Director, Business Development - Biospecimen Services

Position Summary:

The Director, Business Development (Biospecimen Solutions) is responsible for identifying, engaging, developing, and closing significant business opportunities for Precision Biospecimen Solutions in the assigned area of responsibility and/or region.

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:

• Identifies opportunities for Biospecimen products and services, with an emphasis on biofluids, prospective collections, tissues, cells and other specialty- and central-lab service offerings
• Builds and maintains relationship and organization map for assigned and identified new Key Clients
• Retain and grow existing account base through the identification of new opportunities and exploring potential cross selling across the Precision Translational Sciences portfolio
• Follow up on all marketing leads and website inquiries to qualify leads
• Prospects for new clients, as appropriate, within the given geographic market to ensure a robust pipeline of opportunities
• Identify potential clients and decision makers within the client organization, perform needs analysis, identify opportunity, and follow up with potential customers
• Ensure that any client complaints are forwarded to the appropriate individual(s) and ultimately resolved in a prompt and professional manner
• Closes new business and expands existing business relationships
• Connects SME’s and other BD’s where added value to client is available
• Establishes a strong working relationship with marketing, clinical operations, lab operations, project management, and other internal stakeholders
• Qualifies & enriches in-bound leads
• Closes business and organically develops future – recurring business
• Attend conferences, trade shows and meetings as required
• Maintain clean customer relationship management metrics in Salesforce.com and other CRM systems
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications:

Minimum Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences or related field
• 1-2 years of sales experience in Life Science or Healthcare industry OR
• 3+years of Laboratory Research, Service, Clinical Operations, or customer support in Life Science industry

Other Required:

• Team player willing to collaborate and share knowledge
• Ability to work independently, manage time and create plans to achieve personal goal
• Ability to think creatively and strategically and act tactically in a dynamic environment
• Track record of successive increasing levels of responsibility
• Proven command of basic Life Science terminology and application.
• Must be self-directed and self-motivated to work at a highly technical level
• Willing to travel within territory up to 35%
• Must possess a valid driver’s license allowing you to drive in the state(s) you drive in  
• Able to travel both domestically and internationally including overnight stays
• Must be able to read, write, speak fluently and comprehend the English language

Preferred:

• Academic concentration in life sciences or related field
• 5 years of related Life Sciences experience

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