Global Principal Business Development Manager Pharmaceutical Industry (m/f/d) - Irland

Global Principal Business Development Manager Pharmaceutical Industry (m/f/d) - Irland

London, GBR

• ID: R-21611
• Job Category: Sales
• Job Type: Full time

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Benefits Overview

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Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and aftermarket services, delivering comprehensive flow control solutions that support essential industries such as energy, clean water, and pharmaceuticals. If you're looking for a culture built on ingenuity, innovation, and excellence, Flowserve offers the opportunity to put your experience in motion. Whether you're an individual contributor or a people leader, you'll find meaningful opportunities for professional growth, competitive rewards, and a workplace grounded in our core values: People, Safety, Integrity, Ownership and Ingenuity. At Flowserve, we're inspired by what we can achieve together—creating extraordinary flow control solutions that strengthen today's world while building tomorrow.

Your Role and Impact

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Regulatory Subject Matter Expert (SME) will provide industry-informed and regulatory-body expertise, market insight, manufacturing expectations, and customer credibility to support Flowserve’s pharmaceutical growth initiative.

This role is a remote role and will lead pharmaceutical market strategy, cultivate strategic relationships across global pharmaceutical manufacturers and bioprocess Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and translate rigorous pharmaceutical-market requirements into commercial and product priorities.

Serving as a key technical authority across life sciences manufacturing, clean-in-place/steam-in-place (CIP/SIP) applications, and current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) compliance, this subject matter expert drives market readiness, regulatory alignment, and technology adoption across Flowserve’s global customer base.

Ideal candidates bring extensive experience with a regulatory body, health authority, notified body, or senior regulatory-quality leadership role involving pharmaceutical manufacturing, inspection readiness, quality systems, validation, supplier expectations, and regulatory engagement and are located in Ireland.

Key Responsibilities

• Voice of the Customer: Serve as the primary voice of the customer, translating pharmaceutical application, quality, regulatory, and operational requirements into actionable business and product development priorities.

• Regulatory Guidance: Advise cross-functional engineering, sales, and operations teams on pharmaceutical and regulatory-body expectations, including cGMP, validation, supplier qualification, documentation, traceability, quality-system maturity, regulatory risk considerations, and change control.

• Commercialization & Product Strategy: Provide critical input to product-development roadmaps and commercialization plans based on customer feedback, market trends, and launch-readiness requirements.

• Market Execution: Develop and implement targeted market strategies for pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and bioprocess applications.

• Stakeholder Engagement: Identify and nurture strategic relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers, drug-development laboratories, bioprocess OEMs, skid integrators, universities, and industry partners.

• Technical Evaluations: Support customer trials, technical evaluations, reference installations, industry conferences, and global roadshows.

• Cross-Functional Go-to-Market: Partner with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Marketing to develop go-to-market plans, sales enablement materials, and customer-value propositions.

• Market & Competitive Intelligence: Conduct competitive benchmarking and market analyses to identify emerging growth opportunities, target segments, priority accounts, and strategic partners.

• Channel & OEM Development: Support OEM and channel partner development, focusing on early design-in opportunities and partner qualification.

• Executive Alignment: Communicate strategic priorities, progress, risks, and recommendations directly to executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or a related field required. Advanced degree (Master's, MS, PhD) or equivalent relevant experience preferred.

• Several years of experience in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotech, bioprocess, or regulated life-sciences industry.

• Knowledge of FDA/EMA expectations and global pharmaceutical regulations.

• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing requirements and regulatory expectations

• Demonstrated experience translating customer and market needs into product, commercial, or operational requirements.

• Experience working cross-functionally.

• Proven ability to engage credibly with technical and commercial stakeholders at pharmaceutical manufacturers, OEMs, system integrators, and other industry partners.

• Strong knowledge of the pharmaceutical / biopharmaceutical market, including customer decision drivers, operational challenges, and application requirements.

• Ability to develop and communicate market strategies, value propositions, and go-to-market recommendations.

• Fluent English and willingness to travel internationally.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Existing network in pharma, biotech, Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), or bioprocess markets

• What We Can Offer You

• At Flowserve, you'll find a range of options to fit your, and your family's, needs. We want to provide our team with the right resources to invest in your physical, mental and financial well-being no matter where you sit or what stage of life you're in.

• Req ID : R-21611

• Job Family Group : Sales

• Job Family : SA Business Development

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• Flowserve is a global leader in flow control solutions and aftermarket services. Our people are driven by a shared commitment to building a more sustainable future and making a meaningful impact around the world. With more than 16,000 employees across 50+ countries, we combine global scale with strong local expertise. Our teams bring ingenuity, creativity, and technical excellence to every challenge, delivering innovative products and services that help customers operate more efficiently and reliably. Serving over 10,000 customers worldwide, Flowserve supports industries that provide essential resources such as energy, clean water, pharmaceuticals, and more. Put your talents—and your career—in motion with Flowserve.