Kaye/Bassman Academic  Leadership Recruitment

Academic Leadership Executive Search

As an academic leader, imagine being able to focus solely on what you do best. Reflecting on your journey, did you always have the tools and resources you needed to reach your fullest potential?

You have built a remarkable team in an incredibly competitive market. Now, you are ready to lead your academic institution toward meaningful impact across strategic, clinical, educational, and research success—but you know you don’t have to do it alone.

The Kaye/Bassman Academic Leadership Team brings deep industry knowledge, insight, and a combined 175 years of recruitment experience, serving Institutions of Higher Education—including Public and Research Universities, Proprietary Colleges, Schools of Medicine, Osteopathic Medical Schools, and their affiliated Academic Medical Centers, Teaching Hospitals, and Clinics—regionally, nationally, and with a global reach.

We partner with institutions committed to expanding vibrant research enterprises, strengthening academic programs, and building diverse, mission-driven teams of academic leaders and physician educators who advance excellence in teaching, clinical care, scholarship, and innovation.

Our team is uniquely equipped to help elevate every pillar of your institution’s mission, vision, and values.

Let’s explore how we can take your academic institution, medical center, health system, department, or division to the next level. With your vision as our guide—are you ready to shape a legacy of lasting impact? Start here.

Implementing Your Vision of Success

An architect imagines what if. A builder figures out how to. Great structures emerge only when the two work well together.” — Simon Sinek.

You act as the architect coming up with the vision and dream; we act as the builder to help do the work to get you there.

What could you build if you had all the support and resources you needed?

We are passionate about what we do but have the luxury of growing at the pace we want and with the people we want. Our global network of offices are reaching new heights like never before and we invite you to partner with us on an incredible journey, together!

Benefit From Our Track Record of Success

  • Ranked as the 9th Largest U.S. Search Firm by Executive Search Review
  • Ranked among America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms by Forbes
  • Ranked as the #1 Best Place to Work by the Dallas Business Journal
  • Ranked the #1 Best Companies to Work for in Texas by Texas Monthly Magazine for four consecutive years
  • Recognized as Corporate Citizen of the Year by the Rotary Club of Dallas
  • Recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
  • Featured on CNN, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fast Company, and more