Business Development Executive in London

We are looking for a highly motivated Business Development Executive to join our global sales team within a fast-growing life sciences consultancy. This is a client-facing, commercial role focused on generating new business opportunities, setting high-quality appointments across the UK and Europe, and supporting the full sales lifecycle for both new and existing clients. You'll thrive in G&L's fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoy building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, including delivery, resourcing, marketing, and senior technical teams.

The Role Key Responsibilities

• Lead Generation & Prospecting
  • Proactively engage medium and large life sciences organisations via phone, LinkedIn, and email to identify and qualify new business opportunities.
  • Monitor industry activity (e.g. mergers & acquisitions, divestments, redundancies, offshoring) to identify emerging sales opportunities and market demand.
• Appointment Setting & Client Engagement
  • Deliver high volumes of targeted outbound outreach to generate qualified technical consultations and client meetings for senior technical colleagues.
  • Work closely with Account Ownership teams to grow and expand our client exposure.
  • Act as a professional first point of contact, representing the business and its expertise.
  • Meet and work towards individual & team monthly KPI targets in line with business objectives.
  • Provide end-to-end sales support including qualification, objection handling, follow-up, negotiation, and closing activities.
  • Support opportunities across the full client lifecycle.
• CRM & Market Insights
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in Salesforce across the full sales process.
  • Use LinkedIn and industry databases to research prospects, build target lists, and track competitor and market trends.
  • Contribute to achieving annual revenue and activity targets.
• Marketing & Brand Collaboration
  • Work closely with the marketing team to ensure business development activity aligns with ongoing campaigns.
  • Share client feedback to support thought leadership, content development, and brand positioning.

Requirements Skills & Experience

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills at all levels of a client organisation.
• Proven ability to conduct proactive outreach and generate qualified meetings.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable making outbound calls and engaging professionally via email and LinkedIn.
• Highly organised with strong time management and follow-up discipline.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and commercially minded.
• Able to work effectively within a global, cross-functional team.

Personal Attributes

• 1-2 years experience in an outbound sales environment, ideally in the life sciences sector.
• Proactive self-starter with a results-driven mindset.
• Confident engaging with scientific, technical, and commercial stakeholders.
• Curious, adaptable, and motivated by the evolving life sciences industry.
• Professional, credible communicator with strong attention to detail.
• Fluent in English; additional languages (Spanish or German) are a plus.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Regulatory Affairs, Business Analytics, or Business Management.

Why Join G&L?

This is an exciting opportunity to join an agile and dynamic international life sciences consultancy, working with leading organisations across the UK and Europe. This role provides an opportunity to collaborate with senior technical experts and top-10 biopharma customers, and have immediate impact on a fast-growing business.

How to Apply

Interested candidates who thrive in a fast-paced, global environment and enjoy building relationships in the life sciences sector are encouraged to apply. Please email your CV to BelfastApplications@gandlscientific.com quoting reference Ref: BF-22026.

G&L Scientific is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their gender, religious belief, political opinion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or race. We recruit based on talent alone and firmly believe that an individual's background should play no part in the recruitment and selection process.