Senior Commercial Manager

Ramarketing; North East; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing agency is looking for a Senior Commercial Manager. This position focuses on business development and client management within the life sciences sector. Responsibilities include developing marketing strategies for clients, writing proposals, and building industry relationships. The role offers a salary between £60,000 and £70,000 per year and supports hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Uncapped commission structure

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in an agency environment or life sciences industry.
• Proven ability in managing client relationships and developing business.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and advise B2B pharmaceutical clients on marketing strategy.
• Write new business proposals and respond to RFPs.
• Attend industry networking events to establish relationships.

Skills

Marketing strategy

Business development

Client relationship management

Consultative approach

Tools

CRM systems

Market research tools

Job description

Who we are...

Operating globally with 60+ clients and team members across Europe, the US and Asia, ramarketing is a full-service content, digital marketing and design agency that specialises in the life sciences sector, within drug development and manufacturing. Growing rapidly year on year, we pride ourselves on our world class work, inclusive culture and industry specialism.

Job Purpose

The purpose of this position is quite simply to bring marketing and business development skills to both our clients and our team. We operate in a very commercial environment and our customers are driven by growth and results.

This role is to help build the ramarketing business. To operate in the commercial team and bring new customers into the organisation. We don’t like the word ‘selling’ though. We consult, guide and generally apply a helpful approach to every single person we speak to. We use our industry knowledge and marketing acumen to demonstrate that we are the right fit.

Ultimately, we are looking for someone who has worked in an agency environment or within the life sciences industry. Someone who understands marketing and has a passion for people. Someone who is driven by results, progression and team success.

Within the role, you’ll be:

• Managing and advising our B2B pharmaceutical contract service clients on marketing strategy (segmentation, positioning, personas, targeting etc.) and cross-platform marketing including: communications campaigns, research and insight, competitor analysis, trade events and lead generation. Effectively, you’ll be speaking to new clients, understanding their challenge and advising them on what they need to do in marketing to grow their business.

• Writing new business proposals, responding to RFP’s, gaining scope approvals and keeping the business aware of pipeline progressions.

• Attending industry networking events and contacting prospects to establish new customer relationships.

• Driving innovation in our product offering, how we talk about our services, our business development process and ultimately how we sell.

Your role...

In this role, your duties will include but aren’t limited to…

Business Development

• Manage and frequently communicate with new prospects, acting professionally on behalf of ramarketing.

• Plan, develop and create new business proposals for new customers.

• Attend industry events and networking initiatives to build relationships in the industry. International travel is a requirement.

• Plan, develop and implement business development activities for ramarketing, including actively seeking new business opportunities and generating meetings for trade events.

• Work with internal teams to support existing customer proposals.

• Work with internal teams to onboard client work and projects.

Marketing

• Work with the internal marketing teams to deliver sales targets, through marketing initiatives.

• Bring fresh thinking, advanced techniques and creativity.

• Collaborate with PR, content and design teams to develop our service offering.

• Support with the review and delivery of monthly reports showing progress and results.

Project/business support

• Liaise with existing customers in a consultative manner.

• Liaise with colleagues, clients and suppliers to drive campaigns/projects forward.

• Help drive internal systems and processes to make ramarketing more efficient, profitable and sustainable.

• Support the career development of junior team members.

Knowledge & learning

• Stay abreast of marketing trends and developments to continually provide a world-class service and the best solutions for our clients’ and our business.

• Constantly build your industry knowledge of the pharmaceutical and life science sector.

• Present interesting findings/developments to clients and internally on a regular basis.

• Contribute innovative ideas using your experience in the industry and look for ways to increase value on client/internal projects.

• Work independently and as part of team.

Why ramarketing?

At ramarketing, we genuinely care about our people. We want everyone to love what they do and feel comfortable bringing their authentic self to work. We’re 100% committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and work hard to recruit, nurture and work with people who can contribute to our culture, expand our diversity of thought, and make ramarketing a great place to work.

At Ramarketing, we prioritise our people and are committed to fostering an inclusive, supportive, and high-performing culture. We believe in creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, grow, and bring their authentic selves to work. Our core values—‘Have a go,’ ‘Be genuine,’ ‘Really care,’ and ‘Be canny’—guide everything we do, from how we collaborate to the world-class results we deliver for our clients.

Flexibility

Where and when you want to work is completely up to you; we give you the tools you need to balance your work and personal life as you see fit.

Progressive nature

We want to improve constantly - to always be better than yesterday. As part of this, it's important that we are always looking for ways to advance every team member's career.

Commission

As a Commercial Manager you will be entitled to a competitive commission structure that is uncapped.

Learning opportunities

Constant learning is ingrained into the business, but it's also a journey led by you. Every single person in our business gets the chance to develop in the areas most important to them.

The details…

Job title: Senior Commercial Manager

Location: Home-based/Hybrid/Remote

Position: Full-time

Salary: £60,000 to £70,000 per annum