Director, Business Development- Quality and Compliance (Life Sciences)

Location: Europe (remote or hybrid), based within hirify.global entities in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, or North Macedonia. Regular travel across Europe is required.

Company

hirify.global provides consulting solutions across the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, clinical research, regulatory, quality and compliance, pharmacovigilance, medical information, and R&D technology lifecycle.

What you will do

• Develop and execute strategic business development plans across the European life sciences market.
• Identify, qualify, and pursue consulting opportunities with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics, and digital health organisations.
• Lead the full sales cycle from prospecting and solution development through proposal creation, negotiation, and deal closure.
• Build executive-level client relationships, drive account expansion, and identify cross-selling opportunities.
• Develop tailored proposals, statements of work, pricing strategies, and commercial agreements with consulting and delivery teams.
• Represent hirify.global at conferences, trade associations, networking events, and client forums across Europe.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, healthcare, engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in business development, consulting sales, account management, or strategic partnerships.
• At least 5 years of experience selling consulting or professional services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, CRO, CDMO, or healthcare organisations.
• Proven success delivering revenue growth and managing complex enterprise sales cycles.
• Experience building relationships with senior and C-suite stakeholders across Europe.
• Strong knowledge of drug development, clinical research, regulatory affairs, GxP, quality systems, market access, manufacturing, supply chain, digital transformation, and emerging healthcare technologies.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree such as an MBA, MSc, PhD, or equivalent.
• Experience with strategic partnerships, alliance initiatives, and market expansion programmes.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote working is supported, with hybrid collaboration encouraged for employees within a reasonable commute of an office.
• Regular travel across Europe is part of the role.
• Inclusive workplace focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, collaboration, and entrepreneurship.
• Applications are personally reviewed by the recruitment team rather than screened using AI tools.

Hiring process

• Applications are personally reviewed by a member of the recruitment team.
• All applicants receive an outcome after the application review.