Associate Director / Director, Business Development Small Molecule
Aura BioSearch · United Kingdom · GB
Sales
Remote
Not yet analysed
Demand66
Career growth64
Healthcare fit38
Remote potential70
Salary band
GBP 100k – 175k
5-year outlook
Likely competitive with a meaningful variable/commission component, but compensation will depend heavily on CDMO sales performance and the candidate’s existing biotech/pharma network. Growth should track outsourcing demand for small molecule development and manufacturing.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
senior
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-10-21
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Engagement type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time
- Eligible countries
- United Kingdom
- Rate period
- Annual
Listing via Himalayas.
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Why this is worth applying to
Worth considering only if you already have CRO/CDMO business development experience, a small molecule scientific background, and an active biotech/pharma network. Most clinicians without commercial pharma sales experience would be underqualified.
Who should apply
Clinicians with prior pharma/biotech business development, CRO/CDMO sales, scientific licensing, or strategic partnership experience, especially pharmacists or physicians with small molecule drug development exposure and an existing industry network.
CV angle
Frame real scientific and clinical expertise as commercial credibility: highlight interactions with pharma/biotech stakeholders, KOL or investigator engagement, technical presentations, cross-functional collaboration, and any documented sales, partnership, proposal, or client-growth outcomes. Do not invent BD experience; instead translate clinical and scientific work into evidence of client-facing communication and technical-commercial bridge-building.
Skills to highlight
- Business development
- Strategic partnerships
- Small molecule CDMO/CRO services
- Biotech and pharma client network
- Technical-commercial translation
- Proposal development
- Client relationship management
- Scientific presentation and event representation
Role summary
A senior business development role for a global CDMO, focused on selling small molecule development and manufacturing services, building biotech/pharma partnerships, shaping proposals, and representing the company to clients.
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