HARTZ Search

What HARTZ Search does

HARTZ Search is a privately held, woman-owned retained executive search firm specializing exclusively in the U.S. healthcare industry. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina with additional offices in Dallas, Texas (opened 2020) and San Diego, California (opened 2023), the firm conducts national searches for C-suite, vice president, director, and manager-level leadership positions within healthcare systems, hospitals, integrated delivery networks, and academic medical centers. The company was founded by CEO Mike Hartz, who also leads Treetop Talent, and operates as a bootstrapped, independent firm with no institutional investors or parent company disclosed.

The firm delivers three core service lines on a retained engagement basis: Executive Search (C-suite and senior leadership placements backed by a 24-month guarantee, with 90–180 day time-to-fill), Interim Leadership (high-impact temporary executive and director placements during leadership transitions), and Emerging Talent (director/manager-level searches with an 18-month guarantee). Pricing is quote-based per engagement and not publicly disclosed. The firm emphasizes concierge-level service, evidence-based candidate vetting, transparent communication, and a diversity-first methodology, reporting that 50% of placements are filled by candidates from diverse backgrounds and that 92% of placements remain with client organizations for more than two years. Notable customers include Geisinger, Keck Medical Center of USC, Bon Secours Mercy Health, LCMC Health, Kaiser Permanente, Baylor Scott & White Health, Memorial Hermann, HonorHealth, Essentia Health, Yale School of Medicine, and City of Hope, among others.

HARTZ Search operates as a pure professional services firm with no proprietary technology platform, software products, AI/ML capabilities, or APIs disclosed. Go-to-market is direct retained search conducted by a small partner-led team, supported by marketing through the company website, LinkedIn, healthcare industry conferences (e.g., Modern Healthcare's Women Leaders in Healthcare), and podcast appearances by the CEO. The firm markets exclusively to U.S. healthcare organizations and has earned industry recognition including Hunt Scanlon Media's Top 50 Healthcare & Life Sciences Specialists (2023), the HR/Diversity Recruiting Power 65 Rankings (2021), and consecutive Health50 Rankings from the Health Executive Network (2023 and 2025).

Name

HARTZ Search

Legal name

HARTZ Search

Website

https://hartzsearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HARTZ Search is a privately held, woman-owned retained executive search firm specializing exclusively in healthcare. The Charlotte-based firm places C-suite executives, senior leaders, directors, and interim leaders at hospitals, health systems, and academic medical centers across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search / Healthcare Recruitment Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences Leadership Search (BPACAAAE)

Keywords

• Executive search
• Healthcare recruitment
• Interim leadership
• Retained search firm
• Leadership placement

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retained Executive Search: HARTZ Search operates on a retained search model, conducting comprehensive national searches for executive and director-level positions in healthcare organizations. They offer placement guarantees (24-month for executive search, 18-month for emerging talent) as part of their service.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HARTZ Search provides retained, concierge-level executive search and interim leadership services exclusively for the healthcare industry. Its three service lines—Executive Search (C-suite/senior leadership, 24-month guarantee), Interim Leadership (immediate high-impact temporary executives), and Emerging Talent (Director/Manager-level search, 18-month guarantee)—are delivered through a partnership methodology emphasizing diversity, evidence-based vetting, and retention, with 92% of placements remaining with clients for over two years.

Product overview

HARTZ Search is a retained, concierge-level executive search and interim leadership firm serving the healthcare industry. The company operates three core service lines: Executive Search for C-suite and senior leadership placements with a 24-month guarantee; Interim Leadership for immediate high-impact temporary placements; and Emerging Talent for Director and Manager level searches with an 18-month guarantee. Services are delivered through a partnership methodology focused on diversity, evidence-based vetting, and retention success with 92% of placements remaining with clients for over two years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search Retained executive search service placing C-suite and senior leadership talent in healthcare organizations, with a 24-month placement guarantee and 90–180 days-to-fill timelines. Intended for healthcare systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, and integrated delivery networks seeking transformational executive leaders.
• Interim Leadership Provides high-impact interim executives, directors, and managers for immediate integration with client organizations during transitions or leadership gaps. Designed for healthcare organizations needing continuity of leadership during executive searches, planned departures, or organizational change.
• Emerging Talent Director and Manager-level talent search service for rising leaders building the next generation of healthcare executives, with an 18-month placement guarantee on qualifying placements. Intended for healthcare organizations developing their leadership pipeline.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% of placements stay with client partners for greater than 2 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cejka Search: Cejka Search is a healthcare-specialist executive search firm placing physician and executive leaders across hospitals and integrated delivery networks, directly overlapping HARTZ Search's core customer base and service offering.
• Furst Group: Furst Group is a boutique executive search firm specializing in healthcare leadership placements across health systems, payers, and life sciences organizations — a closely comparable boutique peer to HARTZ Search.
• B.E. Smith (AMN Healthcare): B.E. Smith, now part of AMN Healthcare, is a healthcare-focused interim leadership and executive search firm placing C-suite and director-level talent in hospitals and health systems — overlapping with HARTZ's executive search and interim leadership services.
• WittKieffer: WittKieffer is one of the most established healthcare-exclusive executive search firms in the U.S., placing executives across health systems, hospitals, and academic medical centers — a near-perfect direct peer to HARTZ Search's healthcare-only focus.
• Tyler & Company: Tyler & Company is a healthcare-exclusive executive search firm serving hospitals, health systems, and academic medical centers, placing C-suite and senior leadership — directly comparable to HARTZ's vertical focus and service lines.

Emerging players

• Jackson Physician Search: Jackson Physician Search focuses on physician and advanced practice recruitment for hospitals and health systems. While more physician-focused than HARTZ's executive scope, it competes in the same healthcare leadership talent market with a tech-enabled delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles is a global executive search firm with a Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice serving providers, payers, and biopharma. It is a broad incumbent peer competing for larger healthcare search engagements.
• Spencer Stuart: Spencer Stuart is a leading global executive search firm with a strong healthcare practice placing CEOs and board members at major health systems and academic medical centers — a broad incumbent competing for the same enterprise healthcare mandates as HARTZ.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Russell Reynolds Associates is a global executive search firm with a Healthcare practice placing C-suite executives at hospitals, health systems, and academic medical centers — a broad incumbent overlapping with HARTZ's enterprise clients.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is the largest global executive search firm with a dedicated healthcare practice serving health systems, payers, and life sciences. It is a broad incumbent competitor with significantly larger scale and cross-segment reach than HARTZ Search.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hartz-search
• Xx.com/HartzSearch
• Facebookfacebook.com/HARTZSearch

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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