Business Development Specialist, Commercial Sector Life Sciences

RTI International is an independent, scientific research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with technical and science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach-one that integrates expertise across social, statistical, data, and laboratory sciences, engineering, and other technical disciplines to solve the world's most challenging problems.

We believe in the promise of science and technical solutions, and we push ourselves every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses in the US and around the world. If you are looking for the opportunity to make a real difference, RTI is the place for you.

This position will fall with RTI's Growth Unit (Commercial Sector), whichis responsible formanaging how the institute pursues, wins, and grows our project portfolio. This unit works in close collaboration with RTI's operations and technical solutions units.

This position is opento remote candidates as well as those who would prefer to be hybrid or on-site at ourRaleigh-Durham, North Carolinacampus.It is expected that this position will require frequent travel and conference attendance.This role reportsto theStrategic Account Executive(SAE)and Sector Lead, Life Sciences.

RTI is recruiting for a Business Development Specialist, Life Sciences. The primary focus of this role is on expanding RTI's business and impact in the life sciences industry, connecting commercial clients to RTI's service portfolio spanning from wet labs for physical experiments to dry labs for computational, data-driven work, and nonclinical and clinical services.

As a Business Development (BD) Specialist, you will leverage your experience and skills in market and competitor research and analysis, the planning and execution of effective sales campaigns and events, and client outreach and lead generation techniques to expand RTI's business in the life sciences sector. This role offers you the opportunity to apply your capabilities in client needs analysis, opportunity identification, and positioning strategies to enable RTI to significantly increase our business with both existing and new clients.

In this role, you will join a collaborative team of commercial business development staff who specialize in the business of science. In addition to Life Sciences, our broader team's priorities include Energy, Environmental Services, and Food & Agriculture. Although your primary focus will be on the Life Sciences sector, you will partner with the BD teams from the other sectors to share best practices and provide mutual backup support, as needed.

Detailed responsibilities for this position include:

• Conduct research and analysis on trends in the Life Sciences market, client needs, and competitor actions.

• Research existing and target accounts, identify key contacts, connect with prospects, and generate interest in services and products through timely, regular outreach.

• For assigned commercial accounts, provide business development support to client management and delivery teams.

• Conduct background research for pitch meetings, help with development of BD collateral (e.g., pitch decks), document activities.

• Help to organize and schedule sales calls.

• Participate in client calls and coordinate follow-up items.

• Use marketing and sales information services and platforms to complete actions required for all phases of the sales cycle - from lead generation through closing.

• Proactively anticipate customer needs based on market activity to identify emerging projects and cross-selling opportunities with current clients.

• Coordinate with Marketing and/or Client Delivery teams to help identify and execute business development opportunities, including conferences, events, and outreach campaigns.

• Participate in marketing, account planning and sales pipeline meetings. Follow up on assigned tasks.

• Contribute to the application of business development best practices, continuous improvement methodologies, tools, and training to facilitate successful business development, forecasting, and planning activities.

• Participate in intra-group collaboration and coordination efforts related to business development and strategic planning.

• Continuously build the RTI brand by demonstrating how RTI adds value to clients.

Minimum Qualifications Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and at least3years ofrelevantprofessionalexperience, or aMaster'sdegree and at least1year ofrelevantexperience.

• At least1yearofdemonstrable experience inabusinessdevelopment, client-centric/client facing role, or similar, with a primary focus on commercial companies.

• To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status(e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.).

Additional Required Skills and Abilities:

• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills,highlyprofessional presence,abilityto interact with seniorclientsand project delivery staff.

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills such as PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

• Familiarity with CRM tools (e.g., Salesforce) and Go-to-Market/Sales Intelligence software tools (e.g, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Navigator, etc.).

• Demonstration of the RTI Values and Lead Forward behaviors by all employees is critical to the Institute's success.Behaviors associated with our Values and Lead Forward can been found onRTIInsider and Careers page.

PreferredExperiences and/or Qualifications:

• Bachelor's, Master's, or other degreeinalife sciencesrelatedfield(e.g, Biology, Chemistry, Genetics).

• Prior experience serving companies in the Life Sciences sector.

• Proventrack recordofbuildingasales pipeline within an assigned businessportfolio.

• Experience using AI tools for business development activitiesand daily tasks.

• Experience working with a diverse set of scientific and professional disciplines, including but not limited to laboratory and statistical sciences, product commercialization, software development, and consulting/advisory services.

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The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below. Our pay ranges represent national averages and may vary by location as a geographic differential may be applied to some locations within the United States. RTI considers multiple factors when making an offer including, for example: established salary range, internal budget, business needs, and education and years of work experience possessed by the applicant. Further, salary is merely one element to our offer.

At RTI, we demonstrate our commitment to rewarding individual and team achievement through a total rewards package. This package includes (among other things) a competitive base salary, a generous paid time off policy, merit based annual increases, bonus opportunities and a robust recognition program. Other benefits include a competitive range of insurance plans (including health, dental, life, and short-term and long-term disability), access to a retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan, paid parental leave for all parents, financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments, financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities, an employee assistance program, and numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance.