Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thermo Fisher Scientific is a company dedicated to making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. They are seeking a Business Development Associate for their Biotech Solutions team to drive growth by identifying new opportunities in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector.
Responsibilities
- Identify, research, and qualify new business opportunities, target accounts, and prospective clients
- Conduct outbound prospecting through email, phone, LinkedIn, networking, and other business development channels
- Engage prospects to understand their needs, challenges, and decision-making processes while clearly communicating the company’s value proposition
- Build and maintain strong relationships with prospects, clients, partners, and internal stakeholders
- Partner with Business Development Executives to support growth initiatives, customer communications, and opportunity development
- Assist in developing and executing territory sales plans to drive pipeline growth and support revenue targets
- Prepare presentations, proposals, and supporting materials for prospective clients and business opportunities
- Maintain accurate CRM records, including prospecting activity, client interactions, opportunity status, and pipeline updates
- Coordinate meetings, follow-ups, and handoffs to senior business development or sales leaders as appropriate
- Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, marketing, product, and leadership teams to support business development priorities
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a Life Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, or related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry, or CDMO environment, preferably with some sales or business development experience. Consideration is inclusive of advanced degree educational experience
- Highly competitive, self-directed, and results-driven mindset
- Comfortable conducting outreach and engaging with new contacts
- Excellent research, organization, and follow-up skills
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrix organization and influence without direct authority
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities to develop strategic solutions
- Willingness to travel up to 50 percent to meet customers, go to conferences, and showcase Thermo Fisher sites
- MBA or postgraduate scientific degree preferred
Benefits
- Variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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