
Regional Patient Recruitment Lead – Clinical Research
Flourish Research
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: United States
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About the role
- Create and execute strategic recruitment plans in partnership with the corporate patient recruitment team for all assigned studies and locations
- Achieve study enrollment goals and assigned revenue targets
- Guide teams in implementing multi-channel recruitment strategies, including community partnerships, physician referrals, and patient databases
- Ensure an exceptional patient experience from initial contact through screening and enrollment
- Develop relationships with community organizations, patient advocacy groups, and healthcare providers to build sustainable referral networks
- Oversee diversity and inclusion initiatives to ensure representative patient populations in clinical trials
- Monitor leading and lagging performance indicators at the individual and team level and take targeted action to address or prevent underperformance
- Build and maintain a culture of accountability, collaboration, and results
- Prioritize studies and execute patient routing to optimize revenue while meeting enrollment commitments across all studies
- Lead and manage (direct or dotted-line) patient recruiting call center managers, quality and training managers, strategists, and remarketers to achieve key performance indicators
- Manage prescreen programs, ensuring appropriate prioritization, routing, and strategy to support revenue goals, enrollment timelines, and database growth
- Identify and implement coaching, training, and development initiatives for managers and individual contributors
- Identify process and system improvement opportunities and partner with corporate and site support teams to drive enhancements
- Participate in sponsor relations and communications as needed
- Manage and maintain site-level vendor relationships, including sponsor-funded central recruitment campaigns
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation within CRM and CTMS systems
- Ensure patient enrollment teams adhere to all legal, ethical, and professional conduct standards
- Perform additional duties as assigned by management
Requirements
- Proven success leading high-performing teams that meet or exceed enrollment and revenue goals
- 3+ years managing a patient enrollment team of 5+ representatives
- Call center leadership supporting multi-therapeutic studies preferred
- 2–3 additional years as a patient enrollment representative preferred
- Bachelor’s degree required; business degree preferred
- Healthcare sales and call center management training preferred
- Strong knowledge of clinical trial enrollment processes, protocols, and regulations
- Proven leadership of geographically dispersed teams
- Highly data-driven, with the ability to identify trends and take fast, measurable action
- Ability to build a culture of accountability, performance, and results
- Advanced coaching skills, including emotional intelligence and persona-based messaging to improve conversion
- Experience managing and improving KPIs at both individual and team levels
- Ability to create and execute study-specific recruiting strategies
- Expertise in delivering an exceptional, inclusive patient experience
- Proficiency with call center systems, phone platforms, and CRMs
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
- Adaptable, solutions-oriented, and effective in dynamic environments
- Relevant therapeutic area experience is a plus.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for the individual employee and family
- 401K Retirement Plan with generous company matching
- Disability Insurance, 100% paid
- Life Insurance, 100% paid
- Paid Approved Training and ACRP Certification
- Paid Licensure Renewal
- 9 Paid Holidays
- 3+ Weeks Paid Time Off
- Bereavement Leave
- And more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
patient enrollmentclinical trial processesKPI managementrecruitment strategiesdata analysiscoachingteam leadershipprocess improvementcall center managementmulti-therapeutic studies
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationadaptabilityemotional intelligenceaccountabilityresults-orientedproblem-solvingrelationship buildingstrategic thinking
Certifications
Bachelor's degreebusiness degreehealthcare sales trainingcall center management training