Business Development Manager

Responsibilities

This position is part of the Global Sales Organization located in the in the Central Massachusetts / Boston area, and will be fully remote. You will be a part of the North American Sales Team and report to the Regional Sales Director responsible for driving orders growth and developing and maintaining strong client relationships in the Central MA territory.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Build strong relationships with existing clients to deepen the trust, breath of business, and long term growth between the two organizations.
• Identify, prospect and close new business opportunities in biotech, pharma, academic and government organizations in the assigned territory.
• Establish and nurture business opportunities with new clients in the territory by supporting the client’s ongoing and future programs.
• Coordinate and align with Aldevron’s inside sales and technical support teams to continue refining the sales and business development process to best support Aldevron’s clients.
• Routinely provide accurate and up to date forecasts, delivering visibility to new revenue opportunities, projecting revenue recognition for the quarter and year along with daily input/track information and manage opportunity and sales pipeline data in CRM system.

Requirements

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Minimum of a B.S. in a scientific field.
• Minimum of 5 years in a client-facing sales role in the life sciences industry, with preferred experience in the biopharma industry selling into the cell and gene therapy client segments, with proven track record of being a top performer.
• Broad technical understanding in the field of molecular and cell biology, with the ability to describe the workflows related to biotherapeutics, including nucleic acids, gene editing, DNA plasmids, mRNA therapeutics, viral vector technologies, CAR-T, etc.
• At least 1 year of sales experience for Contract Development and/or Contract manufacturing Organizations supporting Cell and Gene Therapies, or equivalent experience.
• At least 1 year of sales experience into the clinical drug development process, including knowledge of call points, sales cycle and KOL for Biotech and Pharma in the Cell and Gene Therapy space, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Experience

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• MSc, PhD or MBA
• Supporting early or late-stage clinical programs and/or GMP manufacturing

Benefits

Aldevron, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Aldevron we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Aldevron can provide.