Senior Business Development Director, Early Development

Senior Business Development Director, Early Development

Labcorp, a leading global contract research organization is recognized as one of Forbes 2022 World’s Best Employers and named to Fast Company magazine’s list of 2021 Most Innovative Companies. We have worked on all of the top 50 best-selling drugs available today through our full spectrum of nonclinical, clinical and commercialization services with our clients from leading pharma and agile biotech. Our unique perspectives, built from decades of scientific expertise and precision delivery of the largest volume of drug development data in the world, along with our innovative technology solutions, help our clients identify new approaches and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges as they evolve. Together with our clients, Labcorp transforms today’s healthcare challenges into tomorrow’s solutions.

Our Opportunity

Come join Labcorp’s industry leading Early Development commercial team! We are hiring a Business Development Director to sell Early Development Nonclinical Services within Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg (BeNeLux). Within your assigned territory you will be responsible for the development of new relationships with potential clients, nurturing these relationships and understand their requirements in relation to all Early Development solutions. You will also be responsible for carrying out all activities required to ensure a pipeline of orders and client base in line with agreed overall business and personal targets. As the successful candidate, you will be tasked with generating a broad opportunity pipeline by initiating conversations and nurturing relationships with clients. You will also work closely with our Global Central Laboratory BDDs to drive strategic opportunities into further phases of research and in doing so grow our market share.

We are seeking a motivated, self-starter who is both competitive and collaborative. As well, the successful candidate will have highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.

This position is home based, and we offer a flexible approach to enable a good work/life balance.

In addition, the ideal candidate should be able to offer:

Essential Responsibilities

Responsible for selling highly scientific service capabilities to small, mid and large pharma/biotech accounts
Engages external and internal stakeholders on a range of scientific services in the area of toxicology
Have a good understanding of pharmaceutical/biotechnology industries and the drug development process, coupled with an in depth knowledge of the outsourcing market for Early Development services
Achieves annual sales plan and sales targets for assigned accounts through proactive sales activity and networking with assigned potential and existing accounts
Establishes nurtures and grows client relationships at the appropriate levels
Develops account plans and strategies to gain business in assigned accounts in collaboration and partnership with other Labcorp team members
Provides sales activity reports to management
Develops client call cycle to achieve objectives and sales plan; Follows up on leads
Provides comprehensive intelligence on key competitors
Sells the business unit’s capabilities and differentiation frameworks
Recognizes and communicates sales opportunities for other business units
Sets and manages customer expectations
Collaborates with companywide resources to achieve superior customer satisfaction
Organizes and hosts client visits
Evaluates quotations for territory and provides inputs to ensure client and company requirements are met
Uses SFDC to manage internal communication and document territory and client information as required for the business unit
Responsible for Opportunity Management and accurate pipeline forecasting.
Collaborates effectively with sales executives from other Labcorp units to bring potential opportunities to their attention and to identify and win multi-unit projects
Assists in determining margins and pricing with Client Services
Participates in proposal scope development as appropriate
Maintains frequent personal contact with clients
Participates in corporate teams to build relationships with key accounts
Leads client presentations
Supports an established client base where appropriate
Identifies specific client needs that can be developed into new opportunities both within the business and for other Labcorp business units
Acts as a coach and mentor to BDD’s within sphere of influence
Proactively shares best practices with broader sales teams and assists in Zone meeting training
Analyzes industry sources to identify business opportunities and leverage Labcorp relationships for prospective clients
Coaches staff on interpretation of a RFP/quote/protocol
Develops and establishes long-term account plans
Leads and negotiates business unit based MSA’s and preferred provider agreements
Experience developing and executing strategic business plans
Negotiation skills: direct face to face negotiating experience with major clients
Highly consultative
Strong customer orientation
Demonstrated ability to acquire, grow and retain clients
Knowledge of the drug development process
Strong financial acumen: delivering business results in a commercial environment; budgeting; financial planning and reporting

Education/Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in the life science or business field (required)
Understanding of Nonclinical drug development
Advanced industry knowledge
Demonstrated client retention skills
Ability to manage difficult client and/or financial situations
Ability to differentiate Labcorp from competitors
Strong working relationship with internal Labcorp management and site leadership
Demonstrated ability to acquire and grow client base

Experience

Sales (or relevant) experience selling services directly to the pharmaceutical and biotech section with direct interaction with mid-level and executive level decision makers
Strong preference for individual with Early Development Nonclinical solutions selling experience

Labcorp Is Proud To Be An Equal Opportunity Employer

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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Seniority level

Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type

Employment type Full-time
Job function

Job function Business Development and Sales
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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