Case Study · AI/ML & Data Leadership

Clinical Data Scientist Manager

Client: Dandelion Health

Our fastest close: 43 days from opening the search to a signed offer, at $185K total comp.

43 days
Search to hire
91
Candidates in the pipeline
Fastest
Close of our documented searches
$185K
Total comp

The requirement

Dandelion Health, a venture-backed healthcare AI and data platform, needed a leader to run a small team turning raw clinical data into analysis- and model-ready datasets, in a regulated environment with real accountability for data quality. Healthcare data experience (EHR, claims, registries), SQL and Python fluency required.

The search

91 candidates moved through the pipeline. Several strong finalists were disqualified late on compensation misalignment or fit before this hire closed. This search moved fast: 43 days from opening the search to a signed offer, the fastest of our documented searches, for one of the hardest hiring categories in the market right now.

The outcome

Placed at $185K total comp. AI/ML and data leadership roles are commanding a real premium as demand for this exact hybrid, technical depth plus regulated-data judgment, keeps climbing.

Being straight about this one: our own records don't have a detailed background writeup on file for this candidate the way we do for the other four searches here. What we can stand behind is the search data itself, the funnel, the timeline, and the close.

Other documented searches

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