Director - Business Development

Jacksonville Florida

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About The Position

Director of Business Development – New Behavioral Health Hospital near Jacksonville, FL - Opening Late Summer 2026
The Director of Business Development is responsible for growing lines of service as defined by management by developing/retaining referrals from physicians and other key non-physician referral sources.
Coastal Pines will be a modern, purpose-built facility and a cornerstone of behavioral health care in Northeast Florida, designed to meet the growing demand for high-quality psychiatric services in the region. The 144-bed behavioral health hospital, located in St. Johns, will offer a full continuum of services including inpatient psychiatric care, Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT).
What We Offer:
Our leaders are equipped with the tools, support, and benefits they need to thrive:
Competitive compensation package including performance-based incentives
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) plan with company match through Acadia Healthcare
Equity/stock-based incentive awards for long-term financial growth
Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick days
Executive onboarding and support, leveraging Acadia’s national infrastructure
Growth opportunities within Acadia’s expansive network of 250+ behavioral health facilities
If you're ready to lead with purpose and drive lasting impact in the behavioral health space, we invite you to consider joining us at Coastal Pines Behavioral Health.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. Master's degree preferred.
• Experience (as outlined below) may be accepted in lieu of degree as approved by VP Business Development
• Five or more years’ related experience in healthcare business development role required.
• One or more years’ supervisor experience required.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license, maintain automobile insurance coverage and have access to an automobile, where facility requires.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with hospital discharge planners, social workers, case managers, physicians and management, as well as provide education staff to generate referral sources.
• Work collaboratively with all levels of facility and division sales leadership to support the organizations mission and revenue goals by selling of service line attributes, processes and outcomes to consumer, physician and market facility groups/individuals.
• Work closely with hospital discharge planners, social workers, case managers, physicians, management, inpatient unit and education staff to generate referral sources.
• Collaborate with facility and division leaders, to evaluate, analyze and interpret market utilization data for facility service lines.
• Build strong collaborative relationship with admissions/intake.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive internal and external marketing plan that would increase revenues and profits for facility.
• Ensure that referral priorities are identified and in line with the vision and strategic goals of the organization.
• Expeditiously document all activity in company Customer Relationship Manager (Salesforce).
• Evaluate, analyze and interpret market demographics, including population, age, gender, race and projected trends for patient populations.
• Collaborate with division and/or market physician services, facility leaders and medical staff leadership to develop sales and retention strategies for facility services.
• Execute referrals and retention strategies/plans effectively, continuously modifying strategies and plans to ensure quality outcomes and results for referral sources and facility.
• Successfully close new referral sources and complete face-to-face meetings with referral sources ensuring a thorough understanding of services available. Complete follow-up meetings with referral sources as needed.
• Prepare and present regular reports, identifying trends, additional referral opportunities and obstacles to retention and growth.
• Provide staff management to include hiring, development, training, performance management and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including performance-based incentives
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match through Acadia Healthcare
• Equity/stock-based incentive awards for long-term financial growth
• Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick days
• Executive onboarding and support, leveraging Acadia’s national infrastructure
• Growth opportunities within Acadia’s expansive network of 250+ behavioral health facilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees