Business Development Consultant

Business Development Consultant

Cardinal Health Sonexus™ Access and Patient Support helps specialty pharmaceutical manufacturers remove barriers to care so that patients can access, afford and remain on the therapy they need for a better quality of life. Our diverse expertise in pharma, payer and hub services allows us to deliver best-in-class solutions, driving brand and patient markers of success. We're continuously integrating advanced and emerging technologies to streamline patient onboarding, qualification, and adherence.

Our non-commercial specialty pharmacy is centralized at our custom-designed facility outside of Dallas, Texas, empowering manufacturers to rethink the reach and impact of their products.

Together, we can get life-changing therapies to patients who need them—faster.

The Business Development (BD) Consultant role (Cnslt, Sales Operations Mgmt) serves as a key support partner to the BD team, developing proposal content, maintaining RFP assets, and enhancing the quality and effectiveness of customer-facing deliverables in support of business development pursuits.

Responsibilities:

• Develops high-quality proposal content by leveraging internal knowledge libraries, subject matter experts, and existing response assets.
• Coordinates with BD and cross-functional stakeholders to gather information, validate responses, and ensure timely submission of deliverables.
• Reviews responses for completeness, consistency, accuracy, and adherence to client requirements to support development of a competitive response.
• Conducts targeted research on key client contacts, therapeutic areas, competitors, and relevant market dynamics to support opportunity pursuits, solution positioning, and proposal development.
• Exercises sound judgment in identifying issues, escalating risks, and recommending solutions to support pursuit success.
• Synthesizes complex information from multiple stakeholders into clear, concise, and client-focused deliverables.
• Manages multiple concurrent pursuits and projects of varying complexity while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Completes work independently with strong attention to detail and receives general guidance on new or complex assignments.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent work experience preferred
• 3+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry or former RFP and Proposal writing / consulting experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, patient services, and commercial business development, with the ability to apply industry knowledge to proposal development and pursuit support.
• Demonstrates ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while managing competing priorities and timelines.
• Resilient and adaptable, with a proactive mindset and strong follow-through
• Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience developing high-quality written content, proposals, presentations, or client deliverables in a deadline-driven environment.
• Experience with RFP/proposal management systems preferred (e.g., Ariba, Coupa).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders in a remote work environment.
• Ability to travel occasionally (up to 10%) as business needs require.

What is expected of you and others at this level:

• Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects
• May contribute to the development of policies and procedures
• Works on complex projects of large scope
• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
• Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives
• Completes work; independently receives general guidance on new projects
• Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives
• May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Training and Work Schedules:
Your new hire training will take place 8:00am-5:00pm CST, mandatory attendance is…