Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Rho is establishing a dedicated Patient Recruitment Strategy function to enhance clinical program recruitment efforts. The Advisor will serve as a strategic recruitment expert, collaborating with various teams to design effective recruitment strategies for core therapeutic areas.
Responsibilities
- Define and continuously evolve Rho's patient recruitment strategy framework, standards, tools, and decision-making models used across all clinical programs. Works closely with the Feasibility leadership on developing long-term capability roadmap
- Leverage sponsor-provided materials, develop trial-, country-, and site-level recruitment strategies based on protocol design, feasibility strategy, targeted patient population, competitive landscape, and operational considerations
- Translate feasibility insights into actionable recruitment plans, including tactical mix recommendations (digital, community-based, site support, etc.)
- Serve as the strategic recruitment lead on select trials during study start-up and enrollment, advising on risk mitigation and optimization opportunities as well as driving strategic pivots when necessary
- Ensure recruitment strategies are data-driven, scalable, and aligned with Rho's operational structure
- Advise Rho's Clinical Management team on site- and study-level recruitment plans, equipping the members of this team with the necessary insights and site-level messaging to facilitate plan execution
- Develop tailored recruitment approaches that align with Rho's Core 4 therapeutic areas: neuroscience (psychiatry and neurology), respiratory, pain (acute and chronic), and immunology (inclusive of dermatology)
- Partner with Business Development, Feasibility and Clinical Management teams to support RFPs and proposal development, including:
- Compose recruitment approach narratives in Rho proposals
- Augment and complement feasibility benchmarking, integrating the impact of recruitment strategy into enrollment assumptions and timelines
- Advise on securing vendor bids, align recruitment strategies with vendor representatives, and provide cost considerations on recruitment services
- Contribute to sponsor-facing discussions by articulating clear, defensible recruitment strategies grounded in evidence and experience
- Support bid defense meetings as a subject matter expert in patient recruitment strategy, as necessary
- Lead and support vendor prioritization, selection, and onboarding for external recruitment services (e.g., digital campaigns, physical materials, outreach vendors, site-level recruitment tools and technology)
- Define vendor performance expectations, success metrics, and governance models in collaboration with study teams
- Monitor vendor performance using recruitment KPIs and analytics, escalating risks and recommending corrective actions as needed
- Act as a strategic liaison between internal teams and external vendors to ensure alignment with study goals and recruitment budgets
- Create and maintain a library of vendor experience and performance profiles based upon Rho studies and core therapeutic areas
- Oversee and interpret recruitment data and performance analytics, including enrollment trends and site-level indicators
- Leverage historical and real-time recruitment data, working with Rho study teams and sponsors to:
- Optimize initially scoped study recruitment strategy
- Identify enrollment risks
- Provide recommendations for pivots in recruitment strategy to optimize recruitment spend
- Inform future feasibility and proposal strategies
- Translate complex data into actionable insights and recommendations for internal stakeholders and sponsors
- Act as the recruitment subject matter expert for any required systems and technology integrations to optimally leverage recruitment metrics
- Lead cross-functional alignment on recruitment strategy direction, partnering closely with Feasibility, Study Start-Up, Clinical Operations, and Project Management teams to ensure cohesive recruitment planning
- Drive the development of standardized recruitment frameworks, tools, procedural documents and best practices for this new unit
- Serve as an internal thought leader on patient recruitment innovation, trends, and emerging methodologies
- Act as a trusted strategic advisor to sponsors, providing clear guidance on recruitment feasibility, risks, and trade-offs as it relates to tiered approaches of recruitment spend
- Act as the primary escalation point and strategic advisor for complex, high-risk recruitment challenges across the organization
- Ensure alignment between recruitment strategy, business development, and operational execution at an organizational level
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a clinical- or life science-adjacent field required
- Demonstrated experience establishing or governing recruitment strategy frameworks at a functional or organizational level
- Established track record of recruitment strategy development as a critical success driver across proposal development, feasibility, and study execution, rather than as a standalone operational function
- Experience collaborating with feasibility, study start-up, and/or clinical operations functions to devise protocol-tailored recruitment strategies
- Hands-on involvement in RFP support and proposal development relating to recruitment strategy
- Demonstrated experience authoring and driving trial-, country-, and site-level recruitment plans
- Experienced in leveraging an understanding of patient burden, access barriers, and equity considerations to influence recruitment strategy decisions
- Familiarity with digital recruitment channels and emerging patient engagement technologies, including AI-enabled targeting, prescreening, and analytics tools used to inform recruitment strategy and vendor selection
- Strong experience managing, interpreting and leveraging patient recruitment data and metrics to inform future-facing strategies
- Established track record of prospecting, prioritizing, and negotiating pricing structures with recruitment vendors
- Advanced degree preferred
- Having played an active role in the building and/or scaling of a new function or capability within a CRO or biopharma environment is preferred
- Experience developing recruitment strategies for single virtual site/DCT trials is preferred
- Therapeutic experience in Rho's Core 4 therapeutic areas - neuroscience (psychiatry and neurology), respiratory, pain (acute and chronic), and immunology (inclusive of dermatology) - is preferred
Benefits
- Rho provides a comprehensive benefits package for all benefit-eligible employees, which includes medical, vision, dental, HSA, FSA, EAP, life & disability insurance and 401(k).
- All employees are eligible for paid time off, holidays, parental leave and bereavement leave.
- We encourage a work-life balance that allows employees to bring their best selves to work while being passionate about their lives outside work.
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