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The Greater Boston area is a region of technological innovation in Massachusetts. Facing Boston across the Charles River in Cambridge is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Ranked 4th among National Universities, it is best known for its math, science, and engineering. 

In 2021, Amazon announced plans to create 3,000 new jobs at Amazon’s new facility in Boston Seaport.  Amazon is adding new office space for teams working in Alexa, AWS, and Amazon Pharmacy. It is just one of the leading technology companies that include Facebook, Google, and Microsoft with a strong presence in the Greater Boston Area.

Yet Boston’s Longwood Medical Area (LMA) is also a leading center for academic research focused on life sciences led by Harvard Medical School and its affiliate hospitals: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital, and McLean Hospital.  The Longwood Medical Area (LMA) has more than 45,000 scientists, researchers, and staff and more than 21,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

Its Life Sciences Corridor stretches from Somerville to Cambridge to Boston to Quincy and to Braintree. It is home to over 450 companies including the largest biopharmaceutical companies in the world: Biogen, Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson’s Innovation Center, Merck & Co, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Glaxo Smith Klein, Boston Scientific, and Haemonetics.

The Good Search is a leading technology executive search firm with decades of experience recruiting exceptional senior executives in Boston and beyond. Founded by an award-winning investigative TV journalist, our investigative research expertise allows us to find top talent others miss. That’s why our clients trust us to deliver executive talent they never dreamed existed. We serve a variety of companies, ranging from venture capital-backed startups to private equity portfolio companies to the Fortune 500.

If you have an important board or C-level executive opening to fill in the Greater Boston Area, you’ve come to the right place.

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