The incumbent will uncover and cultivate business relationships and opportunities to generate revenue with prospective and existing customers for WuXi TIDES, a WuXi AppTec company. The candidate will work within the European business development team, focusing on growing the European customer base for oligonucleotide and peptide clinical-commercial stage manufacturing services.  This role has an emphasis on CMC / later stage services for custom oligo and peptide projects. 

This position is remote/work from home ideally based in the UK, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, or Denmark

• Hunting and Prospecting for oligo and peptide new drug development contacts and companies who would benefit from WuXi TIDES CDMO services.
• Attend conferences and meetings to present WuXi Tides services to prospective and existing clients via email, phone, and web-conferencing systems. Travel to local client meetings where possible.
• Participate in tradeshows to raise the profile of WuXi TIDES and generate leads
• Act upon, refer, and follow-up on leads from sales and marketing campaigns.
• Increase awareness of WuXi TIDES marketing initiatives including scheduling meetings at tradeshows and promoting registrations for webinars and seminars.
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends, funding, regulatory influence, mergers and acquisitions, in-out licensing of products/technologies, government/private grants and contacts, new drug development and approvals, related patent grants and notifications, market growth of small, med, and large cap companies.
• Develop a social network of industry-related contacts via LinkedIn and other social networking platforms.
• Propose new ideas to increase performance for WuXi TIDES goals.
• Document information in Client Relationship Management (CRM) including contacts, pre-screened/qualified leads, and new account information as required.

Job Requirements:

• BA/BS in Chemistry and certain professional training/experience in business (i.e. Marketing, Sales) is required.
• 3+ years relevant experience working in oligo or peptide new drug development, preferably later stage development and CMC knowledge.

 Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Must be a self-starter, self-motivated, highly flexible, with excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation skills). Must be organized and detail-oriented.
• Must have a proven track record of simultaneously managing several projects and timelines.
• Ability to perform within a professional environment and use judgment as dictated by the complexity of a situation.
• Experience with CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software (i.e. SalesForce) is preferred.

Physical Requirements:         

• Must be able to work in an indoor office setting
• Must be able to wear appropriate PPE
• Must be able to work in an environment with minimal noise levels
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to lift 25 lbs routinely/often/occasionally

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability

This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position.  Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by Management.