Business Development Director – Healthcare Photonics
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Job title: Business Development Director – Healthcare Photonics
Company: CK Group
Job description: CK Group are recruiting for a Business Development Director on behalf of a leading provider of consultancy services to the Healthtech industry, to be based from their site in Sedgefield, Co. Durham, on a hybrid working basis. This is a permanent, full time position.
About the role:
We are looking for a talented and experienced individual to develop and lead the commercial delivery for transformative and large opportunities including pre-competitive collaborative programmes (Grand Challenges). This is a unique opportunity to build commercial growth, build growth in new markets – arising from new geographies, technologies, skills, and services.
The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing a business winning culture ensuring the commercial success of the organisation in the identified target market sectors.
The BD Director will work along the business to test and validate opportunities at idea stage, build relationships and credibility with key stakeholders and deliver commercial growth.
Your Responsibilities will include:
- Acting with an entrepreneurial mindset, validating and piloting new business models to enable the sustained growth of new HealthTech business.
- Developing and implementing a HealthTech Business Development Strategy that:
- Tests and validates significant opportunities, including grand challenges with the market
- Attracts, builds relationships and secures new potential key customers and partners for grand challenges
- Monetises expertise, IP and capabilities developed under grand challenges
- Building a strategic senior level network of stakeholders across academia, government, and industry at pace, work alongside key opportunities and grand challenge umbrella to raise market awareness, key influencers and potential customers.
- To create and lead a Business Development team to successfully deliver the outcomes of the HealthTech Grand Challenge Business Development Strategy translating ideas and concepts into commercial value offerings that deliver revenue and profit growth to CPI and capability development/Impact to UK industry.
- To develop a detailed understanding of government, industry, market & customer expectations and be seen to represent and promote the HealthTech brand as a credible subject matter expert to build strong client relationships built upon trust, respect and industry knowledge.
This role will operate primarily across the UK and EU and has the opportunity for travel further afield.
About you:
To be considered for the position you should ideally have the following skills and expertise:
- Educated to a minimum of degree level, or possess equivalent experience, in a life sciences or related discipline. PhD qualified candidates are encouraged to apply
- The ability to communicate to the industry at a senior level.
- Success in exceeding sales targets and other key sales metrics.
- Fluency with CRM solutions and business development processes
The successful candidate would need to be in possession of a full UK driving licence as you will be expected to regularly work at other sites depending on business needs.
Apply:
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 56647 in all correspondence.
Company
CK Group recently celebrated over 30 years as specialists in scientific, clinical, and technical recruitment. We have formed strong partnerships with the world’s most innovative and successful brands, from small independent start-ups to globally renowned blue-chip pharmaceutical organisations. With a history of working with fantastic companies and talented people, we will be able to help you find the job you always dreamed of.
Special Projects:
We have taken part in some fantastic projects such as the world’s first real-world evidence study, the Salford Lung Study with GSK, and currently, the world’s largest trial of the pioneering early-detection Galleri cancer blood test.
Accreditations:
We have worked hard to become ISO9001, ISO27001, and Investors in People accredited, and have been members of the REC since 1993.
Awards:
We also have been presented with some fantastic awards by our peers over the years, such as the KellyOCG Supplier Excellence Award and the AgileOne Best of the Best award – both of which have been awarded several years in a row. On top of this, we are very proud to have won Consultant of the year at the REC awards amongst other wins and nominations.
Our Recruiters:
We recently celebrated many of our recruiters who received long service awards for being with the company for more than 10, 15, 20, and 25 years! We are very proud that our recruiters are so experienced and knowledgeable about the clinical, scientific and technical sectors. They really do have a lot of knowledge about our specialist sectors and are focused on our core values of Integrity, honesty, ownership and value.
Contractors/Temp Contracts:
We offer flexible contracting options enabling you to choose the best working option for your circumstances whether that is PAYE, through your own limited company or through an umbrella agency, although there is no need to use an umbrella company when our payroll service is FREE!
If you do want to work on a contract basis, here are some of the benefits of contracting with us:
As a CK contractor you will have your own dedicated consultant who will make sure that you receive:
- Free payroll
- A face-to-face induction at the start of your contract
- A new starter pack
- Training on how to submit your timesheets
- Ongoing support from our accounts and payroll team to make sure you get paid correctly and on time
- Provided that you submit your timesheets on time – you will always be paid on time
- Access to your own timesheet and payment records securely hosted on our system
- Regular contact both face-to -face and on the phone from CK
- Ongoing appraisal and support system
- Access to our refer a friend scheme
- CK monthly newsletter
- Support at the end of your contract/placement to find you the next role
Diversity and Inclusion:
We are part of the REC Diversity Pledge and the BITC Race at Work Charter. We also provide all our staff with VISA and Unconscious Bias training. We are conscious in our internal and external recruitment to consciously follow our pledges.
Work With Us:
Due to our experience, our client base and partners, and our focus on integrity, we can give you access to the best scientific and clinical jobs in the UK, USA, and Europe. Visit ckgroup.co.uk.
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Expected salary: £81000 per year
Location: Redcar, North Yorkshire
