Sales & Leadership Search
High-impact commercial and leadership talent for companies entering new markets, building teams, or raising the bar.
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Philadelphia roots. National reach.
Leadership that moves business forward.
Align is a relationship-driven executive search partner connecting growth-minded companies with exceptional sales and leadership talent.
Search · Strategy · Scale
ALIGN
Executive Search
Embedded Recruiting
Growth Teams
Greater Philadelphia → Nationwide
What we do
Search built around the business outcome.
Align combines industry context, commercial judgment, and persistent market engagement to find people who create momentum.
Industry-Specific Search
Deep fluency across health benefits, insurance, medtech, healthcare technology, and complex B2B sales environments.
Embedded Recruiting
Flexible, hands-on recruiting support for growth companies that need more than a résumé vendor but less than a large internal team.
Why Align
Commercial judgment, not just recruiting process.
Ryan Coughlin
Founder & Principal
Align was built by an operator who has carried a number, led teams, launched markets, and hired the people responsible for growth.
Founder Ryan Coughlin brings more than 20 years of sales and leadership experience across medical technology, healthcare, SaaS, and business process outsourcing. That background shapes how the Align team approaches every search: understand the business first, assess the person beyond the résumé, and communicate directly throughout the process.
Connect with Ryan on LinkedInHow we work
Focused, personal, accountable.
Listen
We get clear on the business, the mandate, and what will make someone successful in the real world.
Map
We identify the right talent market and build a focused outreach strategy around evidence, not keywords.
Engage
Every conversation is personal, direct, and grounded in the opportunity and the candidate's background.
Deliver
You meet candidates who can do the job, understand the stakes, and have a reason to make the move.
Greater Philadelphia partnerships
Close enough to become part of the team.
For Philadelphia-area companies, Align offers a highly engaged local search and embedded recruiting partnership. We can work alongside leadership, learn the culture firsthand, and help build the recruiting engine as the business grows.
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A conversation worth taking.
We approach talented people with context, discretion, and respect. You will know why the opportunity may fit, what the company is trying to accomplish, and where you stand throughout the process.
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What are you trying to build?
Whether it is one pivotal hire, a new commercial team, or a more flexible recruiting partnership, the first step is a direct conversation.
Privacy & SMS communication
Align Consulting Group may use SMS or text messaging to communicate with candidates, clients, and business contacts regarding recruiting opportunities, interview scheduling, hiring needs, meeting coordination, follow-up questions, and related business communications.
By submitting your information, applying for a role, responding to our outreach, communicating with our team, providing your mobile number, or otherwise consenting, you agree that Align Consulting Group may contact you by phone, email, or text message for those purposes. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Reply STOP to opt out or HELP for assistance.
Mobile phone numbers and SMS consent information are used only for the recruiting and business communications described above. Mobile phone contact information and SMS consent will not be shared or sold to third parties for marketing purposes.