Job Description
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About the role
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We're partnering with a leading Medical Affairs Advisory and Medical Communications business to find a Director of Business Development who lives for the win. This is a genuine hunter's role with high autonomy, serious earning potential, and a full suite of best‑in‑class solutions to take to market across large pharma.
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If you know the medical affairs and med comms world inside out and you've built your reputation on landing complex, high‑value deals, this is a seat with your name on it.
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Why this one's worth a conversation
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- A respected, well‑established brand with a solution set that actually sells, you won't be apologising for the product
- Wide‑open whitespace across large pharma, real territory, real pipeline, real commission upside
- A consultative, strategic sale (not a transactional churn) where your industry expertise is the differentiator
- Backed by strong scientific, strategy, creative and delivery teams who help you shape and close, you're never selling alone
- Clear path to multi-year, multi-million-dollar partnerships rather than one-and-done deals
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What you'll actually be doing
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- Hunting and closing new business across pharma accounts using a consultative, value‑led approach
- Growing existing accounts through new product and indication launches and expansion into fresh business units
- Orchestrating cross-functional pursuit teams, strategy, creative, innovation, client services to win the complex, multi‑stakeholder deals others can't
- Owning your pipeline end to end: forecasting, scoping, pricing and negotiation through to a clean handoff to delivery
- Acting as the commercial domain expert in front of clients, articulating the value proposition and shaping differentiated solutions
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What you'll bring
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- Ideally 8+ years in business development selling medical communications or medical affairs advisory services into pharma with a track record built on new business wins, not just account management
- A history of hitting and beating annual targets in the $1–3M+ range
- Strong relationships with the pharma stakeholders who buy med comms and medical affairs services
- The credibility to operate in a matrixed scientific and commercial environment and pull the right people into the room
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The package
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Up to £110,000 base depending on experience, plus commission and the kind of pipeline that rewards a genuine closer.
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Interested, or know someone who'd be perfect?
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Get in touch with Oxygen 8 Recruitment for a confidential conversation.
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