Executive Recruiter

Job Description

Blue Ocean Hire is a boutique executive search firm focused exclusively on healthcare and pharmacy. As a Sanford Rose Associates affiliate, ranked among the 10 largest executive search firms in the country, and a firm recognized on the Hunt Scanlon Top 40 Global Search Firm list, we pair national reach with boutique accountability. We're growing, and we're looking for a consultative, entrepreneurial Account Executive (Recruiter) to help expand our impact across our business lines and markets.

This is not a seat where you recruit across fifteen industries. You'll go deep in one, learn the language, the players, and the market dynamics, and build a book of client and candidate relationships that compounds in value every year.

Where you'll play

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• Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM)
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• Specialty Pharmacy and Infusion
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• Compounding Pharmacy (503A and 503B)
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• HUB and Patient Services
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• Healthcare Technology and Digital Health
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• Digital and Health Benefits
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• Healthcare Services
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What you'll do

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• Own searches from intake to placement, acting as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders rather than a résumé vendor
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• Lead client intake conversations and translate them into sharp, precise search strategies
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• Source and engage passive, high performing candidates through direct outreach, market mapping, and your growing network
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• Screen, qualify, and present candidates with polished, insight rich candidate presentations
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• Guide candidates and clients through interviews, offer negotiation, and the final stretch to placement
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• Keep clients informed with a consistent weekly cadence, and hold them to a shared standard of fast feedback and professionalism
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• Develop new client relationships and grow existing ones, this is a business building role, not just a desk role
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• Stay close to your successful hires with check ins after start, so every placement becomes a lasting relationship
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What you bring

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• A track record in executive search, recruiting, staffing, or consultative business development, with healthcare or pharmacy experience a strong plus
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• An entrepreneurial mindset, you're energized by building relationships and pipeline, not just filling requisitions
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• A consultative style, with the credibility to hold your own in conversations with senior executives
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• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
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• Discipline and organization, you're comfortable managing multiple searches with precision
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• Curiosity about a complex industry, and the drive to become a genuine expert in it
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Why Blue Ocean Hire

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• Specialized by design. Every search you run sits inside healthcare and pharmacy, so your expertise deepens and your reputation grows faster.
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• Direct access to senior leadership. No layers, no committees, and hands on mentorship from a Managing Partner with 15 plus years in the market.
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• Modern tools. A full ATS and CRM, LinkedIn Recruiter, and AI enabled research and sourcing tools that let you spend more time on high value conversations.
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• A network that opens doors. Relationships across more than 200 organizations in our ecosystem, plus the reach of the Sanford Rose Associates network.
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• Room to grow. We're expanding our practice areas, client base, and team, and the people who join now will help shape what the firm becomes.
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• Boutique by choice. We are a VOSB, Veteran Owned Small Business and believe that a focus on precision, expediency and tenacity yields the right outcomes for our client groups while leveraging our firms DNA in the market.
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If you're ready to build something with real ownership in a market that's growing fast, we'd love to talk.