Life Sciences BD Director: New Accounts & Growth

Elysearch and Placement; North Carolina; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Job summary

Elysearch and Placement seeks a Director of Business Development to drive new relationships in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences markets. The role focuses on building long-term partnerships and turning opportunities into active engagements, with a strong emphasis on strategic prospecting and accountability.

You will walk into complex accounts, define territory plans, and leverage a broad network to expand our professional services offerings in life sciences.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable success in new-business development.
• Experience selling into pharma/biotech life sciences.
• Structured prospecting, account planning and pipeline development.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute a structured territory and account development plan.
• Identify high-potential pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences organisations.
• Generate a consistent pipeline of qualified Professional & Managed Services opportunities.

Skills

New-business development

Life sciences network

Consultative selling

Account planning

Pipeline development

Strategic partnerships

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or related field

MBA or equivalent business qualification

Tools

CRM (Salesforce/HubSpot)

Microsoft Excel/Power BI

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Job description

Elysearch and Placement seeks a Director of Business Development to drive new relationships in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences markets. The role focuses on building long-term partnerships and turning opportunities into active engagements, with a strong emphasis on strategic prospecting and accountability.

You will walk into complex accounts, define territory plans, and leverage a broad network to expand our professional services offerings in life sciences.