Business Development Lead (f/m/d)

Business Development Lead
NANOVERY is seeking a business developer with a scientific background who is eager to drive the commercial success of an exciting young company.

As we seek to reach key early commercial milestones, we are looking for driven and entrepreneurial business development professional to play a pivotal role in expanding our impact in the biopharma space.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives on building strategic relationships, navigating complex scientific markets, and driving commercial success from lead generation to deal closure. The ideal candidate will combine scientific expertise with commercial acumen, excel at storytelling and negotiation, and bring a methodical, data-driven approach to outreach and market analysis. Our Laboratories are based in Newcastle upon Tyne, offering a high quality and affordable lifestyle with great opportunities for exploring the outdoors and participating in culture. We would expect you to commute (within two hours) or relocate for this role to facilitate knowledge transfer and team integration.

Drive the entire business development pipeline, from lead generation and outreach to assisting proposal drafting, leading and closing commercial negotiations in line with KPIs
Ensure outreach, record keeping, conference lead up and follow up is conducted in a disciplined and deliberate manner using tools such as a CRM
Collect, analyse and share market intelligence from desk research and customer meetings to identify applications for technology and inform product strategy

A Master’s degree or PhD in Chemistry, Life Sciences, or a related field
A minimum of two years’ commercial or industry experience
Demonstrable enthusiasm for business development
Experience using and maintaining CRM systems
A strong desire and willingness to travel (up to 50% of the time) to build face-to-face relationships
An existing network in biotech, pharma, or CROs
Experience working in pharmaceutical companies
A strong understanding of commercial terms and contract frameworks
A focus on listening to the customer and creating mutual, long-term value over short-term wins
Data-driven decision-making skills, with the ability to extract key insights and act on them
Resourceful, agile, and output-driven; able to push projects forward independently

Career growth potential as we scale
~ A chance to help shape the future of drug development
~ Team building and social activities

Nanovery was founded in 2018 with a mission is to empower the development of next generation therapies and diagnostics with our NAN-based platform for quantifying nucleic acid sequences.

This is an area of science that treats synthetic DNA as a biocompatible material for building objects or performing tasks and computation.
Any pre-application queries can be sent to contact Roma Galloway (COO) (she/her) at successful candidates\’ recruitment documentation will be kept in accordance with NANOVERY’s Internal Personal Data Policy.