The phrase "a profitable role" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a position or function that generates financial gain or benefits.
Example: "Taking on a managerial position in the company can lead to a profitable role with significant bonuses."
Alternatives: "a lucrative position" or "a rewarding role".
The Portuguese settled on the peninsula in 1557, worked out a lease with the local Cantonese authorities, and proceeded to carve for themselves a profitable role that served them well for 100 years or so, as trade intermediaries between a closed China and a spice- and silk-craving Europe.
To create a profitable role for themselves in the market, these providers would have to add value to the experience in some way beyond vehicle manufacture (e.g. sophisticated mapping or passenger-matching algorithms).
The ratings agencies would rather play a less important, albeit a less profitable, role.
He has retooled and branched out, forging what has proved to be a highly profitable role as deal maker and all-purpose adviser for the oil-rich former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.
And a profitable purpose it was.
This offering of differential rates based on the characteristics of the borrower constitutes the most damaging price discrimination inflicting consumer harm in American history, for which Google played an integral (and profitable) role as an advertising intermediary where it was earning billions of dollars a year in that role.
An administration official said on Sunday that dealers played a critical and profitable role in arranging the loan rates for many auto buyers, often at a higher rate than they qualified for.
As news and documentary programming took on a more visible (and profitable) role in American television, controversy often followed.
For Nepal, one of the poorest and most politically turbulent countries in Asia, reviving its ancient, formerly profitable role as a link between the two giants might offer economic growth and political stability.
The Clintons' old attack dogs have a profitable new role, and sometimes it makes the campaign nervous.
According to Keith McMullan of Aviation Economics, a London consultancy, there are two main reasons: cheap assets and profitable role models to follow.With about 1,800 unwanted planes parked in the Arizona desert, aircraft are cheap.
