Montclair State University

Managing Partner  -  Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Specialty Executive Search  -  Lead MD/Physician Specialty Practice Area

Miras Search Partners is a highly-specialized boutique Executive Search and Recruitment Firm with > 24 years of experience entirely dedicated to helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies at early and/or later stages of clinical development and of varying levels of commercialization/annual revenue sizes. We have been recognized by Hunt Scanlon as a “Top 40 Life Sciences Search Firm” and one of America’s “Top 250 Executive Search Firms.”

Our M.D. Practice helps early/later development, and commercial stage companies hire M.D.s  at all levels for roles as CMOs, Therapeutic Area Heads, Global Program Leaders, Clinical Development Leads, and Global/US Medical Affairs Leaders. Visit: https://mirassp.com/md-specialty-practice/ to learn more about our M.D. Specialty Practice.
          
Our Clinical R&D Practice helps early/later clinical development stage, and small, midsized, and large commercial stage pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies fill important Clinical Research Scientist/Clinical Scientist, Program Leader/Manager, Clinical Operations and Project Management roles at all levels (E/S/VP and ED/SD/D/AD levels). Visit https://mirassp.com/clinical-rd/  to learn more about our Clinical R&D Practice.

Our pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients utilize and leverage the knowledge, experience and proprietary contacts/network/relationships built over the past 20+ years as a specialized pharmaceutical and biotechnology executive search and recruitment professional, along with my 40+ overall years as a professional executive search and recruitment professional** to help them find, attract, engage and hire the talent they need.
 
(** > 40 years of hands-on “A to Z” search assignment experience: from the intake meeting through planning, strategy, research, recruiting, networking, interviewing, qualifying, presenting, negotiating, handling acceptances, counteroffers and resignations, and onboarding)

Miras Search Partners

Managing Partner, Executive Search and Recruitment, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Specialists

Worked closely with the CEO and a very seasoned and talented team to help Humanity Health develop its Life Sciences Specialty Retained Executive Search Practice. 

Humanity Health, Inc. is focused on building the premier career acceleration and talent sourcing platform for underrepresented leaders, innovators and professionals in healthcare and life sciences. Humanity Health's platform provides professionals with a unique level of access and support for their career development while simultaneously providing more inclusive and equitable placement outcomes for its employer partners. 

Humanity Health’s initial seed capital was provided by Deerfield Management Company, which is the nation's largest dedicated healthcare investment firm with $14 billion in assets (as of 2020), and a combined portfolio of typically more than 200 private and public investments across life sciences, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and health service industries at all stages of evolution, from start-ups to mature companies. 

Recently (June 2022), Humanity Health raised $6 million in a Series A funding led by Jumpstart Nova with follow-on participation from Deerfield Management. Jumpstart Nova is the first venture fund in America to invest exclusively in Black founded and led healthcare companies. Jumpstart Nova invests in seed and Series A stage companies in the areas of tech-enabled services, biotech, diagnostic devices, health IT, digital health, and consumer health & wellness. The fund is strategically backed by leading healthcare organizations in the US such as Eli Lilly and Company, HCA Healthcare, Cardinal Health, Atrium Health, Henry Ford Health System, LHC Group, Meharry Medical College, and American Hospital Association

Humanity Health

Managing Director, Executive Search, Life Sciences Specialty Practice

Co-founded and served as a Managing Partner of Cornerstone  Search Group (CSG) from 2000 to 2021 (20+ years). CSG is a specialty life sciences search firm that our team built from “ground zero” up to become recognized by Hunt Scanlon as a Top 50 Life Sciences Search Firm, and by Forbes as one of Best Recruiting Firms in the USA. 

In addition to co-building, developing, leading, and managing the overall day-to-day activities of the entire firm, I also led the development and establishment of a successful M.D. Specialty Practice. This M.D. Specialty Practice helped Pharma & Biotech Companies fill crucial positions at all levels requiring/desiring a M.D.: CxO, Ex/Sr/VP and Ex/Sr/Director level roles. These roles included Executive/Scientific/Medical Leadership, Therapeutic Area Heads, Global Program Leaders, Clinical Research & Development Leaders and  Clinical Study Leaders for both Early-stage and/or Later-stage Clinical Development Programs, and HQ Medical Affairs Strategy Leaders and Medical/TA SMEs (pre-launch/launch and/or postlaunch/LCM).              

I performed my role as a Managing Partner as a player-coach where I was very hands-on  planning, leading, managing, executing and completing Retained Search and Recruiting assignments from A to Z (from intake through strategy and research, outreach, interviewing, offer, acceptance, resignation and onboarding) for a broad range of different positions in multiple functional areas that included Discovery, Clinical Research & Development, Program Management, Project Management, Medical Affairs, Drug Safety, Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management, and Regulatory Affairs among other functions.       

After 20+ years with CSG, I decided to sell my partnership interest in CSG to pursue other challenging opportunities to employ my ~40 years of search and recruitment experience, and 20+ years of specialized pharmaceutical and biotechnology retained search and recruitment experience.

Cornerstone Search Group

Co-founder | Managing Partner

Managed the expansion and the continued development of an existing multi-office Accounting & Finance Permanent Specialty Practice, and its > 100% increase in annual revenue over the previous year’s revenue.

Acsys

Regional Director, Staffing Services & Internal Staff Development

Started as an Accounting & Finance Recruiting Specialist responsible for developing clients, establishing and maintaining client relationships, and filling assignments from A to Z. Progressively assumed more responsibility to manage multiple offices and practices located in NJ and PA: managed and expanded both Permanent and Flexible Staffing Practices for both Accounting & Finance and Information Technology Specialty Practices.

Source Services (Source Finance & Source EDP)

Market Manager, Staffing Services

Performed operational Information Systems audits both around and through business computer systems.

Duke Energy Corporation

Sr. Business Information Systems Analyst

Performed operational and financial audits of domestic and international business units.

Booz Allen Hamilton

Sr. Financial & Operations Auditor

Performed certified audits. Prepared federal and state corporate, partnership and personal tax returns.

Cliff Miras