Strategic Business Development Manager (Private Healthcare)

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH; Winnersh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH is seeking a Strategic Business Development Manager to lead a portfolio of UK private healthcare accounts, shaping account strategy and driving growth. You will engage C-suite executives, translate insights into commercial actions and support launch execution in obesity and metabolic health markets.

The role is based at Winnersh Head Office with a minimum of two onsite days per week, requiring strong stakeholder influence in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience owning and growing strategic B2B accounts with measurable performance.
• Proven capability in account planning, forecasting and delivering commercial objectives.
• Strong business development experience with value propositions and negotiations.
• Excellent understanding of customer strategy, economics and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, performance and growth of priority private healthcare accounts.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans aligned to national priorities.
• Build senior stakeholder relationships and unlock mutual value.
• Identify and progress high-value opportunities with business cases and negotiations.
• Own forecasts and pipelines, prioritize investments and manage risk.
• Translate market insight into evidence-based commercial recommendations.

Skills

Strategic account management

Executive stakeholder management

Business development

Commercial acumen

Analytical decision making

Executive communication

Job description

Strategic Business Development Manager (Private Healthcare)

THE POSITION

We are looking for Strategic Buisness Developemnt Manager to lead a portfolio of strategically important UK private healthcare accounts, with accountability for account strategy, commercial performance and growth. In this role, you will build and develop senior-level relationships with C-suite executives and key stakeholders, identifying, shaping, and converting high-value business opportunities within the rapidly evolving obesity and metabolic health market. You will also play a key role in shaping Boehringer Ingelheim's emerging UK private healthcare strategy, translating customer insights and market intelligence into impactful commercial strategies and successful launch execution.

Location: Winnersh Head Office, with a minimum of 2 days per week spent working onsite.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the strategy, commercial performance and growth of assigned priority private healthcare accounts, delivering agreed sales, revenue and account objectives.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans that translate the ICP and national commercial priorities into customer-specific objectives, actions and measurable outcomes.
• Build and influence senior customer relationships, using deep understanding of customer strategy, business models, economics and decision-making to unlock sustainable mutual value.
• Identify, qualify and progress high-value commercial opportunities, developing customer-specific value propositions and business cases and leading negotiations within agreed parameters.
• Own account forecasts and opportunity pipelines, using performance data and customer intelligence to prioritize investment, anticipate risk and drive corrective action.
• Generate and translate customer and market intelligence into evidence-based recommendations that strengthen account execution and inform national commercial decision-making.

REQUIREMENTS

• Significant experience owning and growing strategic B2B accounts, with demonstrable accountability for commercial performance, revenue or growth.
• Proven strategic account management capability, including account planning. Executive stakeholder management, forecasting and delivery against measurable commercial objectives.
• Strong business development and commercial acumen, with experience identifying opportunities, developing value propositions and business cases, and progressing complex commercial negotiations.
• Exceptional customer and business insight, with the ability to understand complex business models, economics and decision structures and translate insight into commercially actionable recommendations.
• Strong strategic judgement and analytical capability, able to prioritize opportunities, assess risk and make evidence-based decisions in complex or ambiguous environments.
• Highly effective senior communicator and influencer, able to build credibility with executive customers and mobilize cross-functional stakeholders without formal authority in a regulated environment.