Business Development Executive, Discovery & Safety Assessment (Massachusetts territory)

Charles River Laboratories, Research Models and Services, Germany GmbH; Wilmington (MA); Remote; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Development Executive to drive sales in Massachusetts. This role focuses on capturing new business and expanding existing client relationships within the Discovery & Safety Assessment division. You will work remotely, leveraging your expertise to identify opportunities, manage customer interactions, and collaborate with teams for proposal development. Join a passionate team dedicated to improving health outcomes globally by supporting drug discovery and development. If you're a dynamic professional with a strong sales background in life sciences, this is your chance to make a significant impact.

Benefits

401K

Paid Time Off

Health and Wellness Coverage

Employee and Family Wellbeing Support

Work-Life Balance Flexibility

Qualifications

• Minimum five years’ experience in commercial roles within life science industry.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills required.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new business opportunities for DSA.
• Manage customer inquiries and qualify prospective opportunities.
• Prepare and implement a comprehensive territory management plan.

Skills

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Presentation Skills

CRM Proficiency (SFDC)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences

Equivalent in Sales or Related Discipline

Tools

Standard Office Applications

Job description

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

The Business Development Executive is responsible for achieving quarterly and annual sales bookings targets in assigned region for DSA (Discovery & Safety Assessment) divisional unit with primary focus on new business capture and growing share within subset of existing client base.

Sales territory is Massachusetts. Must live within the state or be commutable to MA territory.

Position will work remotely from home office.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify and develop opportunities primarily new business to DSA followed by rapidly progressing them to close awards for earliest possible revenue impacts.
• Focus on share gain within existing client base in assigned territory by effectively communicating the differentiated value of the DSA portfolio.
• Rapidly establish new customer contacts and influence them for share gain potential.
• Collaborate with Client Services & Managers for rapid turnaround times on proposals/agreements, participate in the negotiation process as appropriate and follow through on sales execution.
• Manage all initial inquires and qualify prospective opportunities.
• Effectively utilize CRM (SFDC) to capture customer information to included but not limited to accurate pipelines and effective opportunity management and activity documentation.
• Work closely with the relevant subject-matter-expert to ensure that the customer has a cohesive and responsive experience throughout the buying journey.
• Proficient in knowledge of competitor profiles and is able to develop positioning to influence potential new customers.
• Take a lead Business Development role in relevant conference events and trade shows.
• Effectively communicated customer challenges/concerns with all appropriate departments for quality resolution.
• Prepare and implement a comprehensive territory management plan to indicate target opportunities, potential new accounts, expansion of existing accounts and an analysis of competitor share within existing accounts.
• Complete all sales, commercial and portfolio trainings as required to be fluent in DSA portfolio and ready to present to range of customer personas.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.
  

Job Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A. /B.S.) or equivalent in life sciences, sales or related discipline.
• Experience: Minimum five years’ experience, preferably in commercial role(s) within life science industry.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Certification/Licensure: Valid driver’s license required.
• Other: Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. Proficient in the use of standard office computer applications (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, e-mail).

Compensation Data

The pay range for this position is $95,000 - $110,000K USD annually. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin,veteran or disabilitystatus.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [e-mail]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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