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# Business Development Director (Regional) at Serán BioScience

- **Company:** Serán BioScience
- **Location:** Bend, OR
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2025-07-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/seranbio/41cdd80f-288f-4454-9933-4eea237a9834

## Job description

The Director of Business Development is responsible for driving new customers and business growth for Serán’s customer accounts. This position will develop business relationships with respective client organizations and serve as lead point of contact for all client matters. The successful candidate will have a fundamental understanding of drug development and drug product technologies and services. The role requires building relationships with clients and ability to anticipate client needs, align solutions with needs for current and future proposals/business development, ensure deadlines are met for active on-going projects and proposals, and help customers realize success relative to collaborations with Serán both current and in the future. This role will join a highly skilled Business Development team that is strategically located throughout North America. The chosen candidate will focus on new client relationships within regions with growth opportunity to enhance customer service support while strengthening existing business relationships. Successful candidates will have clear communication within pharmaceutical development and manufacturing and remain within their preferred region, but will require travel to Bend, Oregon as needed. Currently recruiting for multiple positions in the Northeast, Atlantic and Southern US Territories.

Duties and Responsibilities

- Generate new leads and opportunities leveraging Serán’s and the incumbents network
- Build solid, trusting, and measurable relationships with clients and companies while developing a complete understanding of client needs
- Participate in client visits, regional and national trade shows, and conferences as required
- Manage both Serán’s existing pipeline and new business opportunities
- Manage communications between customer and internal teams and assist with management of team activities assigned to each of your customers
- Work with various internal stakeholders (e.g., Executive, Tech Ops, Project Mgmt, etc.) to build client relationships and improve customer results
- Contribute to the development of proposals and presentations for new business development materials
- Adeptly present Serán’s capabilities and value proposition to new clients
- Negotiate agreements as part of a team with BD, corporate, and legal leadership, including CDAs, MSAs, and commercial supply agreements
- Resolve client issues, complaints and anticipate key account improvements by way of project management guidance and outreach
- Identify market trends and customer needs, building a short/medium/long-term sales pipeline in accordance with targets
- Participate in site management team and planning meetings, including setting objectives and strategies as well as take accountability for implementation and results
- Support the broader BD team in developing new service offerings and analyzing market trends
- Assist in the coordination and implementation of marketing strategies, and delegate tasks that achieve strategic goals
- Responsibilities may increase in scope to align with company initiatives
- Additional related duties as assigned

Required Skills and Abilities

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal, business, and customer service skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent negotiation skills, with ability follow-through on customer contracts/management
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment
- Proficient with CRM, Office and other related software

Education and Experience

- Minimum requirement of a Bachelor’s degree in a related scientific discipline
- 5+ years of experience in pharmaceutical industry
- 2+ years of experience in a client-facing capacity is ideal but additional training can be provided
- Track record of technical leadership, including technical conference and client presentations

Physical and Travel Requirements

- Approximately 25% travel required, and at times > 50% may be required
- Travel will be domestic, with potential for international travel
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift to 15 pounds at a time

Compensation correlates to skills and experience presented by selected candidate. Visit https://www.seranbio.com/careers to learn more about company culture and the community of Bend, Oregon.

Benefits Summary: Serán employees accrue over four weeks of paid time off annually. Employer contributions to a retirement account begin after 90 days and do not require an employee match or vesting period. Various health plans allow employees to find the best coverage for their individual or family needs with minimal employee contributions. Serán covers each employee with basic life and long-term disability, giving access to increase or add coverage. An Employee Assistance Program provides support for all things related to our employees’ wellbeing, along with access to pet insurance.

The Corporate Headquarters of Serán BioScience are located at 63047 Layton Ave, Bend, OR 97701

## About Serán BioScience

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Serán BioScience is a science-driven drug development partner providing integrated formulation, particle engineering, and clinical manufacturing services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Bend, Oregon, United States
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Dr. Smithey (President, CEO, and Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Biotechnology / Drug Development (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization – CDMO)
- **Target Customers**: B2B – Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies (from preclinical to commercial stage)
- **Mission**: To provide optimized drug development and manufacturing services for clients, from discovery to the clinic, using a science-first approach to accelerate medicines to patients.

## Products & Services
- **Preformulation Services**: Physicochemical characterization and early feasibility studies to guide formulation strategy.
- **Formulation Development**: Design of robust formulations for poorly soluble compounds using spray drying, hot melt extrusion, fluid bed processing, granulation, and solid dosage forms (tablets, capsules, multiparticulates).
- **Particle Engineering**: Custom-built spray dryers capable of producing nano-to-micro particles; expertise in spray-dried dispersions and engineered particles for inhalation.
- **Clinical Manufacturing**: cGMP manufacturing of clinical trial materials (suspensions, capsules, tablets) with on-site ICH stability storage.
- **Commercial Manufacturing**: A 100,000 sq ft commercial manufacturing campus under construction, including large-scale spray drying for late-stage clinical and commercial supply.
- **Quality Control Laboratory**: Full release, stability, and microbial testing capabilities.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Not disclosed; Headcount of 146 employees (+0.6% YoY as of latest LinkedIn data)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Growth Signals**: Constructing a 100,000 sq ft commercial manufacturing facility; expanding team to over 200 members; adding new development facilities and quality control labs; LinkedIn follower growth of +29.1% year-over-year.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Science-First Approach**: Employs predictive design tools, novel chemistry, and advanced analytical methods from the earliest stages to de-risk development.
- **Particle Engineering Leadership**: Decades of experience with poorly soluble compounds; proprietary spray drying and particle engineering technologies (nano-structures to micro-particulates).
- **End-to-End Support**: Integrated services from preformulation through commercial manufacturing, reducing handoffs and timelines.
- **Right From the Start™ Methodology**: Parallel development of drug product intermediates and final dosage forms to accelerate programs.

## Strategic Focus
- **Commercial Scale-Up**: Investing in a dedicated commercial manufacturing campus to support clients’ late-stage and marketed products.
- **Technology Expansion**: Continuously expanding technical capabilities (spray drying, hot melt extrusion, fluid bed processing) and facility footprint.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Growing the team of scientists, engineers, and support staff to serve an increasing pipeline of complex drug molecules.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, respectful, and fun environment where every role contributes to delivering novel therapies. Emphasis on mentoring and continuous learning.
- **Work-Life Balance**: Central Oregon lifestyle with outdoor recreation access; standard business hours (with alternative shifts in manufacturing/QC/QA).
- **On-Site Requirement**: All employees are expected to work on the Bend campus; remote flexibility considered on a case-by-case basis.
- **Benefits**: Paid time off, employer retirement contributions (no match or vesting required after 90 days), fully funded medical/dental/vision for employee and household, basic life and long-term disability, Employee Assistance Program.
- **Ideal Applicant**: Scientific background with GLP/GMP knowledge; inquisitive problem-solver who follows SOPs and collaborates toward common goals.

## Sources
1. [seranbio.com](https://www.seranbio.com/about)
2. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/seran-bioscience)
3. [seranbio.com](https://www.seranbio.com/careers)
4. [seranbio.com](https://www.seranbio.com/?portfolioCats=34%2C23%2C29%2C35%2C22%2C24%2C30%2C25%2C28%2C31)
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/seranbio)

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