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Leads consultative business development and sales activities with existing and prospective clinical sponsors. Builds executive relationships, identifies cross-sell opportunities, analyzes competition and customer needs, develops account sales plans, coordinates proposals and presentations, drives contract completion, monitors satisfaction, and serves as liaison between customers and internal technical and operational teams. Requires strong pharmaceutical and CRO industry knowledge, executive-level influence, analytical ability, and 40% travel.

Leads business development and sales growth for emerging biopharma services across the West and Midwest. Manages sales staff, customer account plans, pipeline development, proposal activities, strategic market research, senior client relationships, and team training. Partners with senior and functional leadership to identify opportunities and support proposal defenses. Requires extensive CRO or pharmaceutical industry and sales management experience, strong commercialization knowledge, communication and negotiation skills, and 40% travel.

Develops and retains clinical sponsor business through consultative sales, prospecting, account relationship management, cross-selling, competitive analysis, proposal coordination, sales presentations, contract follow-up, and customer satisfaction monitoring. Creates account-specific sales plans, collaborates with operational and technical teams, tracks activity in CRM, and reports results to sales leadership. The role requires strong industry awareness, analytical, organizational, communication, influencing, and project management skills, plus 30–40% travel.

The Business Development Director secures and retains business through proactive sales, cultivates relationships, analyzes opportunities, coordinates sales teams, and monitors customer satisfaction.