Senior Remote BD Lead for Pharma & Life Sciences

palebluedotrecruitment

Ireland

Remote

USD 103,000 - 159,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Travel opportunities

Autonomy

Growth potential

Job summary

palebluedotrecruitment is seeking a Senior Business Development Manager for Pharma & Life Sciences Engineering Projects. This rare remote role offers ~15% travel and targets Ireland and Europe, selling technical project solutions into regulated industries.

You will identify and win long-cycle project opportunities, build relationships with senior stakeholders, and develop strategic partnerships with EPCMs to open doors on pharma projects. This role promises autonomy and significant impact.

Qualifications

Significant business development / technical sales experience, typically 8+ years in engineering, technical, project, construction, manufacturing, life sciences or regulated-industry services.
Strong ability to sell on long sales cycles with relationship-led approach.

Responsibilities

Identify, develop and win new project opportunities across Ireland and European markets — with a particular focus on brownfield works, site upgrades, modifications, piping design and process engineering support.
Build trusted relationships with decision-makers across Engineering, Projects, Operations, Procurement, Maintenance, Facilities and senior management.
Develop strategic partnerships with EPCM organisations, engineering consultancies and project delivery partners to open doors on pharma and life sciences projects.
Own commercial engagement end to end — from opportunity and qualification through proposal, negotiation and handover — working with internal technical teams to shape viable solutions.
Translate technical customer requirements into commercially and technically sound proposals, quotations and presentations.
Grow long-term accounts into repeat business, preferred-supplier status and ongoing project engagement.
Track market activity, customer investment plans and competitor movement to spot emerging opportunities early, and feed that intelligence back into growth strategy.
Maintain an accurate pipeline and forecast, and represent the business at client meetings, industry events and trade shows.
Work closely with engineering, design, project management and leadership teams to ensure smooth handover from win to delivery.