Senior Business Development Director (f/m/d)

Job description

Clariness is looking for a Senior Business Development Director (f/md/) based in Germany, UK, US, Serbia, South Africa. - Full-time; unlimited - About the role: Clariness helps patients access clinical trials faster through our ClinLife® platform, active in 50+ countries. In this role, you will turn expertise into real-world impact, connecting patients with studies and accelerating medical breakthroughs. Make your next role matter - help more patients join life-changing studies. As a Senior Business Development Director, you would be responsible for: Prospect, develop, and close new business opportunities within the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, and CRO sectors. Grow and manage strategic and existing customer accounts. Build strong relationships with clients, partners, distributors, and key opinion leaders. Represent the company at conferences, networking events, and client meetings. Maintain an accurate sales pipeline and provide reliable sales forecasts. Support leadership in achieving commercial objectives and identifying opportunities to improve products, services, and processes. Act as a trusted advisor by bringing market insights and challenging existing approaches to drive continuous improvement. We would like you to have: Bachelor's degree in Business, Life Sciences, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. Minimum 8 years of sales and business development experience with responsibility for achieving commercial targets. Proven experience working with large pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology, CROs, or the broader life sciences industry. Experience across key commercial and marketing disciplines, including communications, demand generation, and product marketing, in international markets. Experience supporting or leading large-scale patient recruitment campaigns. Demonstrated success in building strategic client relationships and driving business growth. Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills. Experience hiring, mentoring, and developing high-performing commercial or marketing talent is an advantage. Self-driven, strategic, and customer-focused with the ability to build lasting partnerships. You may ask now, why should I work for you? Let us give you a few reasons – and you'll learn more during the process. A varied and exciting job with a lot of personal res