Director, Clinical Research and Advisory Services

The role

The Director will drive growth for the clinical consulting practice focusing on academic medical centers, cancer centers, and research operations. This role involves business development, executive relationship management, and leading high-impact consulting engagements.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain executive-level relationships across healthcare and research organizations.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leaders.
• Identify, qualify, and shape consulting opportunities.
• Lead business development from relationship cultivation through contracting.
• Support annual revenue, pipeline, and growth objectives.
• Represent Attain at industry conferences, professional associations, and client events.
• Develop thought leadership content.
• Lead client engagements in areas like cancer center strategy, clinical research operations, and organizational design.
• Facilitate executive workshops, stakeholder interviews, and strategic planning sessions.
• Mentor and develop consulting team members.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of progressive experience in academic medical centers, cancer centers, clinical research operations, research administration, healthcare administration, healthcare consulting, or professiona
• Demonstrated expertise in cancer center operations, clinical research operations, research administration, healthcare transformation, or related functions.
• Proven experience developing and maintaining trusted advisor relationships with executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success generating new business, expanding client relationships, and contributing to revenue growth.
• Experience leading complex consulting engagements, transformation initiatives, organizational assessments, or operational improvement programs.
• Strong executive presence to communicate with physicians, scientists, administrators, researchers, and institutional leadership.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring professionals.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel based on client and business development needs.
• Demonstrated ability to build long-term client partnerships.
• Entrepreneurial mindset.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree
• Experience supporting NCI-designated or comprehensive cancer centers
• Experience within a consulting, advisory, or professional services organization
• Experience leading clinical research, research administration, grants management, or research operations functions
• Experience developing managed services, training programs, assessment frameworks, or new service offerings
• Existing relationships with leaders across academic medicine, oncology, clinical research, healthcare administration, or research administration
• Active participation in organizations such as AACI, ACCC, NCURA, SRAI, or ACRP

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• HSA and FSA accounts
• Life and disability insurance
• Fertility and family planning benefits
• Employee assistance and discount programs
• 11 paid federal holidays
• Flexible unlimited time off (UTO)
• Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting
• Flexible career paths

About the company

Attain Partners is an innovative consulting firm dedicated to disrupting the status quo to improve the lives of those they touch. They serve education, nonprofit, healthcare, and state and local government clients.