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Ayesha Price
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San Diego CA USA
Get in TouchAn experienced research biologist and executive search and leadership consultant, Ayesha Price brings an accomplished background, deep industry knowledge, and enthusiasm to WittKieffer’s Global Life Sciences team. Ayesha exhibits a dedication to understanding each client’s business, culture, and leadership needs as the basis for longstanding relationships and successful executive and board member placements. She has worked with small and large organizations across the life science landscape including biotech, pharma, diagnostics, and medical device companies.
Based in San Diego, Ayesha most recently served as Senior Director, Executive Search for a startup executive search firm embedded in a consultancy dedicated to providing Life Science companies with comprehensive solutions throughout each life cycle milestone, from inception to maturity. She oversaw and ensured quality for the company’s search work for VP and C-suite roles as well as board positions. Prior to that, she was a Managing Consultant in the Life Sciences Professional Search practice of a leading international executive recruitment and advisory firm. In this role she led management of search engagements for a breadth of leadership roles, bringing a special expertise in R&D positions. In addition to exceeding client expectations, she also managed and mentored recruiters on search engagements, supported business development efforts, and displayed expertise in leadership assessment.
Ayesha served as Director of another Life Science-focused global search firm, orchestrating recruitments for organizations ranging from venture capital-backed startups to Fortune 500 corporations. She led searches in functional areas including product management, sales and marketing, R&D, and more. Ayesha began her career as a research scientist, including a tenure at a small biotech based in Menlo Park, California called PPD Target Discovery (a subsidiary of PPD). Here she worked within the Molecular Biology Core group in support of identifying potential drug targets in a variety of therapeutic areas. She also spent time at the Virus Core facility within the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences (SINTN) in Palo Alto, California. The facility produced recombinant viruses for research use serving external research labs and Stanford University’s post-doctoral Neuroscience research labs
Education
M.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
B.S., Biology, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
Expertise
Biotech
Diagnostics
Digital Health
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical