Bruce Rychlik - Park Square Executive Search

Managing Partner

Bruce Rychlik

+1-617-401-2979

+1-617-401-2979

Based in the firm’s Boston office, Bruce works within the life science industry and recruits Chief Executive Officers, Board Members and C-Level leadership teams across scientific, clinical, financial and business development functions. A majority of his searches involve innovative, venture-backed biotechnology companies focused on therapeutics and technology platforms as well as diagnostics and AI applications within the US and for international companies looking to recruit US-based leadership teams. Bruce also recruits extensively for investment professionals within life science venture capital firms and conducts leadership searches for nonprofit organizations and research universities focused on novel research, manufacturing and innovation initiatives.

Prior to co-founding Park Square, Bruce was a Managing Director, Life Sciences at J. Robert Scott, a global retained executive search firm that was previously a portfolio company in the private equity arm of Fidelity Investments. In this capacity, he worked on numerous international recruiting projects throughout Asia, particularly Japan, as well as Europe.

Bruce earned a B.A. in Political Science from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and currently serves as President of the Dickinson College Alumni Council. He also earned an M.B.A. from Boston University. All forms of cycling fulfill his interests in exercise, nutrition, travel and the outdoors.

Chief Scientific Officer
Chief Financial Officer; Chief Medical Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director, Center for Computational Biomedicine, Harvard Medical School; Executive Director of Therapeutics Translation, Harvard Medical School
Chief Commercial Officer; Chief Financial Officer
Operating Partner, Diagnostics; Principal (2); Senior Associate; Vice President; Vice President, Communications
Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology; Executive Vice Chancellor for MassBiologics; Executive Vice Chancellor, Innovation and Business Development

Therapeutics

23andMe

Chief Corporate Development Officer

Chief Scientific Officer, Therapeutics

64x Bio

Director, Cell Biology

Senior Vice President of Operations

Vice President, Bioinformatics

Aldeyra Therapeutics

Chief Medical Officer

Senior Vice President, Clinical Development

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy

Vice President, Clinical Development

Vice President, CMC

Azitra

Chief Executive Officer

Be Biopharma

Chief Scientific Officer

Biocancell

Chief Executive Officer

BioMap

Vice President, Computational Drug Design

Carmine Therapeutics

Vice President, Discovery

Cognition Therapeutics

President and Chief Executive Officer

Deciphera Therapeutics

Vice President, Clinical Development

Vice President, Human Resources
Senior Director, Controller
Medical Director

Eccogene

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Medical Officer

Elicio Therapeutics

Chief Executive Officer

Emily’s Entourage

Chief Scientific Officer

EnPlusOne Biosciences

Chief Executive Officer

Fidelity Foundations

Senior Program Officer

Flagship Pioneering

Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development

Immunitas Therapeutics

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Landmark Bio

Chief Executive Officer

Neurotech Pharmaceuticals

Chief Commercial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

NFlection Therapeutics

Chief Executive Officer

Photys Therapeutics

Chief Scientific Officer

Poxel SA

Chief Scientific Officer

Pyxis Oncology

Chief Scientific Officer

Red Sky Partners

Partner

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Chief Executive Officer
Chief Medical Officer
Chief Business Officer
Vice President, Translational Medicine

Roche

Head, Boston Innovation Partnering

Skylark Bio

Chief Scientific Officer

Stoke Therapeutics

Vice President And Head Of Research And Pre-Clinical Development

Synspira Therapeutics

Chief Executive Officer

Thrasos Therapeutics

Chief Medical Officer

Thrombogenics Nv

Board Members (2)

TScan Therapeutics

Chief Business Officer

Chief Scientific Officer

Vice President of Discovery

Diagnostics, Tools, and Medical Technology

64x Bio

Senior Vice President of Operations

Vice President, Bioinformatics

ArcherDX

Chief Financial Officer

Cell Signaling Technology

Vice President, General Manager Japan
Vice President, Product Development

Envirologix

Vice President, Advanced Strategy

Focal Medical

Chief Executive Officer

Gi Dynamics

Chief Medical Officer
Vice President, Clinical Affairs

OPT Industries

Director of Finance

Senior Vice President of Commercial

Vice President, Operations

Oxford Immunotec

Chief Financial Officer

Scipher Medicine

Chief Executive Officer

Synchron

Chief Commercial Officer

TigerConnect

Senior Vice President of Client Success

Venture Capital

Longwood Fund

Associate

Senior Associate (3)

Venture Partner (2)

Mubadala Capital

Principal, Investments

Senior Associate, Healthcare Technology and Digital Health

Northpond Ventures

Operating Partner, Diagnostics

Principal (2)

Senior Associate

Vice President

Vice President, Communications

Osage University Partners

Managing Partners, Life Sciences

Senior Associate

Associate

Pivotal Life Sciences

Senior Associate

RA Capital

Partner

Research Institutes and Universities

Dartmouth

Executive Director, Entrepreneurship And Technology Transfer

Harvard University

Chief Scientific Officer, Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator

Director Of Business Development, Office Of Technology Development

Director Of Business Development, Wyss Institute For Biologically Inspired Engineering

Executive Director, Center for Computational Biomedicine, Harvard Medical School

Executive Director of Therapeutics Translation, Harvard Medical School

Oregon Health & Sciences University

Co-Director, CEDAR and Professor, Knight Cancer Institute Division for Oncological Sciences

Director, Center For Early Detection Research And Wendt Family Endowed Chair In Early Cancer Detection

Vice President, Business Development And Technology Transfer

Scripps Research Institute

Chief Medical Officer

Vice President, Operations and Academic Affairs, Florida

SickKids Research Institute

Executive Director, Commercialization

UMass Chan Medical School

Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology

Executive Vice Chancellor, Business Development & Innovation

Executive Vice Chancellor for MassBiologics

University Of Chicago

Chief Marketing Officer, Office Of Technology And Intellectual Property
Deputy Director, Office Of Technology And Intellectual Property

Wyss Institute

Technology Translation Director

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