Business Development Associate

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

This Business Development Associate focuses on representing and expanding our Viral Vector Services and Advanced Therapy business in the Mid-Atlantic Area, as part of Thermo Fisher Scientific. This is a dynamic role within our organization and is directly responsible to establish new client relationships, generate new leads, and support our Business Development Executives with clients in this respective area. The BDA builds an internal and external network that identifies new target clients, follows through on leads from a variety of sources, and supports transition of clients and newly created opportunities for the established team of lead BDEs in that territory. The BDA focuses on identifying new clients and projects for Patheon’s industry leading Viral Vector and Advanced Therapy Commercial manufacturing services.

What will you do?

• New Business Development including finding opportunities with new clients through interaction with other Patheon teams and following up on leads while working with existing sales team BDEs to close new business
• Creating and implementing sales programs for new prospective clients to increase awareness of Patheon’s service offering and key differentiators from our competition
• Identifying and communicating Patheon’s value proposition, including opportunities for strategic bundling of Patheon services.
• Supporting existing client facing BDEs in the territory in management of current opportunities and relationships
• Customer Facing and Tele-con visits within your respective territory

How will you get there?

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field, MBA or related experience preferred.

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year experience performing and/or selling related services within the Biopharmaceutical industry.
• Established in the life sciences or pharmaceutical industry is a strong plus
• 1-2 years of sales experience is preferred.

Skills, Qualities & Competencies:

• Professional presentation skills and ability to network within senior management ranks
• Dynamic and highly self-motivated individual
• Ability to establish a functional, home office environment to efficiently handle assigned responsibilities
• Ability to travel extensively within the defined territory, as well as based on business need (trade shows, supporting site visits, attending team meetings etc).

This position has not been approved for relocation assistance.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• 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

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards