Community Partnerships Lead (Autism Care / ABA Therapy)

For too long, autism care has been built around systems instead of people.

Growth targets, waitlists, and billing volume have taken priority over the lived experience of families and clinicians. The result is a field where burnout is common, trust is fragile, and outcomes suffer.

Bright Pathways ABA was created to challenge that reality.

We are building a fundamentally different model of autism care — one that puts humanity, dignity, and long-term sustainability at the center. We believe that when clinicians are respected and empowered, when families are treated as partners rather than transactions, and when growth is driven by trust instead of pressure, better outcomes follow naturally.

Our goal is not to slightly improve the status quo.
Our goal is to change what people expect from autism care.

As this vision takes shape, we’re looking for a Community Partnerships Lead to help bring it into the real world.

About the Role

As Community Partnerships Lead, you are one of the primary ambassadors of Bright Pathways in the community. You help introduce, explain, and stand behind a different way of thinking about autism care — one rooted in values, execution, and long-term impact.

You will spend your time building meaningful relationships with pediatricians, schools, clinicians, and community leaders who are deeply invested in the well-being of the families they serve. These are thoughtful, often skeptical professionals who have seen the system fail too many times and are looking for something better.

Your role is to help them see that alternative — and to build belief, momentum, and alignment around it.

This position carries visibility, trust, and responsibility. The way you show up, communicate, and follow through directly shapes how Bright Pathways is perceived and how the movement grows.

What You’ll Do

You will take ownership of building and sustaining community partnerships within a defined region, including:

• Developing long-term relationships with pediatricians, schools, therapy providers, and community organizations

• Engaging decision-makers in meaningful conversations about autism care, access, and outcomes

• Building trust over time through consistency, professionalism, and follow-through

• Helping referral partners understand and align with Bright Pathways’ human-first model

• Tracking outreach activity and referral outcomes to ensure momentum and accountability

• Working closely with company leadership to refine strategy based on what you see and hear in the field

You will not be handed a script. You will be trusted to represent the vision with judgment, credibility, and integrity.

Ownership & Accountability

This role comes with real ownership.

You are accountable for building strong, sustainable partnerships and for the families who ultimately begin services through those relationships. Success requires judgment, adaptability, and a willingness to take responsibility for outcomes.

This is a role for someone who is energized by ownership and motivated by impact.

Requirements

This role requires prior experience and credibility.

We are looking for someone who brings:

• Demonstrated experience in community outreach, partnerships, provider relations, or referral-driven roles within healthcare

• Proven ability to reach and engage decision-makers such as pediatricians, clinicians, school leaders, practice managers, or therapy directors

• Strong familiarity with autism services, ABA therapy, or a closely related field (highly preferred)

• Confidence discussing complex, sensitive topics with professionalism and nuance

• Comfort operating independently in a field-based role while remaining accountable for results

We are looking for someone who has done this work before and is ready to do it at a higher level, with more meaning behind it. This is not an entry-level position.

Compensation

Top performers can earn $120,000 /year, through:

• Base salary

• Performance-based compensation tied to families who successfully begin services

Your compensation grows as your relationships deepen and your community impact expands.

Why This Matters — and Why Bright Pathways

Autism care is at a turning point.

Families are exhausted by broken systems. Clinicians are burned out by models that treat them as replaceable. Communities are ready for something better — but real change only happens when people are willing to carry a new model into the world and make it real.

That is what Bright Pathways is building.

We are intentionally creating a different standard for autism care — one that prioritizes humanity, dignity, and long-term sustainability over speed and volume. Not as a theory, but as a living, operating model that can grow without losing its soul.

In this role, you don’t just represent a company — you help give shape and momentum to that vision in the real world. You’ll have a genuine seat at the table, direct access to leadership, and the opportunity to influence how this model evolves as it scales. What you see, hear, and learn in the field will matter.

If the idea of helping reshape an industry — not by talking about change, but by building it — excites you, this role gives you the chance to be part of that transformation from the ground up.

We’d love to meet people who want to stand behind something real.