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