Associate Business Development Director

Job Title: Associate Business Development Director Job Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America Job Location Type: Remote Job Contract Type: Full-time Job Seniority Level: To be eligible for this position, you must reside in the same country where the job is located. Job Overview Secure and retain business through professional, consultative, proactive sales activities directed at decision-makers and decision influencers at existing and new clinical sponsors. Essential Functions Actively prospect and leverage potential new business opportunities within specified customer account(s). Cultivate strong, long-term relationships with key decision-makers within Account and develop in-depth knowledge of the customer organization. Maintain general knowledge of all IQVIA services for appropriate cross-sell opportunities. Aggressively pursue awareness of competitive activities, positioning and pricing, which includes specific reasons for awards and non-awards. Identify and respond to customer needs in order to define potential opportunities. Propose appropriate strategy/solution to customer. Coordinate with contracts/proposals to develop proposal. Work with operations and functional managers to identify sales team and prepares and leads the sales presentation. Educate team participants in customer culture, operational needs/methods and sales techniques needed to close the sale. Handle follow-up related to the sale and drive completion of contractual documents. Adapt success