Business Development Lead, Europe

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Requirements:

• A degree in the life sciences or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven sales/business development experience with a track record of achieving goals.
• In-depth knowledge of selling strategies and methods.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to set relevant goals and execute in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Experience with managing a sales pipeline and translating that into a revenue forecast.
• Strong working knowledge of the synthetic DNA market and its application in the biotech industry.
• A self-starter eager to build a scalable commercial organization.
• Ability to foster teamwork across the commercial team.
• Located in and authorized to work from the United Kingdom.
• Ability to travel to the US for quarterly business review meetings.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated experience building and executing a strategic plan to build an early-stage commercial presence in the market.
• Meet sales targets by leveraging market knowledge and lead generation for customer acquisition and key account development.
• Analyze customer needs to identify product fit and provide feedback for Elegen’s product roadmap.
• Maintain and expand the client database within Europe.
• Focus on developing new key accounts capable of generating consistent business.
• Ensure customer success and optimize the customer journey.
• Provide ongoing input to management on sales budgets, forecasting, and strategies.
• Participate in conferences to stay current with European market developments.
• Ability to travel to customer sites as needed.