Account Director, Late Phase
Listed on 2026-02-14
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Business
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Position Summary
Catalent Pharma Consumer Health is a fast-growing business within Catalent Pharma Solutions focused on providing innovative technologies and solutions to help patients and consumers receive better treatments and products. The business includes Softgel, Liquid Filled Hard Shell, Liquid in Bottle, Zydis ODT, and various Solid Dose technologies and products that include Rx, Gx, OTC, VMS and Animal Health products.
As an Account Director, you will join our dynamic Business Development Team, and your primary role is to evaluate and assess contract development and manufacturing opportunities with Rx pharmaceutical customers. The Business Development function is responsible for identifying, negotiating, and securing new development, tech transfer, and commercial supply business for Rx softgel and late-stage oral solid products with new customers, and for managing business relationships and growing business with existing customers.
This is a field-based remote role.
The Role- Identify, qualify, and pursue Rx softgel and late-stage oral solids business opportunities within the assigned portfolio of accounts (current customers and prospects).
- Identify key account decision-makers and influencers.
- Prepare well for calls/visits, anticipating and addressing barriers.
- Document and validate customer needs before presenting solutions.
- In cooperation with R&D and Contract Management, prepare and present quotations for project development work to customers.
- Cooperate with management, commercial operations, legal and finance teams in the preparation and negotiation of any development agreements and all commercial supply agreements.
- Manage the business relationships with assigned customers. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, pricing, contract extensions/amendments, forecasting, periodic business review meetings, and support of other customer service-related issues.
- Other duties as assigned.
- BA/BS degree in a scientific discipline, business, or related field (MS, MBA, or Ph.D. is preferred).
- A minimum of 5 years of combined business development/sales and scientific/technical experience in the pharmaceutical contract service sales (CDMO), pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences industries. OR
- Associates Degree & 5 years of combined business development/sales and scientific/technical experience in the pharmaceutical contract service sales (CDMO), pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences industries.
- Experience/understanding of the proposal development process, business quotes, budgeting, and managing to defined timelines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and negotiating skills are required.
- Travel as required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel is required, experience with is a plus.
The annual pay range for this position in New Jersey is $121,900-$176,000.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary, and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, skillset, education, business needs, etc. Catalent is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.
WhyYou Should Join Catalent
- Join a high growth and fast paced organization with a people focused culture
- Global exposure, defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process
- Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and 401K
- 19 days PTO & 8 paid holidays
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market.
Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
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