Director, Business Development
At a glance
Director-level Business Development role at Perceptive. Remote, United Kingdom · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate £90,000–£130,000 across the United Kingdom.
Perceptive has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Own the UK territory, bringing in new clients and growing revenue from pre-clinical services
- Plan territory and account activity, then maintain the pipeline, forecasts and CRM records accurately
- Find valuable opportunities across current and prospective biotech, pharmaceutical and life sciences accounts
- Shape proposals and commercial responses while coordinating internal experts for competitive bids
- Grow strategic partnerships by engaging scientific, procurement and executive stakeholders
What you bring
- You have sold pre-clinical, drug discovery, translational research or outsourced scientific services to relevant organisations
- You understand how drug discovery and pre-clinical development progress
- You can show territory and account planning that produced consistent year-on-year growth
- You have won new business, expanded client relationships and managed complex sales cycles
- You hold a life sciences or related bachelor's degree, are fluent in English and use Salesforce, Excel and PowerPoint
Who this fits
This suits a senior business developer who can sell to biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life sciences organisations while engaging both scientific and commercial audiences. You should be comfortable with consultative selling, strategic partnerships, forecasting and independent ownership of a UK territory. The role is remote in the United Kingdom.
From the employer
What can we offer you?
Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you:
YOURSELF
25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy more)
HEALTH
Private Healthcare
Optional dental insurance, health assessments and health cash plans
Cycle to Work scheme
WEALTH
Company Pension Scheme, matching contributions up to 5% of salary
Life assurance
Annual staff bonus scheme
Season ticket loans
The Opportunity
As Business Development Director, you will take ownership of a defined territory (UK) and be responsible for generating new business, expanding strategic accounts and delivering sustainable revenue growth across Perceptive Discovery's pre-clinical services portfolio.
Working closely with scientific and operational experts, you'll help clients address complex discovery challenges while positioning Perceptive Discovery as a trusted partner throughout the early stages of drug development.
This role offers significant autonomy and visibility, allowing you to influence commercial strategy while building lasting partnerships with leading biotech and pharmaceutical organisations.
What You'll Be Doing
- Drive new business growth across biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life sciences organisations.
- Develop and execute strategic territory and account plans that consistently deliver revenue growth.
- Build, manage and convert a robust sales pipeline whilst maintaining accurate forecasting and CRM data.
- Identify and pursue high-value opportunities within both existing and prospective client accounts.
- Lead proposal strategy, executive summaries and commercial responses for key opportunities.
- Coordinate internal stakeholders to deliver compelling client solutions and successful bid pursuits.
- Build trusted relationships with scientific, procurement and executive-level stakeholders.
- Establish long-term strategic partnerships with the objective of becoming a preferred supplier.
- Collaborate with marketing and business development leadership to identify new target accounts and introduce new service offerings to the market.
- Develop account growth strategies that increase engagement, expand service adoption and grow wallet share.
What We're Looking For
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated business developer with strong scientific curiosity and a demonstrated ability to deliver commercial results.
You will bring:
- Proven experience selling pre-clinical, drug discovery, translational research or outsourced scientific services to biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life sciences organisations.
- A strong understanding of the drug discovery and pre-clinical development process.
- A track record of developing territories and account plans that deliver consistent year-on-year growth.
- Demonstrated success in winning new business and expanding existing client relationships.
- Experience managing complex sales cycles and building high-value strategic partnerships.
- Strong pipeline management and forecasting capabilities.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to influence both scientific and commercial audiences.
- A consultative, relationship-driven approach to business development.
- Experience using Salesforce CRM and strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, or a related field.
- MBA desirable.
- Fluent English.
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