Regional Physician & Community Outreach Specialist

Job Description

Love being on the move, meeting new people, and turning introductions into relationships? We’re looking for a high-energy, outgoing relationship builder to support our clinical research sites across the Chicago and Minneapolis region. This is a highly visible, field-facing role for someone who would rather be out building relationships than sitting behind a desk.

What You’ll Do

• Proactively build and cultivate relationships with physicians, physician practices, practice managers, healthcare professionals, hospital networks, and community leaders across the Chicago and Minneapolis markets.
• Travel regionally between our Chicago and Minneapolis sites and surrounding communities to develop relationships, support outreach activities, and respond to recruitment priorities.
• Spend meaningful time in the field visiting physician offices and healthcare organizations—introducing our clinical research capabilities and developing new referral relationships.
• Become a familiar, trusted presence with physician office teams by maintaining consistent face-to-face engagement and thoughtful follow-up.
• Partner with our clinical research sites to understand their currently enrolling studies and identify physicians, organizations, and communities that may have access to appropriate patient populations.
• Identify new outreach opportunities and creative ways to increase awareness of clinical research opportunities throughout the region.
• Build relationships with patient advocacy organizations, social and community groups, schools, retirement communities, and other local partners.
• Identify, schedule, and attend community events that provide opportunities for face-to-face engagement and lead generation.
• Maintain knowledge of currently enrolling studies, study timelines, and relevant protocol requirements.
• Support recruitment, engagement, retention, and enrollment goals across assigned sites.
• Help grow the potential participant database through proactive outreach and recruitment initiatives.
• Utilize technology, presentations, marketing materials, and other resources to support recruitment strategies and on-time enrollment.
• Manage outreach projects and collaborate closely with site and internal teams to meet recruitment objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant academic/vocational qualification.
• Approximately 2+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and directly related experience.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate and develop professional relationships.
• Strong planning, organization, territory-management, and time-management skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple sites, relationships, and outreach activities.
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic and changing environment.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly throughout the Chicago and Minneapolis region, including travel between assigned clinical research sites and surrounding communities.
• Flexibility to attend physician meetings, community events, and other outreach activities based on business and study needs.