Junior Business Developer Life Sciences

Comate; Vlaams-Brabant; Hybrid; EUR 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Comate in Leuven, Belgium, is seeking a smart and passionate Junior Business Developer to join our team. You’ll help grow our life sciences portfolio by engaging clients, explaining the value of our high‑tech devices, and supporting market expansion.

You hold a master’s degree in engineering, are fluent in Dutch and English, and bring an energetic, proactive mindset. An initial background in sales or engineering is a plus, but enthusiasm and drive matter most.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering.
• Fluent in Dutch and English (oral and written).
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Energy, focus and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Tell prospective clients about our passionate team of engineers and designers and how we develop unique life-science devices.
• Collaborate with marketing to build a compelling story that resonates with clients.
• Provide strategic insights to clients and internal teams and launch market initiatives.
• Network actively, set up calls, negotiate contracts and help customers solve problems.

Skills

Dutch fluency

English fluency

Communication

Negotiation

Initiative

Close deals

Education

Master's degree in engineering

Job description

Do you want to help build tomorrow’s world? Welcome to Comate, where we develop innovative high-tech hardware from scratch for pioneering companies with a focus on active implants, medical devices, products and devices, life science & industrial industries: from neurostimulators for epilepsy, to PET scanners, DNA sequencers for the microbiome or autonomous warehouse robots. Our robots, medical devices other high-tech products have already won dozens of international awards.

Comate is looking for a smart and passionate Junior Business Developer to join our team. As we become a partner of our clients within the field of life sciences, you’ll have to inspire, guide and tackle problems for our clients or prospects. Do you only strive for excellence and do you want to grow your career in step with our company? Then perhaps you’re the M/F/X we’re looking for.

Together with our life science team you’ll grow our business in existing and new markets. You have the energy to work towards open-up new possibilities, meet a lot of people and get them excited about Comate and the opportunity to build something truly incredible with us. The role of junior business developer offers a high degree of autonomy and requires an entrepreneurial spirit to make it happen.

You will:

Tell our prospective clients about our passionate team of engineers and designers. Show them that we develop unique devices within life science that are more innovative and more advanced than anything that is currently available.

Work closely with the marketing team to build a story that sticks.

Provide a perspective to both client and internal teams, delivering critical business insights and launching initiatives that impact the market.

Network actively, set up calls, handle contract negotiations and help the customers to solve their problem.

You have a master’s degree within engineering.

A first experience in sales and/or engineering is a plus, however experience is not required.

You have excellent communication & negotiation skills

A positive attitude & plenty of initiative

You're fluent in Dutch and English (oral and written)

Energy, focus and the will to achieve

The highest professional standards

You’re an assertive closer, you seal the deal

Why should you apply?

You will be joining a team of enthusiastic and passionate colleagues.

You will be working on the design and development of truly unique products and solutions.

Comate offers lots of on the job training, allowing you to grow.

Comate is a fast-growing company, so you can grow with us and grow in your area of expertise or interest.

You will be able to work in a cool office right in the heart of the vibrant city of Leuven

And yes, Comate is an award-winning company! We want to excell in what we do, it’s no walk in the park but our hard work pays off.