Senior Business Development Manager (m / w / d) MedTech
At a glance
Senior Business Development role at swisselect ag. Remote, Switzerland · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Win new MedTech business worldwide with OEMs needing implants, surgical instruments and precision components
- Build senior customer relationships while advising on manufacturing methods and material choices
- Connect market needs with R&D, engineering and production to move customer projects forward
- Support regional sales teams with quotes, sales activity and pipeline management in the CRM
- Represent the business at trade fairs, congresses and customer meetings, then prepare market and competitor analysis
What you bring
- A technical qualification in materials engineering, medical technology or a comparable discipline
- At least ten years in international MedTech business development, sales or key account management with proven results
- Practical knowledge of implants, surgical instruments, medical components, materials and industrial production
- Confidence reading technical drawings and specifications, and explaining complex topics to management
- Business-fluent English and French, with a self-directed, customer-focused approach
Who this fits
You’ll suit a senior, entrepreneurial commercial role connecting MedTech customers with technical manufacturing teams. The position is remote within Europe but requires sixty to eighty percent travel and business-fluent English and French. Expect substantial personal ownership and visibility with group executives.
From the employer
Our client is an internationally active group of companies in the field of medical technology and high-precision manufacturing. As a development partner and production specialist, it supports leading MedTech companies in bringing demanding components, instruments and implant solutions to life. Thanks to a global network of specialised production sites, the group offers comprehensive expertise across the entire value chain.
To further strengthen its international sales team, we are looking for an entrepreneurial and technically skilled personality as Senior Business Development Manager (m/f/d) MedTech.
Responsibilities:
In this key position, you take ownership of strategic and operational business development across global markets. Within the implants and medical instruments segment, you act as the central interface between market, development and production, playing a decisive role in identifying new business opportunities, expanding customer relationships and generating sustainable growth.
Your main responsibilities:
Identifying, developing and winning new business opportunities with leading MedTech OEMs worldwide, focusing on implant systems, surgical instruments and high-precision components for regulated, demanding applications
Building and maintaining long-term customer relationships at management and decision-making level
Analysing market trends, customer needs and technological developments
Advising customers on technical manufacturing and material solutions
Working closely with R&D, engineering and production to successfully deliver customer projects
Supporting local sales organisations in quotation and sales processes
Representing the company at trade fairs, congresses and customer events
Owning the maintenance and further development of the sales pipeline and the CRM system
Preparing market, competitor and sales analyses for management
Requirements:
Technical education or degree in materials engineering, medical technology or a comparable qualification
At least 10 years of international experience in business development, sales or key account management within medical technology, with a proven track record
Sound knowledge of implants, surgical instruments, medical components or comparable MedTech products
Sound knowledge of materials, manufacturing technologies and industrial production processes
Good understanding of technical drawings and technical specifications
Entrepreneurial personality with a strong customer focus
Ability to convey complex technical matters convincingly at management level
Independent, structured and solution-oriented way of working
High level of self-motivation and genuine enjoyment in building new business opportunities in an international environment
Confident handling of modern CRM systems an advantage
Business-fluent English and French, other european languages desirable
Willingness to travel: 60–80%
What awaits you:
An international key role with direct visibility at group executive level
Considerable scope to shape your role and a high degree of personal responsibility
Collaboration with leading companies in the medical technology industry
Remote working model within Europe
Attractive international environment with short decision-making paths
Long-term perspective within a fast-growing group of companies
Interested?
We look forward to receiving your application.
For further information, Stephanie Schliffski will be happy to assist you at stephanie.schliffski@swisselect.ch or +41 31 388 18 06. Your application will of course be treated confidentially.
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