Piling in to agree with that. While not the exact same scenario, we just finished another round of interviews, and one candidate was awesome but didn't like the sound of any of the roles we initially wanted to interview her for. Many people might accept a job as it's a job, but she was brave and said "This has been great, but they're all very clinical focused roles and I don't know if I want to leap into that." and I said "Cool, appreciate the honesty." and she asked if there was anything more focused in supporting academia. I said I'd check and get back to her. Called a colleague across campus, sure enough they're jonesing for someone bright and capable. Passed on her number and they had a less formal interview the next day. Pretty sure she's hired now. Anyway point being, no harm in asking.