We’re Driven By Quality, Defined By Impact
Can your search firm tell you about the impact the leaders they’d placed had on your competitor’s business? Or your own?
Most executive search operates on a simple equation: fill the role, collect the fee, move on. The relationship ends with a signature. Success is measured in time-to-hire, not years-of-impact.
But here’s what we know from working across the life sciences ecosystem for over a decade: the leaders who look great on paper can be catastrophic in practice. And the ones who transform your business? They rarely tick every box.
The difference isn’t in the CV. It’s in the assessment. It’s in understanding the specific traits that drive performance in your business. It’s in the rigour of the process and the accountability that follows.
Quality of Hire (QoH) isn’t just our success metric – it’s our operating philosophy. While others compete on speed or cost, we’ve designed our search process around one question: did this leader drive impact?
Watch our Chief Commercial Officer, Andrew Macaskill, explain why a Quality Of Hire focus changes everything for life sciences businesses.
When you work with Fraser Dove, you’re not buying activity. You’re buying outcomes. We help you identify > engage > assess > secure > retain leaders whose impact we’ll still be tracking long after they start.
We Know Hiring and Retaining the Brightest Minds is Mission Critical
While a strategic hire can transform your business, a poor hire can jeopardise everything.
We spend our day networking > nurturing > accessing so you can > interview > impress > secure the very best life science talent.
We do this through Our Talent Ecosystem, a holistic approach to strategic talent management that ensures Quality of Hire at every stage of the hiring process, ensuring you attract, secure and retain the transformative leaders your business needs to thrive.

We Help You Attract the Very Best
Effective candidate attraction is the foundation of Quality of Hire. When considering their next career move, high performers are spoilt for choice. Is your business on their wish list?
Stand out in the crowd. Become the life sciences employer everyone wants to join with our Attract solutions.

We De-Risk
Your Investment
Bringing new people into your business is a risk. The cost of hiring the wrong leader can be crippling financially and operationally.
Don’t leave it to gut feel. Have the data you need to make informed hiring decisions at your fingertips.

We Identify > Engage > Secure Your Next Leader
Talent is the lifeblood of the life sciences. To thrive, you need the brightest minds.
Top candidates are rarely active job seekers, making it essential to have a strategic approach to finding and securing them.
Why settle for less? Secure exceptional leaders with our tailored Search solutions.
Keystone Search
Keystone Search, our executive search solution, catering for critical or confidential hires from SVP to Board. Combining behavioural science with traditional headhunting, we identify and engage high performers who align with your organisational culture and strategic goals.
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Primary Search
Primary Search, our retained recruitment offering, targets high-impact leaders and specialists. We understand the challenge of filling high-complexity, low-volume roles and have developed a streamlined, time-proven process to identify > engage > secure leaders in under 60 days.
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Leadership RPO
Leadership RPO, our recruitment process outsourcing solution, supports your talent acquisition strategy during rapid growth or transformation. Working as an extension of your business, this scalable, cost-effective solution helps leaders manage resourcing needs effectively during change.
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Talent Scout
Talent Scout, our life science talent discovery solution, delivers market intelligence and a shortlist of interview-ready candidates, giving you the flexibility to hire at your own pace. Gain insight into market sentiment, identify top candidates, and build a future-ready leadership pipeline without the cost of a full search.
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We Boost Speed to Effectiveness of Your Critical Hires
Starting a new job can be daunting. Unprepared leaders take longer to show their potential, impacting productivity and morale.
Avoid the 90-day dip. Ensure a smooth transition and achieve ROI faster with our Onboarding solutions.

We Help You Hold on to Your Superstars
Developing and retaining leaders is crucial for business success. Every leader lost is a missed opportunity and a blow to your strategic goals.
Don’t lose out. Future-proof your business and boost employee engagement with our Retention solutions.
We Build Winning Teams For Leaders Like You
We Are the Right Choice for Your Search
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We are life science executive search expects.
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We focus on outcomes (promotions, objectives, growth milestones) over activity (time-to-hire, cost-per-hire).
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We specialise in the leadership-layer.
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We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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We’ve been identifying, engaging and securing high-impact leaders since 2014.
We Know Your Next Leader
Complete our Form, and our talent acquisition specialists will be in touch to discuss your specific search requirements. Alternatively, call us on +44 (0)203 355 7050.