Hire a CFO in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston-Cambridge life sciences companies secured $55.9 billion in venture capital between 2019 and 2024, more than any other market in the world. When companies raise capital at that pace, CFO departures, leadership transitions, and fundraise preparation gaps create financial problems that compound in weeks, not months. We find the right person fast.
$55.9B
LIFE SCIENCES VC RAISED IN BOSTON-CAMBRIDGE 2019–2024 - MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD
$200K
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY IN MASSACHUSETTS LIFE SCIENCES - THE BENCHMARK THIS MARKET SETS
4 of 5
TOP NIH-FUNDED RESEARCH HOSPITALS IN THE US ARE LOCATED IN BOSTON
48h
AVG. SHORTLIST TURNAROUND
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The Market
Why Boston businesses need CFO leadership.
Boston-Cambridge is the world’s largest life sciences capital market. In 2025, Massachusetts biotech companies raised $6.85 billion across 197 funding rounds, representing 26.2% of all US biopharma venture capital. In January 2026 alone, the region raised $1 billion in a single month.
The 143,142 life sciences jobs here carry an average salary approaching $200,000. Kendall Square, Cambridge’s innovation corridor adjacent to MIT, has laboratory vacancy in the tenths of a percent. When a CFO departs or a company enters a fundraise without the right financial leadership, the cost is measured in deal terms, not just management time.
The financial services dimension runs alongside it. Fidelity Investments, State Street Corporation, John Hancock, and Wellington Management are all headquartered here, institutions whose financial reporting standards, governance expectations, and investor demands shape what every growing business in the Greater Boston ecosystem must eventually meet.
Finding a CFO who understands how this specific market’s investor community operates, whether they are writing biotech Series B checks or institutional investment mandates, requires a network built around this geography, not a job board.
THREE ENGAGEMENT MODELS
CFO types we help you hire.
Greater Boston’s businesses span clinical-stage biotechs preparing for Series B raises, established financial services firms, and fast-scaling technology companies. We place all three CFO models so the engagement matches your stage, your sector, and your timeline.
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Interim CFO
Immediate full-time leadership for a Boston business that cannot afford a gap during a raise or transition
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Fractional CFO
Part-time senior guidance for growth-stage biotech and technology companies building investor-ready financial infrastructure
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Outsourced CFO
Ongoing strategic oversight for established businesses that have outgrown their internal accounting capability
Why Boston companies choose us.
Candidates not on job boards
Boston's best CFO talent is working inside biotech companies, financial institutions, and tech firms. Reaching them requires direct outreach into a network built specifically for this market.
Vetted before you meet them
Every candidate is evaluated for sector depth, stage-specific experience, and the investor and institutional reporting standards that Greater Boston businesses are held to before you meet them.
Days, not months
In a market where capital formation moves at the pace it does here, a financial leadership gap during a fundraise or clinical milestone has a direct cost. We move accordingly.
Industries we place CFOs in.
Biotech & Life Sciences
Healthcare & Academic Medicine
Financial Services & Asset Management
Clean Tech & Climate
Technology & AI
Professional Services & Private Equity
Boston’s biotech and financial services sectors hold CFOs to the highest institutional standards in the country, generalists underperform here.
FIND US NEAR YOU
Placing CFOs across Boston and Greater New England
On-site, remote, or hybrid. Whether your business is in Kendall Square, the Longwood Medical Area, the Seaport, or anywhere across the Greater Boston metro, your CFO is matched to your sector, your stage, and your schedule.
THE BOSTON ECONOMY
The world's largest life sciences market - and the financial demands that come with it
Harvard, MIT, the Broad Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute together form a research infrastructure that has no equivalent anywhere in the world. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Biogen, and Moderna are all headquartered here.
Kendall Square, adjacent to MIT, has been called the most innovative square mile on the planet, with laboratory vacancy in the tenths of a percent, demand for financial leadership inside the companies filling that space is consistently higher than the local talent supply can meet.
The Massachusetts state government has committed $500 million to life sciences industry investment, and the sector is projected to add 16,633 net new jobs by 2029, growing at 11.6% against a 3.4% broader economic forecast.
Flagship Pioneering, the local venture firm that created Moderna, anchors a VC community that funds at a pace and scale most US cities never see. Fidelity Investments and State Street Corporation bring a financial services layer that raises governance and reporting expectations for every business operating in their orbit.
Frequently asked questions.
When should a business use a CFO hiring firm instead of searching internally?
An internal CFO search typically takes three to six months and requires your leadership team to evaluate candidates without the specialist knowledge that makes those evaluations accurate. A hiring firm with a deep CFO network reaches candidates who are not publicly available, vets them against your specific requirements before you ever meet them, and compresses the timeline significantly, which matters most when the leadership gap is actively costing you.
Do you place CFOs with experience in Boston's biotech and life sciences sector?
Yes. Biotech CFOs in Greater Boston are a specialized profile, clinical-stage funding management, NIH grant reporting, FDA-related financial compliance, and the investor reporting expectations of this market’s life sciences VC community are all part of the role. We place CFOs who have held real financial leadership responsibility inside biotech and life sciences businesses here, not advisors who have worked adjacent to them.
How quickly can you place a CFO when a Boston company is mid-fundraise or mid-clinical milestone?
In most cases, the first qualified candidates are presented within 24 to 48 hours of understanding your situation. A CFO vacancy during an active raise is one of the most urgent placement scenarios we handle, and the depth of our network in Greater Boston means we are not starting a search from scratch when you contact us.
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