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Associate Director, Sales

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Required skills

  • Business Development
  • B2B sales
  • eClinical technology
  • CRO
  • CRM
  • strategic business plan
  • relationship management
  • customer satisfaction
  • loyalty
  • Microsoft Office Suite

Nice to have

  • pharmaceutical industry
  • biotech industry
  • clinical trials
  • drug development
  • commercialization
  • leadership skills

Role summary

Science 37 is seeking an Associate Director, Strategic Solutions to join their Sales team. This role focuses on identifying, targeting, and securing new business through consultative sales activities, driving strategic business plans, and managing customer relationships to ensure satisfaction and loyalty. The position involves maintaining a pipeline of opportunities, collaborating with senior management, researching target markets, and assisting the marketing team with lead generation and prospect development. Key responsibilities include leveraging company resources, managing administrative tasks via CRM, and developing cross-functional relationships to drive sales process strategy and efficiency. The role requires a BS degree, 5+ years of Business Development experience in B2B sales, preferably in eClinical technology or CRO, and in-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and project management skills are essential, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and CRM tools. Travel up to 50% is expected.

Science 37 accelerates clinical research by expanding patient access to trials, leading to faster approvals and better health outcomes for all. Our solutions empower life sciences companies to reach diverse populations beyond traditional means of conducting clinical research.

The Director, Strategic Solutions is a key member of the Sales team and is responsible for identifying, targeting, and securing new business through professional, consultative, proactive sales activities to drive business and build high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties include but are not limited to:

  1. Identify, target, and secure new business through professional, consultative, proactive sales activities to drive business
  2. Drive results through strategic business plan activities and relationship management, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty
  3. Maintain pipeline of new business opportunities and accounts
  4. Collaborate with senior management and functional managers as needed
  5. Research and identify target markets, build relationships, perform in-depth presentations, strategic analysis, and execution of implemented plans
  6. Assist marketing team in lead generation efforts, message positioning, and conference and prospect development efforts
  7. Effectively leverage company resources/tools to maximize business results (marketing materials, speaker programs, regional trade shows)
  8. Demonstrate a high level of accountability for all administrative tasks (CRM utilization, weekly reports, etc.)
  9. Develop and manage key cross-functional relationships, including senior leadership
  10. Work with management to drive the strategy, implementation, adoption and ensure efficiency in sales process

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

Qualifications

The following qualifications are preferred/or equivalent applicable experience:

  1. BS degree, advanced degree preferred
  2. 5+ years of business development experience selling clinical trial innovation, site network, or clinical trial delivery solutions to clinical operations leaders at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Prior experience in clinical trial operations is a plus
  3. In-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, clinical trials, and drug development and commercialization (strongly preferred)
  4. Demonstrated high degree of leadership skills that allow the individual to build relationships, communicate, and influence all levels of the organization and make positive change
  5. Proven track record of delivering results and meeting targets
  6. Proven track record of achieving/surpassing sales goals
  7. Expertise in creating, driving, and executing solutions by defining all elements from strategy to implementation
  8. Knowledge of and experience with CRM tools/platforms and ability to utilize the CRM tool provided to manage contacts and opportunities/funnels
  9. Excellent strategic business/industry awareness and a thorough understanding of trends and impact on the business; ability to translate emerging industry trends relevant to the organization
  10. Proven successful track record at developing mid-level and high-level contacts
  11. Demonstrated ability to evaluate and create opportunities, develop effective selling messages, presentations and proposals
  12. Excellent skills using Microsoft Office Suite: MS PowerPoint, MS Word, and MS Excel 13. Ability to communicate fluently in English (both verbal and written)
  13. Ability to travel 50% of time

Skills/Competencies

  1. Experience interacting and collaborating cross-functionally
  2. Demonstrated ability to solve problems and provide practical solutions
  3. Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and collaborate successfully across all levels of the organization
  4. Commitment to results; is focused, detail oriented, and results driven
  5. Action oriented and innovative; able to translate broad goals into achievable steps
  6. Motivating; knows how to influence and enable others, both internally and externally
  7. Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses
  8. High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency
  9. Strong communication and negotiation skills
  10. Ability to foster and cultivate business opportunities and partnerships
  11. Exceptional organizational, project management and time management skills
  12. Attention to detail and ability to work simultaneously on multiple priorities
  13. Demonstrated ability to work creatively in a fast-paced environment and maintain demanding timelines
  14. Ability to work independently and as a team player

Science 37 is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Science 37 values the well-being of its employees and aims to provide team members with everything they need to succeed.

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