President, CEO

CEO / President

Emerging CNS-Focused Pharmaceutical Enterprise

An innovative partnership between two healthcare companies is creating a next-generation CNS-focused pharmaceutical platform centered on pediatric and specialty healthcare markets. We are seeking an accomplished pharmaceutical executive to help lead, build, and scale this enterprise during a pivotal stage of growth.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a hands-on President or CEO with strong pharmaceutical sales, marketing, business development, and leadership experience. The successful candidate will help define corporate strategy, build commercial infrastructure, expand strategic relationships, and lead day-to-day execution across the organization.

This is not a traditional corporate management role. We are looking for a builder. Someone who is energized by creating value, developing new initiatives, establishing strategic partnerships, and helping transform a promising platform into a significant pharmaceutical enterprise.

The position offers substantial visibility, leadership responsibility, long-term growth potential, and meaningful equity participation.

• Lead the commercial development and growth of the organization Build and execute strategic sales and marketing initiatives for branded Rx and OTC products
• Build and strengthen relationships with pharmaceutical partners, wholesalers, distributors, pharmacies, and healthcare professionals
• Collaborate with internal OTC sales and marketing teams to create integrated commercialization strategies
• Establish and lead institutional, field, and strategic account sales initiatives
• Personally engage with key opinion leaders (KOLs), physicians, and healthcare providers to support commercial growth
• Recruit, mentor, and manage high-performing sales, marketing, and operational personnel
• Evaluate market opportunities and guide product positioning and lifecycle strategies
• Participate in forecasting, budgeting, operational planning, and growth initiatives
• Help build scalable commercial infrastructure, reporting systems, and performance metrics
• Represent the company at industry conferences, meetings, and strategic partner discussions
• Work directly with ownership and senior advisors on strategic initiatives, acquisitions, partnerships, and expansion opportunities

• Minimum of 10 years with progressive pharmaceutical sales, marketing, or executive leadership experience
• Demonstrated success commercializing pharmaceutical or healthcare products
• Experience calling on physicians and healthcare professionals required
• Proven ability to build strategic industry relationships and drive business growth
• Experience recruiting, developing, and leading teams
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership capabilities
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate independently
• Experience in specialty pharmaceuticals, CNS products, institutional sales, or branded products preferred
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives, partnerships, and business relationships simultaneously
• Willingness to travel as needed

• A strong leader with the ability to inspire and motivate teams
• Entrepreneurial, resourceful, and execution-oriented
• Comfortable building systems, infrastructure, and strategy from the ground up
• Capable of balancing strategic thinking with hands-on operational leadership
• Skilled at relationship development and professional networking
• Passionate about building and scaling a pharmaceutical organization
• Driven by performance, accountability, and long-term value creation
• Motivated by the opportunity to create meaningful equity value and organizational impact
• Have demonstrated P&L responsibility
• Experience launching or relaunching branded prescription products
• Experience managing wholesalers, specialty distributors, PBMs or market-access relationships
• Understanding of FDA promotional requirements and pharmaceutical compliance
• Experience building a field sales organization
• Location can be flexible but greater Midwest preferred. Experience working with founders, investors and executive board members

We recognize that exceptional executives seek both meaningful leadership responsibility and significant upside participation. Compensation will be structured to attract a high-caliber pharmaceutical leader and may include:

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
• Performance-based bonus incentives
• Meaningful equity participation tied to vesting and achievement milestones
• Benefits…