Phyllis Schneble

Phyllis Schneble is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ New York office and co-leads the Health Tech sector. She is a member of the Healthcare & Life Sciences and Consumer practices. Phyllis specializes in recruiting senior executives at the board, CEO, president, and general management level including marketing, sales, strategy, and digital innovation officers for managed care, health systems, pharmaceutical, biotech, medical devices and diagnostics, nutrition, healthcare technology, and multi-site retail health platforms.

Phyllis advises healthcare and wellness companies on senior leadership roles at the intersection of consumer markets and technology. She works with large, established healthcare companies undergoing significant change, as well as high-growth and early-stage companies seeking experienced leaders to build and scale their businesses.

Before joining Heidrick & Struggles, Phyllis led sales and marketing for dLife, a venture capital-backed digital startup focused on diabetes education and management. She helped develop data-driven patient engagement programs across web, video, social media, and mobile channels designed to encourage self-care and improve health outcomes. She also led the sale of these solutions to payers, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, and consumer packaged goods companies.

Earlier in her career, Phyllis worked for Ogilvy & Mather, Foote Cone & Belding, and J. Walter Thompson, gaining marketing and advertising experience across the technology, automotive, and financial services sectors with clients including IBM, Ford Motor Co., and American Express. 

She later focused exclusively on healthcare and was involved in the early development of direct-to-consumer healthcare advertising. She has helped launch products and marketing programs across a range of therapeutic areas for Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and medical device companies, including Lilly, Amgen, BMS, and Sanofi, as well as early-stage ventures.

Smith College, Bachelor of Arts Degree in English

Phyllis has served as a literacy tutor and public school mentor in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for more than 20 years and remains active in alumnae recruitment for Smith College.