Senior Business Development Consultant
About The Position
The Senior Business Development Consultant will help support Cincinnati Children's as a global leader in improving child health by developing new partnerships and services to support strategic goals and fostering relationships with partners, investors, and government institutions. Within the Innovation Ventures department, this role will lead new product and service development efforts from concept to operations, cultivating and maintaining a strategic vision. The consultant will provide senior-level expertise, lead complex projects, and manage ongoing partner relationships with minimal guidance, contributing to organizational strategy and the commercialization of institutional innovations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.
- Strategic relationship development and stewardship across industry, investment, academic, and economic development organizations.
- Ability to translate scientific and clinical innovations into clear, partner-relevant value propositions.
- Experience in opportunity qualification, market assessment, and business case development.
- Partner outreach, proposal development, and negotiation support.
- Cross-functional project leadership, stakeholder communication, and influence without direct authority.
- Disciplined relationship and opportunity tracking, follow-through, and leadership reporting.
- Sound judgment in handling confidential information and coordinating institutional approvals.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in a related field.
- Experience in healthcare or life sciences business development, research commercialization, industry partnerships, or a related innovation environment.
- Experience developing and maintaining external partnerships and coordinating complex, cross-functional initiatives.
- Experience collaborating with CCHMC faculty and inventors, or the equivalent.
Responsibilities
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with industry partners, investors, entrepreneurs, research organizations, and economic development stakeholders.
- Identify potential partners aligned with institutional innovations and priorities, coordinate outreach, and maintain accurate relationship and opportunity records.
- Represent Cincinnati Children's at relevant industry and partnering events.
- Connect internal commercialization projects with external funding opportunities and resources.
- Collaborate with leadership on strategic planning, prioritization of opportunities, and enabling or removing barriers.
- Provide market information, financial analysis, and recommendations for commercial opportunities.
- Support translation of the business development strategic plan into yearly and quarterly priorities.
- Lead assigned business development initiatives and build tools to track growth and progress.
- Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to advance opportunities from engagement through agreement execution.
- Develop and monitor goals for relationship engagement, qualified opportunities, and partnership outcomes.
- Assess the effectiveness of outreach activities and recommend improvements.
- Identify and evaluate resource needs, prepare financial analyses, and monitor project expenditures.
- Coach and mentor personnel, share institutional knowledge, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
