
Director, Business Development
The Opportunity: We’re looking for a Director, Business Development to own growth in our Chicago market as both a player and a coach. This role is uniquely built for someone who thrives on building relationships, has deep hospice experience in their community, and brings a warm book of business they can activate from day one. You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with a care consultant on your team, while also coaching and shaping market strategy to drive admissions, census growth, and sustainable referral partnerships.
What You'll Do:
- Lead local hospice growth strategy with a mix of personal production and team coaching.
- Cultivate and strengthen referral relationships with physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and community partners.
- Partner with operations and clinical leaders to ensure a seamless patient and family experience.
- Coach and mentor sales liaisons through ride-alongs, shadowing, and direct feedback.
- Monitor and utilize local market data and CRM insights to identify opportunities, trends, and gaps.
- Take ownership and have responsibility of monthly and quarterly admissions, census, and referral goals.
- Represent Cadre Hospice with professionalism, grit, and a genuine commitment to patient-centered care.
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- 5+ years of hospice or palliative care business development experience with history of internal promotions.
- Established reputation and relationships in your market, with a warm book of referral sources.
- Proven ability to both produce results personally and develop others through direct management experience.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a roll-up-your-sleeves, startup spirit.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and coaching skills.
- Deep knowledge of hospice regulations and compliance standards.
- Commitment to the organization's mission and values, with a passion for providing compassionate care to patients and families facing end-of-life issues.
Why Join Us
- Chance to grow with a fast-scaling hospice startup making a difference.
- Unique and high-impact role with both individual and leadership responsibilities.
- Collaborative, mission-driven culture focused on patient dignity and family support.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
Base pay range for this position is $105,000 - $115,000 annually depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Total compensation package includes rich and attainable incentive compensation package which is determined based on individual admissions, branch admissions and ADC performance, and care consultant recruitment.
Cadre Hospice seeks to expand access to the hospice benefit, especially among underserved populations. In addition to traditional go-to-market channels, Cadre plans to partner with at-risk medical groups to integrate upstream and offer a comprehensive palliative care program to patients nearing end of life. Cadre combines a unique pre-hospice care model, proprietary patient identification algorithm, partnership mindset with provider groups and best-in-class hospice operations to offer the most comprehensive end-of-life care solutions to patients.
Cadre Hospice is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.
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