Business Development Director

Alimentiv • Raleigh-Durham, NC

20h • Remote

About The Position

The Business Development Director will join our Business Development team supporting the Eastern US/Canada region, playing an important role in expanding Alimentiv’s global impact and helping bring innovative GI therapies closer to patients. Focused on relationship development and commercial growth, this role is responsible for identifying strategic opportunities, developing sales plans, engaging with clients, responding to proposals, and supporting partner and vendor management activities across a dynamic global market. Working closely with sponsors and internal cross-functional teams, the BD Director will contribute directly to new business generation through client engagement, proposal development, bid defenses, and support for sponsor and vendor contract negotiations. This is an opportunity for a commercially driven professional to combine business development expertise with meaningful work that supports research, innovation, and better outcomes for patients worldwide.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree (Bachelor/Honors Bachelor) and 5-8 years of related business development, sales, or related experience, in addition to substantial ongoing education, training and/or development OR College Degree/Diploma and a minimum of 8 years' business development, sales, or related experience, in addition to substantial ongoing education, training and/or development
• Clinical Research industry experience required

Nice To Haves

• Educational specialization in Health Sciences or Business
• Significant experience in account management, including building and expanding geographical territories
• Extensive experience in financial resource management, including budgeting, expenditure, and revenue activities
• Technical expertise in contract negotiation and analysis
• Excellent communication skills across a range of groups internally and externally

Responsibilities

• Achieve annual sales target objective for a defined region.
• Build the client base in new regions.
• Develop and lead client presentations.
• Manage as appropriate the internal proposal development process and timelines.
• Develop draft proposals and cost estimates based on team meetings and discussions with operational groups and provide quality control of proposal documents.
• Support the Director and the Contracts team throughout the contract negotiation cycle as needed.
• May lead the negotiations for some clients.
• Lead Business Development marketing activities by attending trade/scientific shows and collaborating with the Marketing group and Director BD to create various collateral including brochures, web content and presentations.
• Assist the group Director with strategic sales planning and implementation.
• Assist the Director and Corporate Operations team with geographic expansion planning.
• Regularly meet with Sponsors (existing and potential) to ensure there is a clear understanding of the products/services Alimentiv offers and gauge satisfaction levels.
• Throughout the project life cycle provide regular information/updates to clients, addressing and/or appropriately redirecting ongoing project issues while appropriately managing client expectations.
• Provide support to the organization by analyzing and reporting on market trends, competitor offerings (products/pricing).
• Add sales/client team perspectives or provide support when the organization is developing new products or services and assessing new market growth opportunities.
• Support the Clinical operations teams in identifying and sourcing new vendors required for projects following all Alimentiv and industry standard requirements.
• Assist with the creation, review and selection of outside vendor or partner RFPs.
• Lead or support as required, vendor meetings and negotiations.
• Support the contracts team with contract detail finalization.
• Support the QA team with any vendor qualification requirements.
• Support ongoing monitoring of vendor budgets.

Benefits

• Employee Referral Program
• Education Reimbursement program for full-time employees
• Cell phone/remote working stipend (position dependent)
• One-time office setup allowance upon joining
• Optional formal mentorship program (Alimentorship)
• country/region annual social events in person
• leadership development programs for people leaders in accordance with your seniority
• social committee and several other optional initiatives designed to support you in feeling like part of the Alimentiv team!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior