Marketing & Partnerships Manager

RDI • Los Angeles, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

RDI Trials runs clinical studies for diagnostic companies, bringing together physicians, patients, laboratory testing, and clinical data to establish whether diagnostic tests work. The Marketing & Partnerships Manager builds relationships with prospective clients, physicians who could participate in studies, and potential employees. The role works directly with the CEO to understand the business and turn that understanding into content, outreach, and qualified conversations. The role owns outreach from identifying promising contacts through establishing interest and arranging next steps.

Responsibilities include researching and engaging prospective clients, physician practices, hospitals, and candidates; creating and distributing audience-specific content; qualifying interest and advancing conversations; maintaining accurate relationship records; and connecting conference activity to follow-up relationships. Study teams remain responsible for protocol execution, detailed site qualification, contracts, regulatory documents, and activation. The position has no direct reports initially and is onsite in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, so the employee can learn about RDI’s people, laboratory, and work.

The role is full-time and reports to the CEO. Success means generating a growing flow of qualified client discussions, interested physician partners, and suitable candidates, while tracking which content and outreach approaches contribute to those outcomes.

Requirements

• Evidence of being able to attract someone’s attention, earn a response, and turn an initial conversation into a useful relationship.
• Ability to write clear, specific messages for different audiences.
• Willingness to initiate conversations by phone.
• Ability to research people and organizations beyond assembling a contact list.
• Ability to stay organized across multiple campaigns and follow through without repeated reminders.
• Ability to use CRM systems, content tools, and AI effectively while checking accuracy.
• Ability to accept direct feedback and improve work.
• Examples of results personally helped produce.
• Willingness to learn a technical business.
• Willingness to work full-time onsite in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical research experience is helpful but not required.
• Background in marketing, business development, partnerships, community building, recruiting, or agency work.

Responsibilities

• Research prospective clients, physician practices, hospitals, and candidates.
• Write and conduct targeted outreach through email, LinkedIn, phone calls, introductions, and events.
• Follow up consistently, learn why people respond or decline, and adjust the approach.
• Build relationships with universities, professional groups, and referral sources.
• Spend time with the team and in the laboratory to understand RDI’s work.
• Turn interviews, project experience, and everyday work into clear posts, videos, case studies, emails, and website content.
• Adapt messages to prospective clients, physicians, and candidates.
• Coordinate outside creative support when needed and remain responsible for getting work published and distributed.
• Understand prospective clients’ needs before arranging discussions with the CEO.
• Establish physicians’ interest and basic practice fit before involving the site startup team.
• Conduct initial candidate conversations to assess motivation, communication, relevant experience, and willingness to work onsite.
• Review candidates and outreach responses with the CEO and COO to learn RDI’s selection standards.
• Keep accurate records in company systems so promising relationships have an owner and a next step.
• Identify people to meet at conferences, arrange conversations before events, and manage follow-up afterward.
• Coordinate conference materials and logistics with the team and vendors.

Benefits

• Opportunity to participate in the RDI Operator Studio as part of long-term growth.
• Hands-on work, coaching, and review of real study problems.
• Opportunity to deepen expertise, learn how the whole business works, and earn broader responsibility as judgment develops.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed