Director, Business Development
Profound ResearchAbout the role
About Profound Research
Profound Research partners with community physicians to offer clinical trials as a therapeutic option for their patients. We handle all infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and administrative operations so physicians can focus on patient care. Our model gives patients access to the newest therapies while maintaining the trusted patient-physician relationship.
Our Mission: Improving lives by providing advanced therapeutic options
Our Vision: Creating the absolute best patient-physician experience in clinical research
Our Values:
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Compassion: We prioritize the patient-physician relationship, ensuring every interaction is service-oriented and patient-centered
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Urgency: We work hard and practice selflessness, acting swiftly and decisively to meet the needs of our patients, partners, and colleagues
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Solution Orientation: We embrace challenges with a positive mindset, communicate directly, and identify and implement effective solutions with efficiency
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Excellence: We insist on excellence, holding ourselves accountable and empowering each other to deliver best-in-class service while maintaining the highest ethical and scientific standards
Why This Role Exists
At Profound Research, growth depends on building the right partnerships and bringing the right clinical trials into our network.
As Director, Business Development, you will identify opportunities with sponsors and CROs, build relationships with key industry stakeholders, and move prospective business from initial conversation through award. You will help communicate what makes Profound different while ensuring the opportunities we pursue align with our physicians, patient populations, and operational capabilities.
This is a hands-on role for someone who knows how clinical research business development works and is energized by the opportunity to build. You will need to be comfortable opening doors, following up persistently, working through ambiguity, and bringing the right internal partners together to keep opportunities moving. We are looking for someone has the confidence to take ownership and the humility to learn, adjust, and grow alongside the organization.
What You’ll Do
Develop Business and Build Industry Relationships
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Identify and pursue new business opportunities with sponsors, CROs, and other industry partners
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Build account and territory strategies informed by market trends, therapeutic priorities, upcoming studies, and Profound’s network capabilities
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Develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders and serve as a primary external representative of Profound
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Communicate Profound’s physician relationships, patient access, site capabilities, and performance in a compelling and credible way
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Represent Profound at industry conferences, client meetings, networking events, and other external engagements
Lead Opportunities Through the Commercial Process
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