Director​/Senior Director, Business Development, Clinical Solutions, EMEA

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IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

IQVIA is seeking a high-impact Director of Business Development to lead strategic growth initiatives across Mid-size Pharmaceutical accounts. This role is designed for a seasoned commercial leader with deep clinical development expertise and a consultative approach to client engagement. You will be responsible for shaping long-term partnerships, driving complex solution sales, and positioning IQVIA’s RDS capabilities as a catalyst for innovation and speed in drug development.

• Achieve individual annual sales target based on selling to pharmaceutical clients across the offering suite to attain TCV quotas as assigned.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of all IQVIA services for appropriate cross-sell opportunities.
• Actively prospect and leverage potential new business opportunities within specified potential new and/or existing Customers/Accounts.
• Establish and execute a comprehensive sales plan for each target account.
• Cultivate strong, long-term relationships with key decision-makers within Account and develop deep knowledge of the customer organization.
• Actively network in the industry to establish relationships and to identify potential opportunities.
• Aggressively pursue awareness of competitive activities, positioning and pricing, which includes specific reasons for awards and non-awards.
• Continuously monitor status of leads and opportunities to ensure a pipeline of opportunities is maintained.
• Analyse potential opportunities and develop sales strategies for each customer account.
• Ensure appropriate strategy/solution is proposed to customer. Monitor actions and results against plans.
• Establish brand recognition; communicate with internal Project Managers to assess overall level of customer satisfaction and progress of projects.
• Work with operations and functional managers to identify sales team and prepares and leads the sales presentation. Educate team participants in customer culture, operational needs/methods and sales techniques needed to close the sale.
• Coordinate with contracts and proposals to develop proposal.
• Handle follow-up related to the sale and drive completion of contractual documents.
• Utilize CRM to establish reports and dashboards to analyse business development and sales activities and track progress.
• Maintain high visibility within customer organization.
• Lead/participate in change management initiatives for the sales organization.
• Provide overall support and serves as a mentor for junior sales staff members.

• 10+ years of business development experience in Clinical Research Organizations, with a focus on large-scale clinical programs
• Proven success in managing and growing strategic accounts within mid-size pharma
• Strong understanding of global clinical development, regulatory pathways, and therapeutic area dynamics
• Executive presence with excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills
• Ability to navigate…