Case Study:
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Chief Data Officer
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, a world-renowned leader in cancer research and care with more than 5,800 staff, 800+ clinical trials and a $2.5 billion operating budget, retained Parker Remick to manage its global Chief Data Officer search. Working across Fred Hutch and external partners, the CDO would leverage computational and data services to advance one of the world’s leading biomedical research organizations.
Our Approach
To navigate differing views on technology versus academic backgrounds, a mid-search merger and an intensive interview process involving more than 30 interviews, Parker Remick deployed a disciplined search strategy.
The team aligned stakeholders around a unified candidate profile, maintaining close coordination throughout the process and delivering a strong candidate experience.
Our placement:
Jeff Leek, Chief Data Officer
- Former Johns Hopkins Professor and Data Science Lab Co-Director.
- Recipient of the COPSS Presidents’ Award for balancing advanced genomic modeling with scalable computational tools.
- Named to the 2025 TIME100 AI list for advancing healthcare and biomedical data science.
