Overview

Global events business seeks a highly ambitious, results driven Business Development Manager to join their team, working across their flagship life science events portfolio. This large-scale conference and exhibition has been running for 20+ years and attracts 2,000+ attendees from pharma, biotech, research and their solution providers each year.

Role

Business Development Manager

Hybrid • London

The Business Development Manager will drive revenues through the sale of sponsorship packages for a high-profile international event. You will be selling in a consultative and professional manner to key decision makers / C-level contacts in corporate organisations. Creating intelligent, needs-based proposals for prospects. You will be working with an established global brand and benefit from a strong database of existing contacts, warm leads, and the opportunity to develop your own new business. A large part of the position will be to identify and capitalise on new opportunities to generate revenue at the events – identifying new occasions for sponsorship investment to take place. Develop strong sector/discipline knowledge and relationships. Post continually on social media, especially LinkedIn to establish yourself as an expert in the industry.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level
• 3 years + ideally from an event sponsorship sales background
• Any background in Life Science is highly advantageous
• Loves knowledge and is good at research.
• Networking and relationship skills.
• Commercial outlook.
• Great communication and writing skills.
• You must be hard-working, committed, and a team player.
• Have an interest in business and enjoy learning new information
• Strong at initiating new business with new clients & comfortable working with new products & services.