New England Business Development Director

Lever, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Daniels Health & Sharpsmart in Boston, MA is seeking a Business Development Director to drive growth in the New England market, owning an existing portfolio and expanding the hospital network.

You will build relationships with key stakeholders, identify upsell opportunities, negotiate contracts, and collaborate with the commercial team to deliver value.

This role requires strong sales leadership, strategic thinking, and a data-driven approach to grow revenue while maintaining client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in business development or sales.
• Proven ability to build strong client relationships.
• Experience designing and executing growth strategies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Healthcare or hospital services experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute growth strategies to generate revenue, cost savings, and profitability.
• Increase territory client base and expand the regional book of business to meet targets.
• Create a customer call strategy leveraging Salesforce as the CRM tool.
• Travel within the designated territory to meet prospects and customers.
• Manage and retain existing client relationships and transition new connections to the account manager.
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of our product and service offerings to communicate value across levels.
• Identify and map client needs to Daniels' strengths and offerings.
• Prepare business proposals highlighting competitive advantages and value propositions.
• Collaborate with the commercial team to review client contracts and negotiate terms.
• Conduct market research to identify opportunities and viable income streams.
• Analyze industry trends to assess potential business impact.
• Support portfolio management and upsell opportunities with the Account Manager; report on territory performance.

Skills

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Presentation skills

Self-motivation

Team leadership

Tools

Salesforce.com

Microsoft Office

Job description

As Daniels Health continues to expand, we're excited to welcome a Business Development Director to our team to oversee our New England market!

This role is key to driving new business within the acute care market (hospitals), with a focus on growing our client base and strategically expanding our book of business. The successful candidate will take ownership of an existing portfolio, build relationships with key stakeholders, identify upsell opportunities, and ensure customer satisfaction and performance targets are met.

At Daniels, we're proud to be a leader in healthcare waste management - offering innovative, sustainable solutions that improve safety, reduce costs, and support compliance. We work with some of the largest hospital networks in the U.S. and are known for our data-driven approach, strong customer partnerships, and purpose-led culture.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute growth strategies that align with defined key business metrics, in order to produce revenue growth, cost savings and profitability
• Focus on increasing the territory client base and expanding the regional book of business in order to achieve annual targets
• Formulate an effective customer call strategy to maximize opportunities within the territory, utilizing Salesforce as the primary Customer Relationship Management tool
• Travel within the designated territory as required to assess prospects and connect with customers
• Manage and retain relationships with existing clients and facilitate the transition of any new client connections across to the account manager to maintain day to day interactions
• Possess an in-depth knowledge of our full line of product and service offerings in order to present our value proposition to multiple levels throughout potential accounts
• Identify, map and match business strengths to the needs of clients.
• Prepare business proposals that focus on Daniels' competitive advantage and value propositions to present to prospective clients
• Collaborate with our commercial team in the drafting and reviewing of client contracts
• Engage in contract negotiation with account prospects and existing customers
• Conduct market research for business opportunities and viable income streams
• Analyze industry trends (locally and internationally) to monitor the potential business impact
• Assist in portfolio management of current customers and drive upsell opportunities
• Produce reports on the territory successes and areas requiring development in conjunction with the Account Manager, constantly review all sales activities, targets, and strategies in order to maximize results

Requirements

• 7+ years of industry experience
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with design and implementation of business development strategies
• Strong conflict resolution capabilities
• Proven ability to negotiate
• Hospital services or related service industry experience highly desirable
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possesses self-motivation and the ability to motivate a team
• Strong presentation skills with value based selling confidence
• Outstanding computer-based skills; Salesforce.com, Microsoft Office, etc.

$120,127 - $150,096 a year

Daniels Health & Sharpsmart is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. Daniels Health & Sharpsmart prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Daniels Health & Sharpsmart conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

Daniels Health conducts background checks and drug testing as part of the post-offer hiring process.