Member Success Manager (Business Development)

Biocom; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Biocom is seeking a Member Success Manager to grow revenue and maximize member ROI through proactive engagement and strategic relationships. You will own the member lifecycle, drive renewals, and identify upsell opportunities to expand Biocom’s benefits across the Greater Los Angeles region and beyond.

The role requires strong communication, data analysis, and cross‑functional collaboration to reduce churn and increase member lifetime value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing or life sciences.
• 5–7 years in business development or customer success roles.
• Experience selling to life science stakeholders in the region.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize member success by understanding needs and tailoring benefits.
• Develop trusted relationships with decision-makers.
• Represent Biocom at events and drive engagement.
• Oversee member lifecycle: onboarding, renewals, upsells.
• Collaborate with internal teams to craft customized success plans.
• Partner with members and suppliers to grow savings and revenue.
• Analyze member data to monitor usage and churn risks.
• Proactively engage to improve product utilization.
• Promote customer stories and case studies with marketing.

Skills

Communication skills

Product knowledge

Customer relationship

Problem solving

Data analysis

Organizational skills

Empathy & emotional intelligence

Technical proficiency

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing or life sciences

Master’s degree in business or life sciences (plus)

Tools

Salesforce

CRM systems

Analytics software

Job description

The Member Success Manager (MSM) role is responsible for maintaining and growing new and existing Member relationships and revenue by ensuring they achieve maximum value from Biocom’s portfolio of Member benefits. As the primary point of contact for the Member, the MSM plays a lead role in curating the membership journey and enhancing the Member experience through proactive engagement, deep relationship building, and identifying opportunities for expansion of benefits within Member accounts. The MSM is directly responsible for increasing Member ROI leading to reductions in churn, increased revenues and member lifetime value.

Responsible Territories: Greater Los Angeles region (Orange County through Ventura County), as well as members outside California, excluding Washington State.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Member Focus: Prioritizing Member success by understanding their needs, goals, and pain points to tailor Member Benefits solutions, drive utilization of benefits and proactively address potential issues.

Relationship Building: Developing strong, trusted relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders at Member companies to become a trusted advisor.

Networking: Represent Biocom at networking events and foster meaningful discussions to drive member engagement.

Account Management: Overseeing the entire Member lifecycle, including onboarding, ongoing benefits utilization, renewals, connecting the member with Biocom’s Pillars, and potential upselling opportunities.

Account Planning: Collaborating with internal teams to create customized Member success plans and activate internal teams to engage with Members in alignment with Member objectives.

Business Development: Partnering with Members and Core suppliers to continually identify and convert opportunities to drive increases in Member savings and Biocom revenues over time.

Data Analysis: Utilizing Member data to monitor usage patterns, identify potential churn risks, measure success metrics and prioritize engagement efforts.

Proactive Engagement: Regularly reaching out to customers to assess their satisfaction, identify areas for improvement, and guide them towards optimal product utilization.

Member Advocacy: Cultivate member loyalty by actively promoting, in close coordination with marketing, customer success stories, testimonials, and case studies to enhance brand reputation and drive new business opportunities for Members.

Key Skills

Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication to clearly convey information to customers and internal stakeholders, including active listening and negotiation skills.

Product Expertise: In-depth understanding of the company's product or service features, benefits, and limitations to provide valuable insights and recommendations to customers.

Customer Relationship Building: Ability to build trust and rapport with clients, proactively identify their needs, and address concerns effectively.

Problem-Solving: Proactive approach to identifying customer issues, analyzing root causes, and developing creative solutions to ensure customer satisfaction.

Data Analysis: Capability to analyze customer data and usage trends to identify potential issues, opportunities for improvement, and inform strategic decisions.

Organizational Skills: Efficient time management to manage multiple accounts simultaneously, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.

Empathy and Emotional Intelligence: Understanding customer perspectives, demonstrating empathy, and adapting communication style to different situations

Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with CRM tools, customer success platforms, and relevant analytics software.

Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams across sales, marketing, and product development to deliver a seamless customer experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing or a similar is required. Life Sciences background is preferred. Master’s degree in business or Life Sciences a plus.
• Five (5)- Seven (7) years of professional experience in business development or customer success roles, preferably in a Life Science related industry.
• Demonstrated track record of successfully managing customer relationships and driving customer development, cross-selling opportunities and retention
• Experience in or selling into the various stakeholders in the Life Science market, preferably in their region.
• Knowledge of the market and companies within the regional Life Science Industry.
• Possess a sense of urgency and exceptional commitment to a high level of sales achievement and customer service to provide best-in-class experiences to members.
• High proficiency in data analysis to monitor usage patterns, identify potential churn risks, measure success metrics and prioritize engagement efforts
• Excellent verbal, written,communication and influencing skills at all levels.
• Strong organizational, detail oriented, time-management, and problem-solving skills and ability to meet and manage tight deadlines and competing obligations.
• Ability to speak effectively in public meetings.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism and credibility.
• Must be able to work in a flexible, dynamicenvironment and be a team player.
• High proficiency in MS OfficeWord, Excel, Outlook,PowerPoint, Salesforce (and any otherCRM system.

The expected annual total target cash compensation including base salary and incentives for this position is $130,000 - $150,000. The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education etc. Biocom is a multi-state and multi-regional employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states and regions.

Biocom is the largest life science membership association, representing companies across California and major life science markets worldwide. Biocom works on behalf of its members to build meaningful connections and deliver valuable insights through Conferences & Events, expand access to Funding & Partnering opportunities, provide Group Purchasing solutions that drive efficiency and savings, champion Policy & Advocacy that protects and advances innovation, and strengthen talent pipelines through Workforce Development.

We know that a diverse workforce strengthens us as an organization and helps achieve our mission of accelerating life science success. As an organization, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Biocom will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.