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About the Role

The Director, Business Development within the Global Medical Affair (GMA) team is responsible for positioning and selling Red Nucleus’ full suite of Medical Affairs Advisory and Medical Communications solutions to pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. This role requires deep knowledge of medical affairs, medical communications, marketing, and publications functions within the pharmaceutical industry, applied in a consultative, solutions-oriented business development approach. The role partners closely with internal teams to shape and close complex, high-value opportunities.

Responsibilities

Position and sell Red Nucleus’s medical affairs advisory and medical communications solutions to decision makers across large pharma and biotech organizations.
Identify, qualify, and close new business opportunities using a consultative, value-driven sales approach.
Grow existing accounts via new product/indication launches and expansion into new business units.
Engage cross-functional GMA stakeholders to support new business initiatives and coordinate multi-capability pursuits.
Advance strategic client relationships to support repeat business, multi-year engagements, and long-term partnerships.
Leverage deep knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry to shape differentiated client solutions.
Collaborate with GMA subject matter experts to design integrated, high-impact proposals.
Act as a commercially oriented domain expert in client discussions, articulating Red Nucleus’s value proposition and solution vision.
Execute against the enterprise go-to-market strategy for GMA offerings.
Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Client Services, and Division leadership to ensure alignment on messaging, positioning, and commercial priorities.
Support enterprise selling motions that balance near-term revenue objectives with longer-term client relationship development.
Maintain disciplined pipeline management in Salesforce, ensuring accurate forecasting, opportunity progression, and data integrity.
Lead pricing, scoping, and solution negotiations to ensure profitable, sustainable engagements.
Ensure effective handoff from business development to delivery teams, supporting high-quality client transitions.
Partner with Sales Operations to monitor performance metrics, conversion rates, and pipeline health.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field strongly preferred.
10+ years of experience in business development roles selling medical communications or medical affairs advisory services to pharmaceutical and biotech organizations with a strong focus on new business wins.
Proven track record of achieving or exceeding annual revenue targets (typically $3–4M+).
Deep experience engaging relevant pharma stakeholders responsible for hiring medical communications and/or medical affairs advisory service providers.
Demonstrated success winning complex, multi-stakeholder pursuits requiring coordination of multiple internal teams including strategy, creative, innovation, and client services.
Experience operating effectively within a matrixed scientific, operational, and technical environment.

Experience Level

10+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Advanced degree in Life Sciences, Business, or related field

About the Company

Our purpose is advancing knowledge to improve lives. We succeed by being the premier provider of strategic learning and development, scientific advisory services, and medical communications solutions for the life sciences industry.
Our global team is composed of nearly 1000 full-time employees whose commitment to creativity, quality, and on-time delivery is unrivaled in our space.
At Red Nucleus, we believe in providing a rich working environment that pushes us to innovate in ways that engages our employees to be their best selves.
Our culture is about meaningful work, a true sense of community, and fun.
We love to celebrate our people, and we are proud to have been Internationally recognized as a “Great Place to Work".