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Sr. Account Director, Business Development (Biotech CDSD) - US East Coast

ThermoFisher Scientific

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Compensation
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Location
Wilmington, NC
Work Authorization
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Job overview

The Sr. Account Director, Business Development develops and closes business with biotech clients for clinical research services. The role includes shaping RFP strategy, preparing proposals and presentations, negotiating contracts, and maintaining client relationships and sales activity records. Candidates must reside on the East Coast and bring CRO sales experience selling Phase II–III services to biotech clients.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CRO Sales, requiredPhase II–III Services, requiredBiotech Sales, requiredScientific Background, nice to haveSales Background, nice to haveMarketing Background, nice to havePharmaceuticals, nice to haveBiotechnology, nice to haveBusiness Contact Development, nice to haveInterpersonal Skills, nice to haveSales Lead Development, nice to haveProfessional Presentations, nice to haveSales Process Management, nice to haveContract Negotiation, nice to haveSales Automation Systems, nice to haveMicrosoft Office, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent, nice to have2+ Years' Experience or Equivalent, nice to have

Full job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Candidates must reside on the East Coast

Essential Functions and Other Job Information:

  • Orchestrates RFP strategy calls, develops client proposals, prepares client presentations, and negotiates and closes contracts. Signs new business authorizations at or above assigned authorization goal.

  • Makes cold calls and client visits; maintains sales database; maintains cold call and client visit activity reports.

  • Ensures client satisfaction through periodic client contact; report and develop recommendations to address client dissatisfaction; respond to all client requests.

  • Sales experience within a CRO selling Phase II-III services to biotech clients.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

  • Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years’) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

  • Years of experience refers to typical years of related experience needed to gain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the essential functions of the job. Years of experience are not to be used as the only determining factor in establishing the job class or making employment selection decisions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Scientific, sales and/or marketing background with concentration in pharmaceutical/biotech area.

  • Proven track record of developing mid- and high- level business contacts.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills in order to manage and fully integrate with Operations, Finance, and Marketing, and follow-up to expand relationships and business opportunities.

  • Demonstrated experience in identifying and developing sales leads, making professional presentations, managing the sales process through close, and handling all aspects of contract negotiations.

  • Understanding of sales automation systems and Microsoft Office programs.

Management Role:

No management responsibility

Working Conditions and Environment:

  • Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.

  • Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel both domestic and international. Physical and Mental Requirements:

  • Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.

  • Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

  • Frequent mobility required.

  • Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.

  • Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.

  • Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.

  • Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. • Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.

  • Works independently with little guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.

  • Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task.

  • Regular and consistent attendance.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

How this job compares

Set against the 20,566 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • North Carolina median$123–199K/yr330 salary ranges
  • US median$25–28/hr477 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 558 open Business Development jobs in North Carolina and 20,566 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in North Carolina
Experience
Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (16,377 postings).
Education
6,252 of the 20,566 open Business Development jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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