ON Partners Ranked 2025 Top 50 Healthcare and Life Sceinces Executive Search Firm

May 8, 2025

ON Partners named to the 2025 Top 50 Healthcare and Life Sciences Search Firm ranking by Hunt Scanlon Media

ON Partners, a pure-play retained executive search firm building diverse C-level and board leadership teams, is proud to be ranked in the Top 50 Healthcare Search Firm list and Top 50 Life Sciences Search Firm list. This ‘Top 50’ ranking of specialist search firms dedicated to these two powerful sectors is presented by market research firm Hunt Scanlon. We’ve been serving the healthcare and life sciences sector since our inception in 2006.

ON Partners continues to elevate its impact in the healthcare and life sciences sectors with the strategic addition of partner Jessica Johnson. With over 25 years of executive search experience and more than 500 completed C-suite and senior executive placements, Johnson enhances ON’s capabilities across healthcare services, healthcare technology, medical devices, life sciences, and biopharma. Her extensive track record with leading organizations—ranging from VC-backed startups to Fortune 500 companies—aligns seamlessly with ON’s growing client base, including Summit Partners, Thermo Fisher, and Francisco Partners.

Johnson joins an elite team of healthcare executive search experts at ON, including recently promoted Senior Partner Nina McMaster, veteran partner Suzanne Zebedee, Ph.D., and Ashley Day, Ph.D., who brings unique private equity insight from her previous roles at FFL Partners and CI Capital Partners. Together, this team solidifies ON Partners’ position as a premier provider of executive talent solutions in the healthcare space, with a focus on serving growth equity, private equity, and public organizations.

See a highlight of our healthcare executive search successful appointments

See a highlight of our successful appointments in this sector.

We have a successful track record of placing executives across a breadth of corporate, commercial, research, and development functions. We have experience recruiting for companies across all development stages. From large multinationals to early-stage venture-backed companies, this includes the following sectors:

  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Diagnostics / Life Sciences Tools
  • Digital Health
  • Medical Devices
  • Healthcare Services

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About ON Partners

In a high-tech world, our difference is human. ON Partners is a pure-play retained executive search firm building C-level and board leadership teams for high-growth private and public companies, private equity, and venture capital.

With a partner-led, high-touch model, clients gain direct access to seasoned partners who lead every search from day one to day done. Our boutique structure enables speed, agility, and precision. This hands-on approach fosters a deep understanding of client needs, delivers elite talent quickly, and ensures unmatched responsiveness.

ON Partners is the most referred executive search firm in the industry. And the numbers back it up— 85% of our clients return, 95% of new business comes from referrals, and clients and candidates rate their experience with us 4.9 out of 5.

Consistently ranked among the top 20 retained executive search firms in the U.S., ON Partners has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms and has appeared on the Inc. 500/5000 List nine times.

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