Labcorp Drug Development, a global contract research organization, has worked on all of the top 50 best-selling drugs available today through its full spectrum of nonclinical, clinical and commercialization services with our clients from leading pharma and agile biotech. Our unique perspectives, built from decades of scientific expertise and precision delivery of the largest volume of drug development data in the world, along with our innovative technology solutions, help our clients identify new approaches and anticipate tomorrow's challenges as they evolve. Together with our clients, Labcorp Drug Development transforms today's healthcare challenges into tomorrow's solutions.

We are a leading global life sciences company that is deeply integrated in guiding patient care, providing comprehensive clinical laboratory and end-to-end drug development services. With a mission to improve health and improve lives, LabCorp delivers world-class diagnostic solutions, brings innovative medicines to patients faster and uses technology to improve the delivery of care.

Essential Responsibilties

Labcorp is currently seeking a remote Business Development Director (BDD) in Europe (UK would be preferred) to join our global Medical Device & Diagnostic Team. This represents and incredibly exciting opportunity for the right person to join an enterprise-wide team.

BDDs in MDD team covering the full spectrum of MDD development across all LabCorp Business Units including preclinical, clinical, LabCorp diagnostic labs, Central Labs, consulting and post-market activities.

If you are passionate about consultive selling, love to tap into new opportunities of growing business, see the big picture and think strategically, this role will be ideal for you.
Education/Qualifications:
This position is home-based and applicants can be placed in UK or Northern part of Europe and must be fluent in English. Other European languages such as German, French, Italian or Spanish would be a big plus. We are seeking for a BDD with strong clinical background, knowledge of Medical Devices would be an additional advantage. Previous experience in preclinical or central Lab space would be a big plus too. The position will report into Anna Niebling, Global Executive Director of Sales.

In addition, the ideal candidate should be able to:

• Achieve account portfolio/territory relationship and financial goals
• Grow market shares of existing business units (BU) service lines
• Liaising with various Business Units, to develop and execute integrated One LabCorp opportunities
• Build high-level relationships externally and internally
• Manage portfolio of strategic and key accounts; responsible for growing orders and profit share in selected accounts
• May represent and sell multiple BU service lines to client portfolio
• Provides comprehensive intelligence on key competitors
• Liaise with Scientific Leadership and Marketing to target scientific input that adds value to account strategy and deepen Labcorp's scientific perception within accounts
• Develop and establish long-term account plans and relationships
• Lead and negotiate business unit based MSA's and preferred provider agreements
• Use SFDC to manage internal communication and document territory and client information as required
• Assist in determining margins and pricing with Client Services
• Participate in proposal scope development as appropriate
• Liaise with BU general management to ensure high quality delivery of services to account portfolio
• Maintain frequent personal contact with clients
• Participate in corporate teams to build relationships with key accounts
• Lead client presentations

Experience:

• Experience in selling services directly to Medical Device and/or Diagnostic companies, preferably in Clinical area; any experience in other areas of development (preclinical, Central Labs, regulatory) would be advantageous for this position
• Demonstrated ability to acquire, grow and retain clients
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, ability to form strong and effective relationships internally and externally
• Ability to manage difficult client and/or financial situations
• Ability to differentiate Labcorp from competitors
• Ability to adapt your style and approach to different audiences internally and externally
• Experience of presenting to executives and/or senior levels within a client organization
• Experience developing and executing strategic business plans
• Able to work autonomously and effectively, managing your own priorities in conjunction with those of your colleagues and your clients
• Proven ability to identify, develop and implement creative and innovative strategies that lead to effective long term client relationships
• Strong financial acumen: delivering business results in a commercial environment; budgeting; financial planning and reporting
• Negotiation skills: direct face to face negotiating experience with major clients
• Willingness to travel, around 40-50% (COVID allowing) of the role will include visiting clients across Europe with some travel to the US for meetings and conferences
• Bachelor's degree in life science or business field preferred
• Language skills: fluent in English, any other EU languages would be preferable