PURPOSE
Identify Sales Enablement issues and opportunities within the specified business segments. Develop, implement, measure and refine bid-defense strategies and plans to generate customer-centric growth. Deep engagement with Sales teams.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Work closely with Business Development, Project Leaders, Therapeutic Strategy Leads, Medics, and other key team members to deliver presentation support for high value, strategic opportunities.
2. Assist Business Development in the creation of customer focused bid defense presentations with on-point messaging and strong, clear, and consistent visuals throughout each deck.
3. Develop and maintain relationships with entire Global Sales Organization, proactively monitor all high value or strategic opportunities.
4. Frequent (~24x/year) travel for onsite support of the entire bid defense team is required, including message development and refinement, slide design, fast slide amendments, and leadership of breakout groups.
5. Function as local subject matter expert for specified market segments, R&D bid defense support, and targeted accounts.
6. Monitor and analyze internal and external data to develop business insights, implications and recommendations for action.
7. Maintain working knowledge of R&D business including marketing support pieces available. Recommend and leverage existing work into bid defense presentations.
8. Manage CRM analytics for bid defense support.
9. Interface with external agencies and appropriate internal functional groups to execute agreed-upon plans /programs including, but not limited to, PowerPoint presentations and videos.
10. Monitor and analyze business on an on-going basis to recommend and implement plan modifications as needed.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
11. Strong Microsoft Office skills; must be a PowerPoint expert and be able to implement design and messaging feedback extremely quickly
12. Ability to partner well and gain alignment is critical in this highly collaborative, fast-paced group.
13. Intelligence, curiosity, self-starter, ability/willingness to learn quickly
14. Must be able to listen to multiple perspectives and stakeholders, and then action the feedback quickly.
15. Fast decision maker and grace under pressure.
16. Flexibility, integrity
17. Tenacious and creative problem solver. Must be able to visualize multiple solutions to improve slide messaging and/or design.
18. SalesForce.com and video creation/production experience a plus
19. Strong communication skills, oral and written; willingness to ask difficult questions to superiors as well as influence upwards with impact
20. Very strong, proven project management and organizational skills
21. Ability to both lead and participate in cross-functional teams
22. Good conceptual thinker; can “connect the dots” between information, insights, implications and pathway forward
23. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and internal clients
24. Fluent English speaker, European languages helpful
25. Pharmaceutical, CRO or related experience/knowledge
26. Solid understanding of R&D business
27. The candidate may need to travel within the EMEA region once or twice a quarter, typically for a few days at a time due to face-to-face interactions.
Qualifications
MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor's degree required, and relevant marketing, sales, or design experience; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
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