Life Science Key Account Manager

A significant opportunity to lead at regional and national levels, to make the U.K one of the best places to conduct research. The Life Sciences Key Account Manager is a high profile and critical role. As part of a national team, the South East RRDN key account manager will work strategically to develop and support a growing number of key accounts, as well as ensuring effective delivery of outstanding commercial services. You will be engaging, developing and maintaining productive, high quality relationships with a number of Life Sciences companies, and ensuring effective delivery of the strategy locally. The impact of this role will be evident through an increased number of companies engaging and becoming NIHR RRDN key accounts, and the efficient and effective delivery of the commercial portfolio. The ability to establish trust, working collaboratively and inclusively will contribute to the sharing of comprehensive, and timely intelligence and feedback to ensure we learn,
continuously improve and shape our services in readiness to respond to future challenges.
The interview for this role is to be held on 28th October 2024., Authentic, credible and highly motivated, as an Ambassador for the RRDN, time will be invested in Leaders within Global Life sciences companies, utilising highly developed interpersonal skills to develop and foster enduring and productive relationships. An ability to recognize signals of changes within the system is part of everyday business, and underpins the continuous improvement and evolution of the services provided, and ensures they are ready to respond to future challenges. Liaising with research delivery organisations within South East RRDN, inspiring and enabling more organisations across wider healthcare settings is key to the region, in order to expand the local portfolio and enable better access for a diverse range of people. Leading the delivery of the South East RRDN Life sciences services, advising, and influencing the study support team and delivery teams, necessitates exceptional people and organisational skills in this dynamic and ambitious region., The RDN and DHSC have a vision for this role being a single conduit for key commercial partners to explore their pipeline, plan, place and facilitate effective delivery of their studies.
The Life Science Key Account Manager, as a senior manager in the Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN), will work as part of a national Research Delivery Network (RDN) Industry facing team to develop and manage relationships with Life Sciences companies, and the NIHR wider stakeholders within the clinical research environment including non-commercial funders and other parts of the research ecosystem to attract and grow clinical research delivery in the UK.
This role will work closely with RDN Industry facing teams across the RDN to ensure equality and consistency of service for all customers, nationally and regionally. Using horizon scanning data, business intelligence and NIHR expertise and relationships, the post holder will provide a tailored service to key accounts as a single conduit, representing the RDN nationally. The post holder will promote the RDN services, ensuring that key themes and opportunities are communicated into the RDN. The post holder will work closely with other key industry facing teams, External Affairs and Strategic Partnerships and the Department of Business and Trade to explore opportunities and enable access to NIHR infrastructure.

Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
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Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
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