Healthcare Executive Search Principal

Korn Ferry Group; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry, a global consulting firm, seeks a Principal to lead retained search engagements in the healthcare sector. You will partner with senior healthcare leaders, deliver high-quality searches, and drive business development while coordinating with an integrated team to ensure client success.

Based in the Pacific or Mountain Time Zone, you will act as a trusted advisor to clients, executing strategic search plans and expanding opportunity pipelines across for-profit healthcare organizations

Qualifications

• Professional experience within a retained search environment, ideally with a focus on healthcare, including strong market knowledge and a relevant client and candidate network.
• Demonstrated experience conducting senior-level searches (Director, VP, Senior VP and/or C-suite) within health systems, hospitals, or for-profit healthcare organizations.
• Experience as a full life-cycle recruiter for searches, developing search strategies and client/candidate management.
• Strong Business Development experience and negotiation skills. Consultative mindset and ability to anticipate client needs.
• Matrix and direct team leadership experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to new processes and effectively deal with change and ambiguity.
• Willingness to live our core values: Honesty, Inclusion, Knowledge, Performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop a commercial strategy aligned to Korn Ferry’s healthcare priorities, in collaboration with colleagues across the Healthcare team.
• Align and drive client opportunities within the for-profit healthcare and health systems sector, setting and executing business and market strategy for assigned segments or niches.
• The Principal is responsible for providing expertise to the markets to win new business and to ensure repeat business.
• Ensure the appropriate level of expertise, consistent knowledge and support is given to sector searches.
• Responsible for ensuring execution of assignments, repeat business, new client opportunities and excellent client service and delivery.
• The role builds relationships with key Korn Ferry partners to form strategic client relationships, while also identifying potential opportunities outside of the channel.

Skills

Retained search experience

Healthcare market knowledge

Senior-level searches

Business development

Negotiation skills

Leadership experience

Verbal and written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree highly preferred

Job description

Korn Ferry, a global consulting firm, seeks a Principal to lead retained search engagements in the healthcare sector. You will partner with senior healthcare leaders, deliver high-quality searches, and drive business development while coordinating with an integrated team to ensure client success.

Based in the Pacific or Mountain Time Zone, you will act as a trusted advisor to clients, executing strategic search plans and expanding opportunity pipelines across for-profit healthcare organizations