Labcorp Drug Development, a leading 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 transforms today's healthcare challenges into tomorrow's solutions.

Our Opportunity

Recognized as one of Forbes 2021 World's Best Employers and named to Fast Company magazine's list of 2021 Most Innovative Companies, Labcorp is seeking to hire an experienced Senior Business Development Director to join our Clinical organization in Europe, this represents an incredibly exciting opportunity for the right person to join a very successful European team.

You will be tasked with generating a broad opportunity pipeline by initiating conversations and nurturing relationships with clients, providing clinical trial solutions that bring together Labcorp Drug Development's full portfolio of services.

Delivering personalized attention, deep therapeutic expertise and extensive experience working with pharma and biotechs in this region. Your gained knowledge of our suite of services (clinical development services, regulatory, central labs, clinical pharmacology, market access strategies and more), will be required to meet the growing complexity of our clients' needs.

About you

This position is home based, and successful applicants will ideally be based within Europe.

In addition, the ideal candidate should be able to offer:

• A minimum of 5 years sales (or relevant) experience selling services directly to the pharmaceutical and biotech section with direct interaction with mid-level and executive level decision makers is required
• Bachelor's degree in life science or business field highly preferred
• Good understanding of the drug development continuum
• Strong team player: ability to work very closely with colleagues, share leads and form highly effective collaborations
• 4 years of commercial expertise, ideally in a CRO or other Life Sciences environment strongly preferred
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, ability to form strong and effective relationships internally and externally
• 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
• 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
• Experience of developing accounts by effective networking and prospecting, building a sales pipeline, delivering creative proposals and delivering opportunities
• Willingness to travel, depending on COVID this would ideally be around 50% of the role will include visiting clients in Europe with some travel to the US for meetings

In Return we offer

At Labcorp Drug Development, we help make the miracles of medicine a reality as we stay abreast of industry and research latest knowledge and innovation.

We offer opportunities to work on diverse, challenging projects with bright interesting colleagues while building a flexible and rewarding career with highly competitive salaries and remuneration packages. Our ongoing success offers team members unsurpassed growth and career development opportunities.

So, if you're passionate about Drug Development and the impact we can have on healthcare, have pride in your work, commercial acumen and are flexible in your way of working and thinking, then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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