Who We Are
About ProGen Search
Overview
Intelligence-Led Executive Search
ProGen Search is an intelligence-led executive search firm specialising in complex life sciences. We combine retained leadership search with published market intelligence across Radiopharma, CDMO, CRO, Biotech, ADC, and Cell & Gene Therapy.
Our clients include radiopharmaceutical developers, contract manufacturers, contract research organisations, biotech companies at every stage from Series A to commercial launch, and the institutional investors backing them.
With over 14 years of executive search experience across VP to C-suite mandates, ProGen operates at the intersection of talent strategy and deep sector knowledge. Our published intelligence reports on radiopharma manufacturing, CDMO capacity dynamics, ADC execution risk, and cell therapy scale-up are read by CEOs, COOs, board members, and investors globally.
Founder
Byron Fitzgerald
Byron Fitzgerald has spent more than 15 years in life sciences executive search and founded ProGen Search in 2024. He is a three-time founder, having previously bootstrapped a specialist consultancy from a standing start to 36 consultants. He has placed VP to C-suite leadership across Quality, MSAT, Technical Operations, CMC, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Business Development functions for organisations ranging from pre-clinical biotechs to multinational CDMOs and radiopharma developers.
Through retained search and commissioned intelligence work, he speaks daily with the C-suite, investors, PE/VC partners, and BD leaders who set strategy across this sector. His published market intelligence on radiopharmaceutical manufacturing, CDMO capacity constraints, ADC execution risk, and advanced modality talent markets is read by C-suite leaders, institutional investors, and board members globally.
Byron writes and publishes regularly on LinkedIn, where his operator-level sector analysis has built a substantial following among hiring decision-makers across the life sciences industry.
Difference
How We're Different
Knowledge, not process
Our published intelligence reports are used by the same senior executives we recruit for. When we approach a candidate or brief a hiring manager, we bring genuine market context built from live search mandates.
Market maps, not job specs
Every retained search begins with a market map. Who is moving, what the compensation landscape looks like, where the senior talent pools sit, and what the realistic timeline to hire is.
Results that stick
The result is faster executive searches, better-calibrated shortlists, and leadership hires that stick. We do not recycle job descriptions. We deliver decision-grade intelligence.
Ready to talk?
Whether you are hiring senior leadership or weighing a capacity, capability or capital decision, book a call and we will work out the right move together.