Vice President Business Development
Intravacc is the place in the Netherlands to work on the development and production of vaccines that are valuable for global healthcare. As an established Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with over 100 years of experience, Intravacc offers a wide range of expertise to independently develop and manufacture innovative vaccines for partners around the world, including (inter)national governments, public health organizations (WHO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), biotech and pharmaceutical companies
Within the Business Development Department we are looking for a Vice President Business Development
The position
The Vice President Business Development (VP-BV) reports to the CBO. The VP-BD primary focus is the acquisition and maintenance of new customers of Intravacc to drive the CDMO revenue growth.
Responsibility
You are responsible for the international -commercial market development, identifying customers and securing the contracts, in line with the strategic, scientific and commercial need of Intravacc:
- Securing clients for new commissions
- Worldwide identification and analysis of new business cooperations and – if it concerns product and process development, registration and commerce – with industrial partners, institutes and NGO’s, to translate these trends into business opportunities
- In dialogue with program management to engage in business opportunities, negotiations, and/or determine priorities with external parties
- Negotiating with the external clients and to realign internal commercial and strategic conditions
- Providing technological knowledge when visiting clients or a congresses and fairs
- Taking care of keeping client data and projects in the pipeline up to date in the
Qualifications
- MSc or PhD in the field of life sciences, biochemistry or pharmaceutical sciences
- Relevant work experience of at least 8+ years
- Commercial/ transaction and scientific knowledge and experience from the life science industry, preferably within vaccines development and exploitation of generated knowledge
- Experience in negotiations and contract preparation
- Able to make connections between scientific content and business related topics
- Knows how to network and maintain those networks, to influence, to negotiate, to advise management .
- Developing a business revenue driven annual plan
- Track-record bringing on new customers
- Pro-active and solution-oriented
- Flexible work attitude and capable of working independently as well as in a team
- Good command of the English language (written and spoken)
Want to be part of a company whose technology and products are part of cutting-edge global research? Join Intravacc in our commitment to reduce human diseases through innovative vaccine technology. Are you a self-starter and have you a strong “Can do” mindset than this is the perfect job for you.
Our offer
You will become part of an enthusiastic team within an innovative growing company that makes a substantial contribution to global healthcare. You will have plenty of opportunities to further professionalize the organization and to develop yourself – both technically and personally.
A long-term permanent position. We offer a competitive salary, dependent on education and experience, including 8% holiday allowance, and an additional 30% annual target driven bonus
Interested?
Please send us your resume.