About Us
Your Challenge: Finding the right healthcare leader in an unpredictable industry.
Since 2011, healthcare organizations facing complex regulations, risk-based contracting, and value-based care shifts have turned to us to fill roles that are too important to get wrong.
That’s why Steve McGovern launched McGovern Executive Search - a boutique firm built on deep industry knowledge, senior-level engagement, and a relentless focus on mission-aligned placements.
Why Clients Choose Us
- Speed with precision: We complete searches 30% faster than industry benchmarks, without sacrificing fit.
- Trusted advisors: We place leaders who stay and succeed in tough healthcare roles.
- Focus you can feel: We take a limited number of clients so your search gets undivided attention.
Steve has over 20 years of experience and has led more than 150 searches, filling VP-to-C-suite roles across national payers, regional health plans, and provider systems. His placements have delivered:
- Medicare plan CFOs who reduced costs by 8% in year one
- Clinical, value-based care leaders who drove 15% uplift in quality metrics
- Legal and IT execs who successfully navigated M&A and digital transformation
Steve lives in Falls Church, VA with his wife Alison. A long-distance cyclist and musician, he thrives in high-performance, high-accountability environments - the same qualities he looks for in top healthcare executives.