Business Development Associate​/Manager - Medical Communications & Life Sciences

About The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Business Development Associate / Manager to help expand a growing global medical and scientific communications organization in the United States.

The organization works with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medtech, and healthcare organizations across complex therapeutic areas, supporting clients across the medical and scientific communications landscape from launch through post-launch.

With an established international presence and a growing client base across the United States and Europe
, this is an opportunity for a commercially driven professional to play an important role in expanding the organization's U.S. presence.

We are specifically looking for someone who understands medical communications and the life sciences industry and who can combine that knowledge with proven B2B business development ability.

This is not a general sales position
. The successful candidate should be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders across functions such as Medical Information, Medical Affairs, Medical Excellence, and Medical Communications
, understanding their needs, identifying opportunities, and positioning specialized scientific and medical solutions as valuable business partners.

This is a California-based remote and field-oriented position
.

The successful candidate will work remotely from a professional home office while also being expected to build relationships in the field through in-person client meetings, industry conferences, congresses, networking events, and relevant scientific meetings
.

Candidates must currently be based in California.

California is particularly important for this position because of its concentration of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medtech, and life sciences organizations.

This role will involve business development across the broader U.S. and European markets
, so the ability to engage professionally with clients and senior stakeholders across different markets is important.

• Generate and develop new business opportunities across pharmaceutical, emerging biotech, medtech, and healthcare organizations.
• Conduct targeted, value-led outreach to stakeholders within Medical Information, Medical Affairs, Medical Excellence, and Medical Communications departments.
• Research target organizations, identify relevant stakeholders, and develop strategic account engagement plans.
• Build and maintain a qualified business development pipeline.
• Position the organization as a strategic partner across the medical information and medical affairs value chain.
• Develop relationships with senior decision-makers and key stakeholders within prospective client organizations.
• Arrange and lead qualified exploratory meetings with senior stakeholders.
• Understand prospective clients' business, medical, and scientific communication needs and identify relevant opportunities.
• Develop and execute account engagement strategies designed to generate business growth and establish long-term partnerships.
• Represent the organization at industry conferences, congresses, networking events, and relevant scientific meetings.
• Build meaningful relationships through both virtual engagement and face-to-face interaction.
• Collaborate with internal scientific, medical, and operational teams to ensure prospective client needs are properly understood.
• Maintain accurate records of prospects, opportunities, engagement activity, and pipeline development.
• Monitor market trends, therapeutic areas, industry developments, and potential business opportunities across the life sciences sector.
• Contribute to the continued growth and expansion of the organization's U.S. market presence.

Although this is a remote position,…