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Senior Business Development Specialist

Lonza

Walkersville (MD)

On-site

USD 92,000 - 148,000

Full time

15 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business Development Specialist to drive revenue growth through proactive sales strategies. This role involves managing a portfolio of accounts, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering tailored solutions to clients. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in sales within the life sciences sector, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build lasting relationships. Join a company that values creativity and problem-solving, and make a meaningful impact on the lives of millions through innovative solutions.

Benefits

Medical and Dental Coverage
401k Plan
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Performance-related Bonus
Employee Assistance Program
Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Sales/Business Development, preferably in life sciences.
  • Strong skills in building customer relationships and delivering tailored solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Drive revenue growth by selling solutions to existing accounts.
  • Accurately forecast and manage the sales funnel from opportunity generation to closure.

Skills

Sales/Business Development
Customer Relationship Management
Communication Skills
Market Trend Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biology or Life Science
Master's degree or PhD

Tools

CRM Software
MS Office Suite
Planning/Project Management Platforms

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United States, Walkersville (Maryland)

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Senior Business Development Specialist is responsible for driving revenue growth by proactively selling solutions to an assigned portfolio of existing accounts within a defined territory. This role handles the entire sales cycle, leveraging cross-functional support teams as needed — including PSS, SST, SMEs, and Product Managers. The Senior Specialist also collaborates closely with other Lonza Business Units to deliver coordinated solutions and ensure a flawless customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

  • Accurately forecasts and delivers on quarterly and annual sales targets
  • Builds and manages the sales funnel from new opportunity generation through close of business
  • Demonstrates sophisticated understanding and appropriately communicates the Bioscience portfolio and Lonza’s value proposition to customers
  • Demonstrates sophisticated product knowledge capabilities, applications, regulatory knowledge, and product justification and is recognized as an expert in the field.
  • Advanced understanding of assigned accounts, pipeline, and partnerships. Acts as a liaison between account sites, departments, and key decision makers, is capable of leveraging relationships to build long-term and balanced business.
  • Advanced understanding of account management and building high level relationships within established accounts.
  • Sophisticated ability to prospect for new business to increase the depth and breadth of Lonza’s penetration into existing accounts.
  • Gathers and communicates information on market trends and applications as well as on competitive activities to Senior Management, Product Management, and R&D
  • Possesses strong interpersonal skills and demonstrates comfort with public speaking in front variable audiences, including C-Suite executives at existing accounts.
  • Prioritizes, plans, and schedules time to provide optimum and effective account and territory coverage.
  • Record activities and client information in the CRM database on a daily and timely basis.
  • Occasionally consulted in developing strategies for the sales and marketing organizations that broadly impact the work and direction of others
  • Ability to travel up to 50%, records activities and client information in CRM, and contributes to process improvements within the company.

Key Requirements

  • A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in biology or a related Life Science field is required, with at least 5 years of proven experience; a master’s degree or PhD is preferred.
  • Extensive experience in Sales/Business Development, laboratory, technical, or manufacturing roles, particularly with Endotoxin.
  • Strong skills in building customer relationships, identifying needs, delivering tailored solutions, securing commitments and communicating effectively.
  • Proficiency in using CRM software, MS Office Suite, and planning/project management platforms to handle client interactions and projects.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage and influence collaborators at all levels.

We recognize that attracting, developing and retaining the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure that we are able to attract the best candidates. As required by law in this state, the quoted salary range for this remote position is $92,000.00 – $148,000.00. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities; while also allowing for differentiation on performance based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at the company between the lower and the middle part of the applicable range. We tailor our offers within the range based on job-related factors, including organizational needs, internal equity, market data, geographic area and the selected candidate’s experience, education, industry knowledge, location, technical and/or communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the selection process. This range is only inclusive of base salary, and base pay is just one component of Lonza’s total compensation package for employees. Full-time employees are eligible to receive a performance-related bonus, as well as a comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental coverage, 401k plan, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off (PTO), and more.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reference: R67446

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  • Industries
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