Director, Business Development – Scientific Services

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🔥 12 hours ago

🌐 United Kingdom, Sweden, +1 more countries – Remote

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇸🇪 Sweden – Remote 🇫🇷 France – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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4Pharma Ltd

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Food & Beverage • Logistics

4Pharma Ltd is a contract research organization (CRO) that specializes in biostatistics, data management, and medical writing for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and food companies. With a commitment to customer satisfaction and high-quality work, 4Pharma combines industry experience with a flexible service approach, focusing on data-driven solutions. The company's expertise includes data warehousing, statistical programming, data standardization, and SAS solutions, and they have a track record of successful global regulatory submissions.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute business development strategies to achieve revenue and growth objectives for the Scientific Services business • Identify, qualify, and pursue new business opportunities with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, healthcare, and research organisations • Build and maintain relationships with senior decision-makers and key stakeholders across prospective and existing accounts • Generate new business through prospecting, networking, referrals, industry events, and market intelligence • Lead the full sales lifecycle from initial engagement through proposal development, commercial negotiations, contract execution, and handover to delivery teams • Collaborate with subject matter experts across clinical data management, biostatistics, statistical programming, real-world evidence, and operations to develop customer solutions • Lead and coordinate responses to RFIs, RFPs, proposals, and bid defence meetings • Translate customer scientific and operational needs into commercially viable service offerings • Maintain a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities and provide accurate forecasting and reporting • Represent BC Platforms at conferences, industry forums, trade shows, and networking events • Monitor market developments, customer needs, and competitive activity, sharing insights that support business strategy and service development • Support expansion of existing customer relationships through additional services and strategic partnerships

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of successful business development, enterprise sales, or strategic partnership experience within a CRO, scientific services, biometrics, real-world evidence, or life sciences services environment • Demonstrated success winning and growing complex, high-value service engagements • Strong network and experience working with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, research, or healthcare organisations • Solid understanding of clinical development, clinical research, real-world evidence, or healthcare data services • Experience selling scientific, biometrics, data management, statistical programming, analytics, or related services • Proven ability to manage complex sales cycles and negotiate commercial agreements • Strong commercial judgement with the ability to prioritise opportunities and manage a strategic pipeline • Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills • Ability to work effectively with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams • Self-motivated, resilient, and able to operate independently in a fast-paced environment • Fluent written and spoken English • An advanced degree in life sciences, healthcare, business, or a related field is a differentiator • Experience selling clinical data management, biostatistics, statistical programming, functional service provision (FSP), or real-world evidence services is a differentiator • Established relationships within biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, or research organisations are a differentiator • Experience developing international commercial partnerships is a differentiator • Experience working within regulated healthcare, clinical research, or life sciences environments is a differentiator

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary plus commission • Fully remote work • Autonomy and flexibility • Opportunity to make a measurable impact on healthcare innovation • Collaboration with cross-country, multicultural teams • Participation in impactful projects • Global company environment • Professional exposure through conferences, industry forums, trade shows, and networking events