Business Development Manager: Health

Vacancy Details
Employer:
MECS
My client is seeking a Business Development Manager to be accountable for securing the total revenue, diversification of income streams, and for meeting targets per revenue stream. He/she will be accountable for clearly defining business development and commercialisation priorities in alignment with the company vision, strategy and relevant market needs, collecting market and business intelligence to ensure all programmes and projects are relevant to the user environment, and for transferring technologies to the market. This position is based in Pretoria.
Qualifications and experience:
Bachelor's degree in Science in an area that is relevant to health
In-depth understanding and experience in the applied biotechnology and pharmaceuticals space is essential.
At least five years business development in industry
Relevant health industry experience, demonstrated experience of people management, project management and organisational development
Proven track record of market/business development in the health care industry
Evidence of high-level stakeholder management and industry-related networks
Global insights and networks in the sector an added advantage
Solid experience in writing business plans an added advantage
Demonstrated experience of strong people management and organisational development skills.
Key responsibilities:
In collaboration with the Business Development &
Commercialisation Divisional Executive, lead the business development strategy
Be accountable for securing the revenue targets and diversification of income streams.
Facilitate strategic investment of parliamentary grant to leverage further income from industry and other funding sources
Be accountable for a robust, balanced pipeline of business leads per cluster targets
Be accountable for market/business intelligence inform, facilitate development of technologies for current and future competitiveness and ensure collaboration with industry and relevant parties locally and internationally
Lead and maintain in-depth stakeholder engagement in industry and the public sector at large
Lead technical teams in client interactions
Be accountable for all key client relationships, represent client interests and be responsible for client satisfaction.