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Services · fixed fees from $11,800

A percentage of salary is a bounty on the wrong hire. We charge for the work.

Three search packages, four deliverables, three invoices. Every dollar maps to something you can open, read, and use the same week: a scorecard, a shortlist, an interview kit, an offer you can close.

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INVOICE 1 · KICKOFF INVOICE 2 · SHORTLIST INVOICE 3 · OFFER

What lands in your inbox

Four deliverables. You can open every one.

Every package includes all four. Here is what each one is, what it’s for, and when it shows up.

  1. 01

    Role scorecard

    Week 1 · signed before sourcing

    Year-one outcomes, must-haves, comp band, equity range, and red flags, written with you in a 90-minute workshop. It’s the document we search against and the one your team interviews against.

    Delivered as a 2-page PDF
  2. 02

    Screened shortlist

    About week 3 · scored write-ups

    We map people doing the work you need in CROs, pharma teams, and academic labs, then phone-screen every name ourselves. You get write-ups scored against the scorecard, plus a live walkthrough call.

    5 to 6 candidates
  3. 03

    Interview kit

    Before first interviews

    Structured questions for each interviewer, a work-sample prompt, and a debrief sheet, so a room of scientists can compare candidates on the same yardstick instead of on gut feel.

    One kit per role
  4. 04

    Offer support

    Until a signature

    We coach the conversation on base, equity, vesting, and start date, and we stay on the line through counteroffers. Included in the fee, with no clock running.

    Included, no hourly meter

Know the seat you’re missing? Give us twenty minutes and walk away with a plan and a price.

Call for a scoping chat

Pick your lane

Three packages, priced to paste into your board deck.

Each is invoiced in thirds: kickoff, shortlist, accepted offer. No percentage of salary, ever.

Focused search

One role, director level and below: staff scientist, head of a function, first QA hire.

  • Calibrated role scorecard
  • Shortlist of up to 5 screened candidates
  • Interview kit and offer negotiation

$11,800

3 invoices: $4,200 · $3,800 · $3,800

Start a focused search
VP & C-suite

Leadership search

CSO, CMO, head of CMC, CFO: the seat that decides whether your Series A closes.

  • Everything in Focused search
  • Shortlist of up to 6, with two backchannel reference calls each
  • Board-ready candidate write-ups

$18,750

3 invoices of $6,250

Start a leadership search

Founding-team sprint

Up to three roles searched in parallel: one workshop, one pipeline, one calendar.

  • Three scorecards from a single workshop
  • Shared pipeline, no duplicate outreach
  • Interview kits and offer support for each role

$31,400

3 invoices: $10,400 · $10,500 · $10,500

Plan your sprint

Bolt-ons

Need a little more than the package? Add exactly that.

Each add-on is a flat price, quoted before you say yes and added to the invoice it belongs to.

Printed scorecard and notebook on a sunlit desk beside a lab window

  • Extra shortlist candidate

    $950 each

    Beyond the package limit, screened and scored the same way.

  • Backchannel reference call

    $475 each

    A direct, off-list conversation with someone who has worked beside the finalist.

  • Comp benchmark memo

    $1,250

    Base, equity, and bonus ranges for your role, stage, and region, for your board or your cap table conversation.

  • Hiring-panel training

    $1,650

    A 2-hour session that walks your interviewers through the kit and calibrates scoring before the first call.

  • Fractional-to-full-time scoping

    $2,200

    A role built in two phases: a part-time operator now, a full-time lead after your raise.

Send the job description today and your scorecard workshop can be on the calendar this week.

Email the job description

How you’re billed

Three invoices. You’ll know the total before the first one lands.

Nothing is charged through this website. We invoice at kickoff, when the shortlist is delivered, and when your offer is accepted. If a milestone slips, so does the invoice.

Ask for a written quote

Before you pick

The fine print, in plain English.

Still unsure which package fits? Call and we’ll tell you honestly, even if the answer is the smaller one.

Which package do I need for a head of CMC?

Usually Leadership search at $18,750. A head of CMC at a pre-Series A company is the seat investors ask about first, so the extra reference calls and board-ready write-ups earn their keep.

What happens if the shortlist misses?

We reopen sourcing at no added fee once we’ve found out what the scorecard missed. Invoice 3 is only due when an offer is accepted.

Can we start with one role and add more later?

Yes. If you add a second or third role within 60 days of kickoff, we’ll fold them into a Founding-team sprint and credit what you’ve already paid.

Do you search outside biotech?

We stay in life sciences: therapeutics, diagnostics, tools, synthetic bio, and ag-bio. It’s the only place our network is deep enough to be worth a fixed fee.

How do we pay?

By invoice at the three milestones. Nothing is charged through the website, and we’ll send a written quote before you commit to anything.

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