Director, Business Development - Development, Benelux (Remote) (All Genders)

<p><b>Director, Business Development - Benelux </b></p><p></p><p><b>Position Information</b></p><p><span style="color:#000000">Business Development Director (Sales) to be responsible for driving new business growth and expanding existing client relationships for Drug Discovery & Pre-Clinical Development services. This role manages the full sales cycle from direct prospecting and lead qualification to contract closure while ensuring high levels of client satisfaction. The Sales Director works closely with Operations, Proposals and Marketing, to deliver tailored solutions that meet the needs of pharmaceutical and biotech clients.</span></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Key Responsibilities</b></p><p><b>Sales Growth</b></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Work with the VP of Sales to drive the overall commercial strategy within the territory.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Establish Evotec as the partner of choice within the territory</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Maintain high visibility in the territory, spending ~40-50% of time client facing.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Focus on new client acquisition, identifying new business opportunities with biotech and pharmaceutical companies.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Manage the entire sales pipeline, including in territory prospecting, follow-up, client meetings, proposals, contract negotiation and closure.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Meet or exceed assigned sales targets and quarterly KPIs.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Maintain a robust and accurate pipeline within the CRM system.</p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Client Relationship Management</b></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Develop long-term relationships with key decision-makers in client organizations.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Conduct capability presentations, introductory calls/meetings, and needs-assessment meetings.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Serve as the primary point of contact during the pre-award phase and ensure a seamless handoff to Project Management post-award.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Manage selected accounts to encourage repeat business and identify cross-sell or upsell opportunities.</p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Market Insight & Industry Engagement</b></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Maintain awareness of CRO industry trends, competitive landscape, regulatory changes, and client R&D priorities.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Represent the organization at trade shows, conferences, events, and client site visits.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span> Provide market feedback to internal teams to support service/product development, commercial strategy, and pipeline planning.</p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Qualifications & Experience</b></p><p><b>Essential</b></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, business, or related field.</span></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>5+ years of sales experience, ideally within a CRO, CDMO, biotech service provider, or pre-clinical research environment.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Proven track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Broad understanding of the discovery and pre-clinical development process.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.</p><p><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> Willingness to travel extensively (40%+).</p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Desired</b></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Established network within the biotech and/or pharmaceutical sectors.</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Experience selling complex scientific or technical services.</p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Key Competencies</b></p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Strong commercial and analytical skills</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Relationship building and client engagement</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Resilient, results-driven and self-motivated</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Excellent organization and time management skills</p><p><span style="color:#000000"><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">·        </span> </span>Ability to work independently and collaboratively</p><p> </p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p><span>FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.</span></p><p><span>ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.</span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>

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