Associate Director, Patient Recruitment Partnerships

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Care Access

Compensation

$115,000 - $145,000/year

USA Remote

Remote

Posted April 6, 2026

Job Description

About Care Access

Care Access is working to make the future of health better for all. With hundreds of research locations, mobile clinics, and clinicians across the globe, we bring world-class research and health services directly to communities that often face barriers to care. We are dedicated to ensuring that every person has the opportunity to understand their health, access the care they need, and contribute to the medical breakthroughs of tomorrow.

With programs like Future of Medicine, which makes advanced health screenings and research opportunities accessible to communities worldwide, and Difference Makers, which supports local leaders to expand their community health and wellbeing efforts, we put people at the heart of medical progress. Through partnerships, technology, and perseverance, we are reimagining how clinical research and health services reach the world. Together, we are building a future of health that is better and more accessible for all.

To learn more about Care Access, visit www.CareAccess.com.

How This Role Makes a Difference

The Associate Director, Patient Recruitment Partnerships is a key driver of Care Access’s mission to expand access to clinical research by building and optimizing a high-performing ecosystem of Recruitment Vendors and Patient Advocacy Organizations. This role leads the full lifecycle of partner strategy—identifying, contracting, guiding, and evaluating partners to ensure they deliver high-quality patient referrals that accelerate enrollment across a diverse portfolio of trials.

Operating at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and community engagement, the Associate Director, Patient Recruitment Partnerships develops scalable frameworks, ensures regulatory and compliance alignment, and cultivates mission-driven partnerships that expand reach, deepen community trust, and improve access for underserved populations. Through data-informed decision-making and cross-functional collaboration, this role strengthens Care Access’s ability to connect patients to opportunity and drive meaningful progress in clinical research.

How You'll Make An Impact

Builds and Leads the Recruitment Partner Ecosystem
- Identifies, evaluates, and selects Patient Recruitment Partners and Patient Advocacy Organizations (PAOs) based on therapeutic expertise, reach, compliance, and operational maturity.
- Leads RFP/RFI processes, negotiates MSAs, SOWs, budgets, and performance-based agreements in partnership with Patient Recruitment and Legal, and onboards mission-aligned partners to expand community reach and improve access for underserved populations.
- In collaboration with Campaign Managers, defines and oversees the recruitment partner strategy across all trials, aligning partner efforts with study needs and enrollment goals.
- Establishes performance and compliance expectations (GCP, IRB, HIPAA, SOPs, etc...), serves as the primary partner liaison, and provides ongoing guidance while overseeing financial management, ROI analysis, forecasting, and audit readiness.
- Continuously identifies inefficiencies and implements scalable, automated processes to support sustainable organizational growth.
Manages Partner and PAO Performance, Accountability, and Operational Execution
- Owns performance management across Recruitment Partners and PAOs to ensure delivery against contracted screening and enrollment commitments outlined in SOWs.
- Monitors recruitment funnel metrics, referral quality, pacing, and conversion rates to identify risks, gaps, and optimization opportunities, and drives corrective actions when performance falls short.
- Conducts regular performance and business reviews to enforce accountability, ensure adherence to scope, compliance, quality, and mission alignment, and validate partner value.
- Serves as the primary point of contact, building trust-based relationships while proactiv