RECRUITING EXCEPTIONAL Leaders
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Leadership for what's next
Global executive search and board development for venture-backed and market-defining companies.
Latest Placements
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3.25.26
Occam Recruits Board Director and SAB Member to In Vivo Cell Therapy Leader, Umoja Biopharma
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3.3.26
Occam Recruits Former CSO of Novo Nordisk to Advisory Board of Cradle
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Occam Places CMO and President of R&D at Variant Bio
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1.5.26
Occam Places Business Development Leader at Chemify
A COMMITTED PARTNER FOR CRITICAL LEADERSHIP DECISIONS
EXECUTIVE RECRUITING ROOTED IN CREATIVITY, CLARITY, AND PRINCIPLED JUDGMENT
WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL
ENDURING COMMITMENT
Relationships, not transactions
- Senior-led, end-to-end
- No handoffs, no volume model
- Every search is treated in a bespoke fashion, as a high-stakes leadership decision
- Selective about the searches we take on - and uncompromising about the ones we do
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A CREATIVE PROCESS
Beyond the usual suspects
- Unmatched network of top-tier talent, accompanied by diligent research
- Thoughtful expansion into adjacent industries when it adds value
- Experimental mindset - multiple paths to a solution
TRANSPARENT DIALOGUE
Clear process. Clear progress.
- Objective, comprehensive, and frequent updates
- Candor over comfort
- Sober opinions and a milestone-driven structure
- Commitment to building mutual trust, with long-term partnership as the key
WORDS FROM CLIENTS
Occam has been a great and valued recruiting partner for Lux.
Occam has been a great and valued recruiting partner for Lux. They impress with business moxie, psychological acuity, ruthless objectivity and speed. A team and search firm apart.
Josh Wolfe
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Lux Capital
They know the biotech world inside and out.
Occam approaches their difficult and delicate task with uncommon, if not unique, respect for the candidate and client alike. They know the biotech world inside and out. A firm of consummate professionals.
Terry-Ann Burrell
Vice Chairman, JP Morgan
We trust Bill and his talented team.
Occam stands out in my experience with the search industry in terms of its unrelenting thoughtfulness and commitment to results. At Population Health, we trust Bill and his talented team because of their consistently astute and ethical judgment on people and situations and their enduring commitment to produce mutually beneficial results. And their sense of humor is the icing on the cake.
Clive Meanwell
Chairman & Partner, Population Health Partners
We are consistently impressed by Occam's ability to deliver excellent results.
Building a company with a transformative mission requires having the very best people on your team from the very start. That requires a trusted partner who understands both the high-level strategic vision and the details of what it takes to succeed. Occam’s partnership in identifying and recruiting leaders for key positions at insitro has helped us close critical and hard-to-fill roles across scientific and corporate functions. We are consistently impressed by Occam's ability to deliver excellent results, which has enabled our continued growth and evolution.
Daphne Koller
Founder & CEO, insitro
The firm has been a true partner to Chemify.
My journey as an entrepreneur has begun with Chemify. I met Occam at an inflection point in realizing the dream. The firm has decisively helped me reify my vision and make it an organizational reality. John and Bill know what it takes to recognize and attract top flight talent with the requisite level of imagination. Their practice is unpretentiously cosmopolitan, uncompromisingly ethical, effortlessly generous and meaningfully strategic. The firm has been a true partner to Chemify.
Lee Cronin
Founder & CEO, Chemify
Occam has been a formidable recruiting partner for Recursion.
Occam has been a formidable recruiting partner for Recursion. Over the past three years, they have helped us make key additions to the senior executive team and board. The firm has consistently provided a unique blend of nuanced and ethical judgment, tireless and creative effort, and strategic insight in helping us develop a holistic organizational plan as Recursion has evolved.
Chris Gibson
Founder & CEO, Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Occam played a pivotal role in the build of CHARM Therapeutics.
Occam played a pivotal role in the build of CHARM Therapeutics with the critical placement of our Executive Chairman, Gary Glick.
Laksh Aithani
Founder & CEO CHARM Therapeutics
Occam is an extraordinary recruiter.
Occam is an extraordinary recruiter. This special quality comes from their manifest empathy and emotional intelligence as well as procedural rigor. It was they who recruited me into my current role as a first-time CEO at Aviado. In that process, I always felt transparency and concern for me as a person as they assiduously cultivated my candidacy. Subsequently, I engaged Occam in adding a Chairman for my Board. They delivered a formidable result in a nuanced and differentiated fashion.
Lisa Deschamps
CEO, AviadoBio
Occam stands apart for their rigorously applied intelligence.
I know Occam well, over time and from two different perspectives. The firm has placed me on two Boards, one small but rapidly growing private diagnostic company, the other a large diversified public CRO. I have also engaged them to recruit two key executives, a CEO and a CCO, for a cancer diagnostic company which I started. Occam stands apart for their rigorously applied intelligence, consistent work ethic and deeply useful understanding of human nature.
Alex Dickinson
Founder & Board Member, ChromaCode
The search exercise that Occam developed and led was fluidly interactive.
I observed Bill’s work as the founder and a Board member of Semma. He helped us recruit a very effective Chief Executive Officer. Bastiano Sanna was able to reset the strategy, build the organization and ultimately sell the company to Vertex for almost $1 billion. The search exercise that Occam developed and led was fluidly interactive, intelligent, nuanced and thorough. Among Occam’s strengths, I would highlight the engaged nature and thoughtful listening the Occam team brings to the process.
Doug Melton
Founder, Semma Therapeutics, Xander University Professor
Occam is the search firm that matches the entrepreneurial intensity of its clients.
Thorough, tireless, and professional, and they listen. Occam is the search firm that matches the entrepreneurial intensity of its clients. Results delivered with intelligence, urgency and style.
Frederic Kerrest
COO & Co-Founder, Okta
Occam is well-connected with C-suite and board talent.
Occam is well-connected with C-suite and board talent. They brought us great candidates and were very helpful in the vetting and referencing process. They know the life sciences industry well!
Carol Gallagher
Venture Advisor, NEA Former CEO, Calistoga Pharma
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE
LIFE SCIENCES
Partner with the premier life science executive search firm, placing transformative leaders across biotech, medtech, and advanced therapeutics
DEFENSE TECH
Secure the mission by recruiting the elite executives translating innovation into national security capability across space, directed energy, and biodefense
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Build high-impact leadership teams across portfolio companies and investment platforms
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WE HELP INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TACKLE THEIR BIGGEST EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES. DISCOVER HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SOLVE YOURS.
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LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR DISTINCTIVE APPROACH
What is the global reach of Occam Global's executive search services?
With associates in key innovation hubs New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, we successfully place C-suite executives and board members for clients across the US and Europe.
Beyond executive search, what other leadership services does Occam Global offer?
In addition to global executive recruiting and board placement, we provide leadership advisory services to help shape and strengthen your organization's C-suite growth strategies through strategic partnerships and funding resources.
What is Occam Global's core expertise in executive search?
We are specialists in recruiting C-suite executives and board members for the life science, deep tech, robotics and defense tech industries. We also serve a select group of high-growth technology clients and venture capital firms, uniquely positioning us for techbio executive search.