Cardiovascular recruiting and talent strategy.
Cardiovascular devices are chosen by hospital heart teams rather than a single physician. Procedures are scheduled, high-acuity and closely watched by service line economics, and the products behind them carry demanding clinical, engineering and regulatory requirements. Clinical credibility, technical depth and account leadership count as much as selling, from field roles through R&D to the executive team.
- Placing cardiovascular talent
- 25+ yearsPlacing cardiovascular talent
- Placements made
- 3,500+Placements made
- We search, listed below
- 7 areasWe search, listed below
Inside cardiovascular.
A search usually sits in one of these areas, and often spans two or three.
Structural heart
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, transcatheter mitral and tricuspid repair, and left atrial appendage closure. Products are reviewed by a heart team that spans cardiology, cardiac surgery and imaging, and every new generation depends on clinical trials, imaging science and engineering as much as on case coverage in the field.
- R&D Engineer
- Clinical Research Manager
- Clinical Specialist
- Territory Manager
Electrophysiology and cardiac rhythm management
Catheter ablation for arrhythmias, mapping and diagnostic catheters, and implantable devices including pacemakers, defibrillators and resynchronization therapy. Field teams live in the EP lab and the device clinic, while engineering teams build mapping software, energy delivery and implant firmware under strict regulatory control.
- Field Clinical Engineer
- Software Engineer
- Mapping Specialist
- Director of Regulatory Affairs
Heart failure and mechanical circulatory support
Durable ventricular assist devices, temporary circulatory support used in the cath lab and cardiac ICU, and implantable hemodynamic monitoring. Volume concentrates in a limited set of advanced heart failure programs, so the work is program development, long clinical relationships and the evidence that earns reimbursement.
- Clinical Account Manager
- Medical Science Liaison
- Clinical Affairs Director
- Therapy Development Manager
Coronary intervention
Stents, balloons, guidewires, atherectomy and intravascular imaging and physiology used in percutaneous coronary intervention. Much of the portfolio is a consumable bought on contract, so competitive position depends on design iteration, manufacturing cost and quality as well as cath lab presence and case support.
- Product Development Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Product Manager
- Territory Manager
Cardiac surgery
Surgical valves and repair rings, cannulae and perfusion equipment, surgical ablation and closure products used in the cardiac operating room. Decisions run through surgeons, perfusionists and value analysis committees together, and the products demand rigorous design verification, sterilization and quality systems behind them.
- Quality Engineer
- Clinical Specialist
- Territory Sales Manager
- National Accounts Manager
Cardiac monitoring and diagnostics
Ambulatory ECG patches, mobile cardiac telemetry, implantable loop recorders and the reporting services attached to them. Revenue often follows a billed diagnostic service rather than a device sale, so algorithm and software engineering, reimbursement and clinical operations sit at the center of the business.
- Algorithm Engineer
- Market Access Manager
- Clinical Operations Manager
- Territory Manager
Congenital and pediatric cardiology
Occluders, stents, valves and conduits sized for pediatric and adult congenital patients, used in a small number of specialized centers. Case volume is low and variable, and pediatric indications carry their own regulatory and clinical evidence demands, so small teams cover engineering, clinical and field support for a defined list of specialists.
- Clinical Specialist
- Regulatory Affairs Manager
- R&D Engineer
- Medical Science Liaison
Where cardiovascular searches go wrong.
The assumptions that cost the most time, and what tends to be true instead.
“The best candidate already does this exact job for a competitor”
Structural and electrophysiology talent pools are small and the same names circulate. Candidates who have carried a complex, scheduled procedure in any service line often transfer well, because the skill is running a case calendar and holding a multi-specialty account together, not knowing one device. The same holds in R&D, where adjacent implant or catheter experience often beats an exact title match.
“Any strong device engineer can work on an implant”
Implantable cardiac devices combine long-term biocompatibility, battery and firmware constraints, and clinical trial evidence under some of the strictest regulatory scrutiny in MedTech. Engineers from lower-risk device classes often need time to work inside that rigor. Ask what class of device a candidate has carried through verification, validation and submission, not only what they designed.
“Results transfer from one cardiovascular company to another”
Results in this market are shaped by which accounts already had a program, which product was already approved and who held the physician relationships. A leader who grew a mature franchise and one who built a new therapy did different jobs, whether the seat is in sales, clinical or R&D. Ask what was inherited and what was built before reading a track record.
“The most experienced candidate in the therapy area is the safest hire.”
Most companies default to the most experienced candidate, assuming experience equals execution. Early-stage and growth-stage MedTech needs builders, not maintainers, and those are rarely the same person.
Morgan Mills, Senior Talent Director
“I already know enough about this opportunity to pass on it.”
Most people do not give themselves the chance to make an advised decision. They discard the opportunity using what they think they know, and confirmation bias does the rest.
David Forney, Talent Advisor
Individual contributors to executive leadership.
The same vertical knowledge applies across commercial, clinical, R&D and engineering, regulatory, quality and operations, whether the seat is in the field, the lab, the plant or the boardroom.
- Executive
- Sales
- Marketing
- Clinical
- Regulatory
- Quality
- R&D
- Engineering
- Operations
- National Accounts
- Market Access
Four steps, every time.
The same sequence whether the seat is an engineer, a clinical lead or a territory in cardiovascular, or the executive who builds the team around them.
- 01Define
A Talent Director who knows your specialty scopes the role, what it has to deliver and the profile that actually wins in your market.
- 02Search & vet
We reach passive candidates others can't, then screen for skill, culture fit and motivation before you see a single resume.
- 03Present
Three to five qualified, interested candidates with our written assessment. Interviews are coordinated for you.
- 04Close & onboard
Offer strategy, counter-offer prep and a 90-day check-in so great hires become long-term ones.
Two ways to work with us in cardiovascular.
Next door to this vertical.
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- LeadershipDavid Forney
Filling seats isn't the objective. The business outcome is.
Tell us what this hire needs to make possible.
We'll bring you the cardiovascular market before we bring you a shortlist.