Director, Business Development (Pre-clinical Drug Discovery)

Location: Remote (UK)

Company

hirify.global provides pre-clinical and outsourced scientific services for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life sciences organisations.

What you will do

• Drive new business growth across biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life sciences organisations.
• Own UK territory and account plans focused on revenue growth and service adoption.
• Build, manage, and convert sales pipelines while maintaining accurate forecasts and CRM data.
• Identify high-value opportunities and develop long-term strategic client partnerships.
• Lead proposal strategies, executive summaries, and commercial responses for key opportunities.
• Coordinate scientific, operational, marketing, and business development stakeholders to deliver client solutions and successful bids.

Requirements

• Experience selling pre-clinical, drug discovery, translational research, or outsourced scientific services.
• Strong understanding of the drug discovery and pre-clinical development process.
• Demonstrated success in territory development, new business acquisition, account expansion, and strategic partnerships.
• Experience managing complex sales cycles, pipeline forecasting, and senior stakeholder relationships.
• Experience with Salesforce CRM and strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent English required. Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or a related field.

Nice to have

• MBA.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work from the UK.
• 25 days of holiday, with the option to purchase additional days.
• Private healthcare, optional dental insurance, health assessments, and health cash plans.
• Company pension scheme with matching contributions up to 5% of salary.
• Life assurance, annual staff bonus scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, and season ticket loans.