​Mantell Associates is partnered with a highly successful Contract Development & Manufacturing Organisation on their search for a Head of Business Development for the East Coast, where you will be a pivotal member of the leadership team and responsible for the East Coast's commercial function. Your overall responsibility will be to play a key role in leading a high performance sales team, as well as using your network to identify and develop prospects to expand the companies pipeline and portfolio.

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Head of Business Development (East Coast) - Responsibilities:

• Lead a high performance Business Development team with the responsibility for sales, marketing, and proposals

• Identify and create sales goals & strategies to achieve these within the budget frame together with the team – aligned with the company strategy, mission and vision

• Ensure that the team is organised accordingly to reach defined goals

• Execute Business Development strategy by discovering new business segments, account strategies and technology while establishing strategic partnerships globally

• Develop business relationships with existing clients through key account management

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Head of Business Development - Requirements:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline, preferably a PhD or MSc

• Strong, proven leadership experience of commercial teams within the CDMO space

• Experience across project management, business development, sales and marketing for international markets

• Drug development and manufacturing experience in the field of biologics, gene and cell therapy products and/or vaccines

• Previous track record in a commercial function, including sales/business development and key account management

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Mantell Associates is a specialist Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences headhunting firm. For more information on this role, please contact Ollie Masson at oliver.masson@mantellassociates.com or +44 (0)20 3854 7722.