Director Business Development (f/m/d)

We at Leukocare are looking for you to join our Business Development team in Munich/Martinsried

Exciting and varied tasks await you in a highly professional, collegial, and interdisciplinary team. Independence and initiative are expressly desired and encouraged. We offer flat hierarchies, a flexible working time model, an open corporate culture, and a company pension scheme. We value long-term cooperation and provide development prospects within the company. We promote your individual skills through tailored development opportunities such as training, coaching, and workshops.

Your profile

• Degree in Life Sciences; an advanced degree or MBA is a plus
• 8+ years in Business Development or strategic sales in biotech/pharma/CDMO
• Proven commercial success and a relevant network (in Switzerland, Nordics, UK, and/or US)
• Strong CMC and Drug Product expertise, either on the service provider or client side, with solid proposal and deal-making skills
• Fluent in Business and Technical English; persuasive communicator at senior levels
• Ambitious, proactive, and results-driven
• Natural at building senior relationships and influencing with insight
• Strategic and hands-on team player

Your Tasks and Responsibilities

• Drive strategic revenue growth by closing new business with biotech and pharma clients, particularly in Switzerland, Nordics, UK, and US
• Build trusted relationships with C-level stakeholders of international clients through expertise, empathy, and strategic guidance
• Own the full Business Development cycle - from lead generation and pipeline development to negotiation and project handover
• Craft tailored proposals based on clients' RFPs and collaborate closely with R&D and Project Management in proposal management
• Represent Leukocare in boardrooms, online meetings, and at key conferences
• Act as a strategic advisor to clients and internal teams
• Increase visibility through partnering events and scientific networking

About us

Leukocare AG, based in Martinsried, Germany, is a biotechnology company specializing in the development of biopharmaceutical formulations. Operating at the interface of drug and product development, Leukocare combines in-depth knowledge of formulation development with bioinformatics and artificial intelligence. Leukocare's innovative, best-in-class drug product formulations can be used for a wide range of modalities: biologics & biosimilars, vaccines & viral vectors, and biofunctionalized devices. Currently, Leukocare employs 53 people.