which you create the most value.
You control visibility from the outset. We agree on boundaries and approach protocols, and we never advance a conversation without explicit consent. The result is a confidential process that protects your current remit while opening the right doors at the right time.
Our work is grounded in discretion, candour, and accountability, anchored by
our values.
Our Sectors
Our expertise spans regulated sectors where leadership matters most, from pharma and medtech to biotech, healthcare, and digital health.
- Pharmaceuticals. Across Clinical, Medical, Commercial, and Market Access functions, we deliver executive opportunities in the pharmaceutical sector, aligning senior leaders with roles that amplify their expertise and impact.
- Medtech. Complex capital, consumables, and digital platforms require leaders who can align clinical, commercial, and service models. Our executive search medtech practice pairs medtech industry professionals with organisations seeking scale or transformation.
Our medtech leadership recruitment focuses on leaders who drive growth, lead teams effectively, and navigate complex regulatory and commercial landscapes. As medtech companies scale, we identify executives who turn technology and innovation into measurable commercial success.
A Strategic Career Advocate
Our role is not to “find you a job”; it is to act as your career advocate and strategic counterpart. We help you weigh timing, scope, governance, and compensation architecture against what you want to achieve in the next 12–24 months.
That counsel draws on deep sector experience across healthcare, health technology, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals, and on a current, unvarnished view of market dynamics.
For us, it’s about quality over quantity: we connect you with opportunities that fit your experience, expertise, and the organisation’s culture.
Intake & Market Calibration
Our expertise spans regulated sectors where leadership matters most, from pharma and medtech to biotech, healthcare, and digital health.
- Pharmaceuticals. Across Clinical, Medical, Commercial, and Market Access functions, we deliver executive opportunities in the pharmaceutical sector, aligning senior leaders with roles that amplify their expertise and impact.
- Medtech. Complex capital, consumables, and digital platforms require leaders who can align clinical, commercial, and service models. Our executive search medtech practice pairs medtech industry professionals with organisations seeking scale or transformation.
Our medtech leadership recruitment focuses on leaders who drive growth, lead teams effectively, and navigate complex regulatory and commercial landscapes. As medtech companies scale, we identify executives who turn technology and innovation into measurable commercial success.
Candidate Reviews
Holistic Assessment, Built for Durability
Assessment is holistic and pragmatic.
Technical depth matters, but so do leadership behaviours, cultural compatibility, and adaptability to change. We test for the conditions you need to succeed and the support the organisation is prepared to provide: resources, governance, metrics, and time horizon.
Where the mandate is vague, we work to shape it; where alignment cannot be secured, we recommend stepping away. Protecting reputation and momentum is part of the service.
Discreet Access, Senior to Senior
Access is precise and discreet. Outreach is senior-to-senior, on a closed list, and sequenced to respect relationships and avoid noise. Every approach is contextual and consent-led. Our network spans board and executive stakeholders across the sector, but we will only use it where it meaningfully advances your aims. We maintain open, transparent communication so you always know what has been done, what’s next, and why.
Technology With Judgment
Technology supports but never replaces judgment. We use a sophisticated search platform and contemporary assessment tools to accelerate discovery, diligence, and coordination. Data helps us see patterns in market movement, compensation, and leadership signals; your judgment (and ours) guides decisions. This balance of systems and counsel keeps the process efficient without losing nuance.
Transition & First 90 Days
Our commitment extends beyond an accepted offer. We plan the transition deliberately: stakeholder mapping, communication cadence, first-90-day objectives, and early wins that establish credibility. We stay close after start, acting as a sounding board as you work with your team, tune the operating rhythm, and report progress to your leader.
If you are building a portfolio career alongside an operating role, we help structure time, manage conflicts, and stage announcements so the whole picture is coherent and sustainable.
Sector Insight, Applied
Because the healthcare landscape evolves quickly, we remain attentive to market trends and organisational dynamics. That perspective allows us to align your skills and aspirations with roles that fit the moment, whether a scale mandate in digital health, a device transformation with services and software at the core, or a pharmaceutical opportunity where clinical and access milestones define the cadence.
The objective is not simply to place you but to position you where you can deliver measurable, durable impact.
What Partnership Looks Like
Ultimately, we aim to be more than an intermediary. We are a strategic partner in your advancement: clear, candid, and accountable. By investing early to understand what you want and by applying discipline to how and where we engage, we create a process that is as respectful as it is effective. If you are shaping the future of healthcare leadership, we will ensure your next step is intentional, well-timed, and built to last.
Register with us today.
What Partnership Looks Like
Partner with our executive recruitment agency for senior medtech and pharma roles. Our practice connects proven executives with companies needing expertise in clinical adoption, regulatory strategy, and commercial growth.
Stop applying blindly. Start a confidential conversation with recruiters who understand where senior leaders like you create the most value.
Contact us today to discuss executive opportunities that match your track record and ambitions.