VP, Business Development Leader

Astrix; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrix is seeking a VP of Business Development to lead the Client Executive Business Development and Expert services teams in driving growth across life sciences, pharma, oil & gas, and chemical sectors. The role targets a 30+M revenue portfolio in North America and requires seasoned leadership in complex consulting sales.

The ideal candidate will build strategic client plans, forecast pipelines, and collaborate with solution teams to differentiate Astrix with client-specific value propositions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 20+ years in sales leadership and consulting services.
• Experience in life sciences consulting preferred.
• Proven history of client prospecting and selling activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Client Executive Business Development team and Expert services team to drive growth.
• Manage pipeline and ensure SFDC accuracy with the team.
• Drive outbounds and prospecting to generate new Clients and revenue.
• Forecast sales and align activities with Astrix goals.
• Coordinate with internal teams to communicate Astrix value proposition.

Skills

Sales leadership

Pipeline management

Strategic selling

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

15+ years selling consulting solutions

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

The VP, Business Development, is responsible for leading the Client Executive Business Development team and Expert services team to drive the growth of Astrix Consulting Services. This is a sales management and execution focused role helping the team members each build a successful 5M yearly revenue portfolio. Target industries include organizations across a wide variety of industry verticals including Pharma, Life Sciences, Oil & Gas and Chemical, Food and Beverage. This role will be accountable for all NA driven Emerging and Opportunistic Clients which will like account for 30+M in revenue.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

Primary Responsibilities

• Sales execution leadership partnering with VP client solutions.
• Pipeline management including driving SFDC accuracy
• Support team prospecting new Clients.
• Drive team business development metrics
• Demonstrate successful team business development outreach through outbound call and email activity.
• Help team effectively partner with Client Solutions team to communicate Astrix Technology Group’s value proposition to new and existing customers.
• Help team define ways to increase sales to existing Clients.
• Accurately forecast sales pipeline on a quarterly basis.
• Demonstrate effective use of Company sales tools.
• Collaborate with Inside sales team to transition marketing qualified leads to sales team timely and effectively.

Additional Responsibilities

• Initiate contact with potential and current customers to generate and qualify leads.
• Support team as they meet with new and existing clients on a regular basis to convey Astrix value proposition.
• Prepare business plans, including an opportunity map, for Clients with potential to scale.
• Understand the general strengths and vulnerabilities of major competitors and develop sales strategies to respond effectively.
• Ensure that the Client plans and sales activities align with Astrix business goals.
• Help team manage escalations to ensure conflicts with customers are satisfactorily resolved.
• Ensure that management understands Client business requirements and stays informed of significant developments within the team’s Client(s).
• Involve Astrix management at critical times during pivotal opportunities.
• Maintain and update the team with a list of prospects within Salesforce.
• Help team qualify and maintain potential opportunities early in the sales cycle and manage the pipeline effectively to meet revenue expectations.
• Provide realistic sales forecasts for management and communicate any significant changes or developments.
• Participate in meetings to share best practice, review performance against targets, and conduct informal training.
• Collaborate with other groups within Astrix as needed to implement strategies to address business opportunities and overcome obstacles.
• Define client situations, frame opportunities, and drive the development of proposals and SOWs helping to differentiate Astrix with client specific considerations.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties of this job classification.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position is supervisory focused.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years sales leadership experience
• Ideally 2 years life sciences experience in consulting services environment.
• 15+ years selling consulting solutions in complex, multi-location client environments for a large consulting organization such as Deloitte, PwC, Accenture, etc.
• Must have a successful history of performing client prospecting and selling activities.
• Deep expertise in R&D, Manufacturing and Clinical spaces on Life Sciences
• Experience in a collaborative team-selling environment with the ability to actively partner with internal resources to prioritize and penetrate key clients and quickly build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Experience serving as Client advocate to resolve any client issues.
• Proven experience in developing and executing a successful client portfolio strategy.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to take initiative, highly organized.
• Proven recent history of success in new significant client development, selling to senior IT and line of business executives, managers, and influencers.
• Enterprise level or strategic SOW/Project-based IT or business solutions
• Excellent understanding of technology client buying personas.
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills with the ability to develop and conduct effective presentations.