Business Development Associate - French Speaker

ICON; Dublin; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company in Dublin is seeking a Business Development Associate to leverage clinical expertise into a sales role. This position involves increasing market awareness, handling client relations, and ensuring successful RFP management, requiring proficiency in French and strong communication skills. Join a company committed to innovation and inclusive culture.

Benefits

Various annual leave entitlements

Health insurance offerings

Retirement planning options

Global Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible optional benefits

Qualifications

• Must possess 1-2 years of experience in a related field, ideally within a CRO.
• Experience in pre-sales or inside sales appreciated.

Responsibilities

• Increase market awareness and sales by securing new RFPs.
• Support the business development team with client meetings.
• Manage CRM and client follow-ups.

Skills

Proficiency in French (business level)

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Experience in sales or client communication

Familiarity with customer relationship databases

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Business Development Associate

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

Are you currently working in clinical research and considering a career shift into sales? We’re looking for a Business Development Associate to join our growing team! This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage your clinical expertise into a commercial role, helping clients navigate the complexities of clinical trials

Primary Responsibilities

• Increase market awareness, sales and profitability by increasing the number of new Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
• Work closely with Account Executives and engagement partners to create a plan to enhance new account penetration, meetings, and RFPs
• Call new and existing accounts and schedule meetings for the business development team
• Regularly follow-up with prospective clients to build meaningful relationships
• Maintain and manage CRM with all activity
• Generate reports to highlight RFPs, meetings, and new account penetration
• Research accounts and identify new opportunities for ICON
• Provide updates to the business development team on activity and conversations with clients
• Generate client interest for potential webinars, industry meetings and conferences
• Review metrics on a regular basis to assess productivity
• Attend internal meetings to discuss new opportunities and the sales pipeline
• Support the preparation for client meetings
• Develop a sales methodology and strategy for increasing new account penetration
• Learn messaging around ICON’s differentiators
• Lead calls and participate in client meetings
• Execute against a specific account plan; routinely achieving quarterly objectives

To be Successful in the Role, you will have:

• Proficiency in French (business level)
• Undergraduate degree or its international equivalent from an accredited institution or equivalent experience
• Pre / inside sales experience or related experience that requires communicating with potential clients
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Familiarity with maintaining and managing a customer relationship database
• Preferably 1-2 years of CRO experience

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What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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