Vice President of Sales - Business Development, Life Sciences

• Lead GLG’s life sciences new logo and expansion efforts across North America, with a specific focus on top-tier pharma, biotech, medtech, and diagnostic clients.
• Own and execute a proactive hunting strategy: identify, qualify, and close high-value opportunities across priority accounts and whitespace prospects.
• Develop and execute strategic account plans for your book of business, including multi-year growth strategies, revenue targets, and clear action plans by stakeholder, product, and geography.
• Consistently build, manage, and convert a robust pipeline of opportunities, with strong discipline around qualification, forecasting, and deal progression.

• Build, deepen, and institutionalize senior-level relationships (Director, VP, SVP, C-Suite) across R&D, Medical, Commercial, Market Access, Strategy, Business Development / Licensing, and Insights / Market Research.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, articulating how GLG’s expert network, integrated solutions, and data & insights can address strategic, clinical, commercial, and operational challenges.
• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles, including enterprise-level, cross-functional agreements, multi-year commitments, and global / regional frameworks.
• Prepare and deliver compelling, tailored pitches and proposals that clearly demonstrate ROI and differentiation versus alternative information & research providers.

• Define and own a focused territory and account strategy for Life Sciences across North America, aligned with GLG’s growth priorities.
• Map key accounts end-to-end (functions, decision-makers, budget owners, influencers), identifying expansion paths across brands, franchises, business units, and geographies.
• Partner closely with regional and global sales leadership to prioritise bets, structure commercial constructs, and align on pricing / negotiation strategy.

• Work closely with GLG project and client solutions teams to ensure flawless delivery against client needs, including expert consultations, surveys, and integrated solutions.
• Collaborate with research teams to identify emerging therapeutic areas, modalities, and technology trends where GLG can build differentiated offerings for life sciences clients.
• Coordinate with marketing to shape campaigns, events, and content tailored to priority accounts and segments; actively participate in industry conferences and GLG-hosted events.
• Engage with internal stakeholders (legal, compliance, finance, operations, IT) to structure complex deals, manage risk, and enable scalable growth.

• Act as a senior commercial voice within the North America Healthcare & Life Sciences team, sharing best practices and supporting the development of more junior sales colleagues.
• Help define the future operating model for Life Sciences sales across North America, including input into hiring plans, territory design, and go-to-market approach.
• Over time, take on management responsibility for a small team of hunters / BDMs while maintaining direct ownership of key strategic accounts (“player-coach” model).

• Maintain rigorous CRM hygiene: log activities, opportunities, and account plans; provide accurate, timely pipeline and forecasting updates to senior management.
• Track and report on key sales KPIs (pipeline coverage, win rates, sales cycle length, ACV, expansion, retention), using data to refine strategy and tactics.
• Stay up-to-date on pharmaceutical / biotech regulatory developments, market dynamics, and competitive landscape (including other expert networks and insight providers), and translate these into commercial opportunities.
• Travel regularly to client sites and industry events to build and reinforce long-term client partnerships.

• Bachelor’s degree or above; an advanced degree (e.g. MSc, PhD, MBA) and/or a life sciences-related field (biology, chemistry, pharmacology, biomedical sciences) is strongly preferred.
• 7–10 years of professional experience, with the majority spent in quota-carrying B2B sales / business development roles selling into pharmaceutical / biotech / medtech / diagnostics clients.
• Proven track record of hunting and closing new business with enterprise-scale life sciences organisations within North America
• Experience selling knowledge, data, SaaS, consulting, market research, or analytics solutions to life sciences clients (e.g. expert networks, MR agencies, HEOR, RWE, or clinical / commercial data platforms).
• Demonstrated success managing complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles and negotiating significant contracts (six-figure plus annual contract values; multi-year agreements a plus).
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical and biotech value chain (from discovery and early development through clinical, regulatory, launch and lifecycle management), and how insight / information products support decision-making at each stage.
• Experience with both new logo acquisition and expansion / cross-sell / upsell within existing accounts; comfortable building “land & expand” strategies.
• Previous exposure to subscription, SaaS, or recurring revenue models, including experience with renewals and expansion of annual contracts.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication and presentation skills; able to engage credibly with senior scientific, medical, commercial, and strategy stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously in a high-performance environment, take ownership of a revenue number, and consistently meet or exceed targets.
• High integrity, professionalism, and sound commercial judgment; comfortable operating in a highly compliant, regulated environment.
• Proficiency with CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce) and common sales enablement tools; strong command of Microsoft Office (PowerPoint/Excel) for building account plans and client-ready materials.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly as client and business needs require.

The anticipated hiring base salary range for this role is: 97500 - 160000 USD