Associate Business Development Director (CRO)

Location: Carlsbad, California, United States; candidates must reside in the United States. The role requires 30–40% travel.

Salary: $89,900–$250,400 annual base pay, with potential additional incentives, bonuses, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global provides clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence for life sciences and healthcare organizations.

What you will do

• Prospect for new business and expand opportunities within existing and prospective clinical sponsor accounts.
• Build long-term relationships with decision-makers and develop detailed knowledge of customer organizations.
• Assess customer needs, propose appropriate CRO strategies and solutions, and identify cross-sell opportunities.
• Coordinate with contracts, proposals, operations, and functional managers to develop and lead sales presentations.
• Manage account sales plans, monitor customer satisfaction, track results, and maintain sales activities in the CRM system.
• Lead follow-up activities, drive completion of contractual documents, and act as a liaison between customers and hirify.global technical and operational groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• At least 10 years of related experience, including 3 years in the CRO, pharmaceutical, and/or sales industry.
• Proven experience engaging mid-level and senior-level customer contacts.
• Strong organizational, planning, analytical, project management, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage demanding timelines, influence internal and external stakeholders, work independently, and handle multiple priorities.
• Must reside in the United States and be able to travel 30–40%.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment with opportunities to work creatively across sales, operational, and technical functions.
• Potential incentive plans, bonuses, health and welfare benefits, and other compensation depending on the position offered.
• Equal opportunity employment environment.