Our Founder & Principal Coach

René Cole is the founder of The Career Doctor and a recognized Fortune 50 recruiting leader who blends agency headhunting, corporate recruiting, and ICF aligned executive coaching to deliver measurable results. She advises senior professionals and leadership teams across technology, biotech, and STEM on career pivots, leadership readiness, and strategic hiring.


Through the Search Accelerator, a flat fee program with one to one support until placement, clients move from clarity of direction to signed offers with stronger scope and compensation. Her corporate work centers on leadership development, team communication, sales performance, product and engineering leadership, and off site facilitation that turns strategy into action. Clients credit René with clear guidance, insider understanding of how decisions are made, and steady partnership from first conversation through onboarding.


Her clients have secured promotions and leadership roles at organizations that include AWS, Salesforce, Meta, and Palo Alto Networks. René is a member of the International Coaching Federation with training in career coaching, executive coaching, leadership coaching, life coaching, and neuro linguistic programming.



Our Coaches


At The Career Doctor, clients work with a carefully selected bench of accredited coaches and operators who know how real companies hire, build, and lead. We match each client to the right coach for the goal at hand, then stay engaged until measurable results are achieved.


Who We Help in Washington, D.C.

We serve senior professionals and leadership teams across the Washington DC region, including Maryland and Northern Virginia. Our clients include leaders in technology, biotech, data, cybersecurity, product, engineering, finance, healthcare, education, public sector, and nonprofits. Many come to us during a career pivot, a move into larger scope roles, or a shift across industries. Companies engage us to develop managers and executives, improve team communication, and run high impact leadership workshops.


Why DC leaders Choose Us

  • Flat fee job search support with one to one coaching until placement
  • Executive coaching backed by insider recruiting experience from Fortune 50 and high growth environments.
  • Corporate programs delivered by coaches with real operator backgrounds, so learning turns into action on the job.
  • Outcomes that include faster offers, better scope, and stronger compensation.


Our Coaching Philosophy

We focus on clarity, alignment, and execution. First we diagnose goals and gaps. Next we align market assets including resume, LinkedIn, executive biography, and proof of impact. Then we execute with outreach rhythms, warm introductions, realistic interview practice, confident negotiation, and onboarding plans for the first ninety days. For company work we add leadership assessments, targeted practice, and facilitation that drives decisions.


Team Expertise

  • Executive coaching for senior leaders in tech, biotech, and STEM.
  • Career strategy and career pivots that make sense to hiring leaders.
  • Leadership development for directors, vice presidents, and C level leaders.
  • Team communication, feedback practice, and cross functional alignment.
  • Sales leadership, discovery, pipeline reviews, and account planning.
  • Product and engineering leadership, prioritization, roadmap communication, and influence without authority.


Programs and Services


Flat fee job search with comprehensive one to one support until the new role is signed.

Leadership development and executive coaching
Strengthen presence, communication, and decision making. Prepare for larger teams, complex initiatives, and high visibility roles.

Corporate coaching and facilitation
New manager academy, team communication, leader as coach, sales training and deal strategy, product and engineering leadership Workshops, cross functional off sites, and targeted performance coaching.

Executive placement and board preparation
Search and selection partnerships, role scoping, and candidate advisory. Board readiness, governance narrative, and market approach.