At Vector, we are experts in recruitment, serving customers across 12 countries globally. We partner with recognised brands across pharmaceutical outsourcing, supporting commercial, operations and quality functions within CDMO and CRO organisations. Alongside retained search, we deliver RPO talent acquisition solutions that embed into client organisations.
We believe in a world made better through science. Our mission is to help life science organisations build high-performing teams that accelerate innovation and improve patient outcomes. With deep experience across CDMO and CRO markets, Vector combines in-house talent acquisition expertise with sector knowledge to deliver structured, relationship-led talent solutions.
Why Choose Vector?
Joining as a Business Development Executive means stepping into a commercially focused role within a global, high-value industry.
This is a commercially focused role responsible for generating new client opportunities and developing early-stage relationships with prospective clients. You will work directly alongside our Commercial Leader, learning how strategic client relationships are built and developed.
We are growing, agile and ambitious. We operate with clarity, accountability and high standards. With hybrid working, regular hub days and defined progression pathways, you will have the opportunity to build serious commercial capability in your career.
How We Make People Successful:
- Marketing: We operate with structured target account lists and defined outreach campaigns. You will leverage a recognised industry brand, focused messaging and coordinated commercial activity. Additionally, you’ll have the support of a marketing specialist to create commercial collateral for outreach.
- Learn: Sales capability is developed through repetition, feedback and structure. You will receive weekly coaching, performance review and clear activity metrics to build consistency.
- Knowledge: Our focus within CDMO and CRO markets provides deep insight into how pharmaceutical outsourcing organisations scale and make hiring decisions. You will gain exposure to senior global stakeholders and strategic growth conversations.
What You Will Be Doing:
This is a commercially focused role responsible for generating new client opportunities and developing early-stage relationships with prospective clients.
- Outbound new business development: Execute targeted outreach across LinkedIn, email and phone to engage senior leaders and introduce Vector’s services.
- Target account mapping: Research and map pharmaceutical outsourcing organisations, identifying key decision-makers, business priorities and potential hiring needs.
- Industry-led Insights: Use industry insight and research to personalise outreach and open conversations around growth plans, talent strategy and leadership hiring
- Discovery Conversations: Lead initial discussions with prospective clients to understand their hiring strategy and identify opportunities where Vector can support.
- Pipeline & Opportunity Development: Convert outreach into qualified conversations and maintain a structured pipeline of early-stage opportunities within the CRM.
Success in this role will be measured by outreach activity, qualified conversations created and contribution to commercial pipeline.
About You: Humble, Hungry, Disciplined
We are looking for someone with 2–4 years of sales or business development experience within a professional services environment such as recruitment, insurance, financial services, legal services or B2B consultancy.
Here is what will set you up for success:
- Comfort and confidence with cold outreach and proactive prospecting.
- Experience conducting initial discovery conversations and qualifying client needs.
- Resilience and consistency: you understand that structured activity drives pipeline.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage senior stakeholders.
- Competitive mindset and comfort working to performance metrics.
- High levels of organisation and CRM discipline.
- Curiosity about how businesses grow and how senior leaders make commercial decisions.
The Offer:
We have thoughtfully built a compensation and development structure designed to reward performance and support progression.
- Competitive Compensation based on experience with performance-driven bonus linked to commercial contribution.
- Hybrid-Based (minimum of 3 days in office per week)
- Take your birthday off
- Pension scheme following qualification period
- Structured sales training and weekly coaching
- Direct exposure to global C-suite stakeholders
- Clear pathway into broader commercial responsibility or fee-earning roles over time
This role combines disciplined outbound sales development, exposure to senior decision-makers and the opportunity to build meaningful commercial capability within one of the most impactful global sectors.
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