Director of Business Development
Location
United States
Posted
5 days ago
Salary
$200K / year
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
Proactively generate new business by promoting pharmaceutical market research services through targeted outreach, networking, and industry engagement.
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of new opportunities through industry connections, referrals, and proactive prospecting, identifying pharmaceutical companies that can benefit from custom market research and strategic insights.
- Lead early-stage sales conversations with pharmaceutical brand and commercial teams, positioning tailored market research solutions to address key business questions.
- Convert opportunities into revenue by developing persuasive proposals and closing new market research engagements.
- Expand the consultancy’s footprint within pharmaceutical organizations by identifying new stakeholders and uncovering additional research opportunities.
- Take ownership of personal revenue targets while contributing to the overall growth of the firm’s market research consulting business.
- Partner with senior leadership to shape growth strategy and prioritize high-value client opportunities.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience within a pharmaceutical or healthcare market research agency or consultancy (required).
- A demonstrated track record of winning new business and generating revenue from pharmaceutical and life sciences clients (required).
- Strong commercial instincts with the confidence to prospect, open doors, and develop new client relationships.
- Experience selling custom market research and insights engagements to pharmaceutical brand and commercial teams.
- Ability to identify client challenges and position tailored research solutions that address key business questions.
- Proven success building and managing a pipeline of opportunities and converting leads into closed projects.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior client stakeholders.
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to work closely with leadership to support business growth and expansion.
Benefits
- A senior role where your relationships, thinking, and initiative genuinely shape the business.
- A close-knit, entrepreneurial environment where people value trust, curiosity, and quality.
- Direct access to leadership and meaningful involvement in business decisions.
- Join a growing company where your ideas and contributions make a real impact.
- Enjoy the flexibility of fully remote work, built on trust and collaboration.
- Take advantage of a health and wellness stipend to invest in yourself.
- Competitive base salary up to $200K based on experience, plus a generous commission structure.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of experience within a pharmaceutical or healthcare market research agency or consultancy (required).
- A demonstrated track record of winning new business and generating revenue from pharmaceutical and life sciences clients (required).
- Strong commercial instincts with the confidence to prospect, open doors, and develop new client relationships.
- Experience selling custom market research and insights engagements to pharmaceutical brand and commercial teams.
- Ability to identify client challenges and position tailored research solutions that address key business questions.
- Proven success building and managing a pipeline of opportunities and converting leads into closed projects.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior client stakeholders.
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to work closely with leadership to support business growth and expansion.
Benefits
- A senior role where your relationships, thinking, and initiative genuinely shape the business.
- A close-knit, entrepreneurial environment where people value trust, curiosity, and quality.
- Direct access to leadership and meaningful involvement in business decisions.
- Join a growing company where your ideas and contributions make a real impact.
- Enjoy the flexibility of fully remote work, built on trust and collaboration.
- Take advantage of a health and wellness stipend to invest in yourself.
- Competitive base salary up to $200K based on experience, plus a generous commission structure.
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