Knowing what you want and need in a role is what makes a search move fast - it tells everyone involved, including your network and the market, exactly what "yes" looks like. The two ways to lose that speed are extremes on the spectrum that produce the same result: a search that drags. Go hyper-specific (several target markets, a clinical background, a specific therapeutic area, a product type, and a location - all of which are “must haves”) and the candidate who clears every bar either doesn't exist or is already spoken for, so the search stalls. Go too loose - "someone who can sell to hospitals" - and you're not actually running a search, you're running an open casting call; every candidate looks plausible on paper, nothing converts, and months disappear interviewing people with low odds of fit, because consensus on what good looked like wasn’t reached.

Both extremes cost the same thing: time. The over-specified search burns time waiting for a candidate who won't show up. The under-specified search burns time discovering - one rejected finalist at a time - what the bar actually was supposed to be.

The searches that move (and provide a good experience for the company and candidates, alike) are the ones where the organization can name the 2-3 things that are truly non-negotiable, and recognize that other areas of strength add up to more than the sum of their parts. The key is knowing what will truly make a difference for your organization.

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• ClearNote Health, an early cancer detection company, appoints Kevin Keegan as Chief Executive Officer (Source)
• NueHealth, an ambulatory surgical care solutions provider, appoints Daniel R. Tasset as Chief Executive Officer, Whitney Courser as Chief Operating Officer, and CJ Kadel as Chief Financial Officer (Source)
• NexHealth, a patient experience platform, appoints Xiaolin Gong as Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Yao as Chief Financial Officer, and Jessie Babiarz as Chief Marketing Officer (Source)
• Ryan Powers joins Protocol Behavioral Health, an oncology-focused mental health company, as Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer (Source)
• Reed Perry joins ReferWell, a care coordination company, as Chief Commercial Officer (Source)
• Darcy Bajko joins Spectral AI, a medical diagnostics company, as Chief Commercial Officer (Source)
• Dirk-Jan "DJ" van Hameren joins WHOOP, a wearable device company, as Chief Marketing Officer (Source)
• Evan Raff, MD joins Covera Health, a clinical intelligence company, as Chief Clinical Officer (Source)

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• Cohere Health, an AI-powered prior authorization solutions company, is hiring a VP, AI Engineering & Agent Platforms
• Truepill, a virtual pharmacy company, is hiring a VP, Risk & Pharmacy Compliance - Fuze Health
• Spring Health, a mental healthcare company, is hiring a VP, Information Security
• Photon Health, an e-prescription platform, is hiring a Head of Design

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