Hybrid Director of Academia

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About the role

  • You'll lead Prolific's academic research segment as a fully empowered leader, owning strategy and operations.
  • Run sales and customer success, build institutional partnerships, design new packaging and programs, and make real-time decisions about where to invest for growth.
  • Work alongside a strong Sciences team who provide thought leadership, directing how that expertise translates into community engagement and market positioning.
  • Have genuine autonomy and the resources to execute boldly.
  • Relish combining intellectual credibility with commercial discipline. Present at research methods conferences and dissect retention cohorts, building trust in academic communities while driving business outcomes.

Requirements

  • Deep academic market fluency: working in or selling research technology to academic/research markets. You understand researcher motivations, university dynamics, procurement processes, and how academic credibility is built.
  • Proven business ownership: managing a business unit or revenue segment at $10M+ scale. You've been accountable for growth, not just advised on it.
  • Commercial leadership: Direct experience building or managing customer-facing teams of 10+ people. You know how to structure for scale, define metrics that matter, and balance high-touch with tech-touch support to optimize customer journeys.
  • Enterprise/institutional sales experience: You've designed value propositions for institutional buyers, navigated multi-stakeholder sales, or led a self-serve to enterprise transition. You know how to package products for centralized procurement.
  • Commercial rigor: Fluent in unit economics (CAC, LTV, retention, expansion). You diagnose growth problems through data and make resource allocation decisions with confidence.
  • Strategic independence: You're comfortable operating with minimal oversight, solving ambiguous problems and building cross-functional alignment.

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Job title

Director of Academia

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Experience level

Lead

Salary

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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