Sr. Business Development Director (CRO)

Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States of America; candidates must reside in the United States

Salary: $129,800–$361,800 annualized base pay, with potential incentives, bonuses, and benefits.

Company

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

What you will do

• Establish and manage business development programs to support organizational growth.
• Develop new business opportunities, sales plans, account strategies, and customer relationships.
• Identify cross-sell opportunities across hirify.global services and maintain a qualified sales pipeline.
• Coordinate sales presentations, proposals, contracts, and follow-up activities with internal teams.
• Use CRM reports and dashboards to track account activity, opportunities, and progress.
• Mentor junior sales staff and lead or participate in sales organization change initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business management or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 15 years of relevant CRO or pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Proven ability to develop mid-level and high-level customer contacts.
• Understanding of commercialization and drug discovery and development principles.
• Strong strategic, analytical, communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to travel approximately 30% based on location.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced environment with changing priorities and multiple simultaneous projects.
• Opportunity to work independently and collaboratively with customers, managers, and cross-functional teams.
• Potential incentive plans, bonuses, and health and welfare benefits in addition to base pay.
• Equal opportunity employment environment.