Associate Manager, Life Sciences - Business Development

As an Associate Manager, Business Development at Helix, you will play a key supporting role to the Director of Business Development. Your responsibilities will include generating new leads, refining opportunities, translating opportunities into proposals, and collaborating with internal stakeholders to shape deals. The ideal candidate will have customer-facing experience, knowledge of the Biopharma landscape, and strong strategic thinking and analytical skills. If you are passionate about transforming healthcare through genomics and personalized medicine, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this role is for you.

• Provide critical support in generating new leads
• Manage creation of target customer and asset lists
• Inform on messaging for outreach campaigns and liaise with Marketing function as related to industry events (i.e. conferences, webinars, etc)
• Assist in creation of customer pitch decks and educational collateral
• Support in deal activity (including risk assessments, deal structuring, deal analysis, negotiating, and contracting)
• Work across Helix internal stakeholders to ensure the right inputs to any deal are properly secured
• Assist with onboarding the project delivery teams who will be responsible for providing the customer with contractually agreed-upon deliverables
• Over time manage less complex deals

• Some customer-facing experience
• Knowledge of the Biopharma landscape
• Experience with Clinical Development functions
• High levels of learning agility
• Proactive, organized, and skilled at working collaboratively with strong attention to detail
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and listening skills
• Teamwork, facilitation, and relationship-building skills
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Deep passion for transforming healthcare through genomics and personalized medicine
• Interest in customer-facing deal activity
• Ability to generate new leads
• Ability to manage creation of target customer and asset lists
• Ability to inform messaging for outreach campaigns and liaise with Marketing function
• Ability to assist in creation of customer pitch decks and educational collateral
• Ability to support in deal activity (risk assessments, deal structuring, deal analysis, negotiating, and contracting)
• Ability to work across internal stakeholders to secure the right inputs for deals
• Ability to assist with onboarding project delivery teams
• Ability to manage less complex deals over time
• Mission-oriented with a deep passion for improving people's lives through DNA
• Strong business sense and service-delivery mindset
• Proactive approach to work and enthusiasm
• Ability to change priorities quickly and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done
• Strong oral and written English communication capabilities
• Strong interpersonal and influencing capabilities
• Basic understanding of financial and analytical modeling
• Ability to travel up to 35% of the time
• BA or BS required, with a strong preference in a scientific major

• Comprehensive Health Insurance with Date of Hire eligibility
• Above average employer paid premium coverage
• 12 weeks Helix Paid Parental Leave option
• 401(k) with employer matching of up to 4% and 100% Vesting on the Date of Hire
• Comprehensive Well-Being Benefits
• 18 well-being programs covering financial, legal and wellness solutions
• Flexible PTO
• Remote options for many roles and a home office stipend