Jr. Business Developer Green & Sustainable Innovations Business Development Closing date

We are seeking a motivated and driven individual to join our team as a Junior Business Developer in the Life Sciences sector. As a Junior Business Developer, you will play a crucial role in identifying new business opportunities, building your own client network, and supporting the growth of our company in the dynamic field of Life Sciences.

Who we are

Catalyze was founded by researchers and entrepreneurs that truly understand your business and know how to bring it to success.

At Catalyze we commit ourselves to accelerate innovations that have a positive impact on the world. We are the driving force for innovations across the fields of Life Sciences and Sustainability. Our offering of strategic consulting services, funding consulting, project management and more, deliver impactful expertise for all development stages. With a proven track record and the highest quality and success rate in the industry, we aim to be the consulting partner of choice to drive the success of meaningful innovation projects.

Are you passionate about being a part of a young and professional team that collaborates with our clients to make a positive difference in the world? As a business developer, you take the lead in scouting for high quality innovative projects in the Green and Sustainability field like sustainable food systems, energy transition, circular economy, biobased economy, and biodiversity. Furthermore, you are identifying their needs and supporting them where we can add the most value.

Think about strategic services to support them in further developing their business or our funding services to support them in trying to acquire the right amount of funding to bring them to the next step on their path to growth.

Why you?

• You are an enthusiastic business developer or sales professional passionate to help green and sustainable innovations reach the market.
• You have insight into state-of-the-art green and sustainable technologies and the commercial needs within the field.
• You are proactive and independent.
• You are a team player and easily connect to others.
• You thrive working in smaller teams with big vision.
• You have good communication skills.

As business developers, we work in teams of highly talented, studious people with different backgrounds. Our clients include world-leading experts and great entrepreneurial minds. This creates a highly inspiring environment that fosters continuous growth. With our keen understanding of the funding landscape, we put our clients in the best possible position to attract funding, empowering them to change the world for the better.

As a business developer, you will be involved in:

• Prospecting clients.
• Attracting a diversity of new and follow-up business for Catalyze guided by a pre-set target.
• Scouting for high-quality innovative projects/companies in the green technology and sustainability sector with a main but not exclusive focus on the Netherlands through desk research, attending events, leveraging your existing network, conducting workshops, and more.
• Identifying the needs and challenges of your potential clients regarding funding and further growth on their journey to the market.
• Matching their needs with the right Catalyze services and/or external international funding opportunities.
• Independently proposing and negotiating commercial conditions.
• Independently creating new services based on the needs and challenges in the market.
• Building your own strong (inter) national innovation network with new and existing clients.
• After building your first client network, maintaining existing customer relationships, visiting conferences, and attending client events.

The clients you work with operate in the international field of green technology and sustainability. They include mostly innovative start-ups, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), large corporations and multinationals, NGOs, associations, universities, and research institutes.

You have some sales experience. Your relevant degree gives you an advantage in understanding our customers when advising them on their research and development projects. You have a passion for innovation, and you strive to help our customers to bring their products to market faster.

• Relevant sales experience for a minimum of 1 to 2 years with a relevant MSc or a PhD degree.
• You are looking for a position where you can contribute to the development of green and sustainable innovations in a commercial setting.
• It is a value addition if you have a strong network of innovative companies/researchers and stakeholders in the Netherlands.
• Having experience in grant writing for public-private partnerships and larger consortia (such as Horizon 2020, EIC Accelerator, Eurostars) and understanding of the R&D grant landscape is an advantage.
• In short, a challenging job for an enthusiastic, entrepreneurial type who wants to be active in a…