Genomics
Life Sciences
AssociateDirector/DirectorBusinessDevelopment
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“Associate Director/Director Business Development at Genomics. Skills: Business development, SaaS sales, Life sciences, Genomics. Own new commercial opportunities. Drive new commercial opportunities”
Industry & Context.
Cover West Coast market
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Senior-level SaaS sales, Enterprise technology sales, Sales into pharma or biotech, Closing complex deals, Engaging with R&D departments, Navigating senior stakeholders, Working knowledge of genetics, Working knowledge of genomics, Strategic market thinking, Strategic client thinking, Strategic positioning thinking, Senior individual contributor
Nice to Have
Advanced degree
What You'll Do.
Own new commercial opportunities
Drive new commercial opportunities
Build multi-stakeholder relationships
Lead complex sales cycles
Invest in understanding client strategies
Position platform as essential
Bring market landscape view
Feed strategic intelligence back
Influence platform positioning
Influence platform evolution
Set pipeline discipline standard
Set forecasting standard
Contribute to strategic reporting
Shape Product thinking
Shape Science thinking
Shape Marketing thinking
Ensure commercial approach grounded in value
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Senior executive level; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Speak credibly; Speak compellingly
Full Job Description
Location: Hybrid-based out of our RTP office, although this role will be to cover the West Coast market. The Mission: Why We Exist Genomics is a science-led transatlantic TechBio combining large-scale genetic and health data with proprietary analytics to accelerate drug discovery and advance predictive, preventative healthcare. We are united by a single vision to help people live longer, healthier lives, using the power of genomics. Genomics aims to help people live longer, healthier lives in two ways: super-charging drug discovery and development for novel treatments with our AI-enabled advanced genetic analytics platform, and by helping people understand their personal risk of common chronic diseases through polygenic risk scores - giving doctors and health systems the chance to get the right people into the right prevention, screening and treatment programmes at the right time. Role Purpose As our Associate Director/Director Business Development, you'll be a senior commercial force in the life sciences market - leading high-value, strategic new business for Mystra, our SaaS data and analytics platform, as well as our technology-enabled consultancy business . You'll engage at the most senior levels of pharma and biotech, building the kind of relationships and deals that define Genomics' trajectory. This is a role for someone with deep commercial instincts, a genuine scientific grounding, and the confidence to operate as a trusted peer to R&D and data leaders at the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. You'll be a key senior individual contributor in a fast-moving Commercial team, and your success will directly shape the future of the business. A Day in the Life Strategic New Business: You'll own and drive the most significant new commercial opportunities across pharma and biotech - building multi-stakeholder relationships at senior and executive level and leading complex, high-value sales cycles from first conversation to contract close. Executive Client Rela
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