Business Development Representative

About usOwkin is an agentic AI company pioneering Biological Artificial Superintelligence to solve problems in biology where human researchers alone have failed.Owkin builds K Pro - an AI scientist for pharmaceutical research and strategic decision-making.

K Pro orchestrates a suite of AI skills and tools to decode complex biology, accelerate research, and dramatically increase productivity.K Pro is built on Owkin’s unrivalled multimodal patient data network, state-of-the-art AI for biology and a decade of experience working with pharmaceutical partners.Position is based in our Paris office.Please submit your CV in English

About the role: Owkin is looking for a Business Development Representative to help grow opportunities across biotech, CRO, mid-size pharma and venture capital accounts. You will research target organizations, identify the right stakeholders and create qualified conversations through thoughtful, persistent outreach.

Working closely with Sales Directors and cross-functional teams, you will help turn early interest into well-prepared sales opportunities while developing your consultative selling skills.

In particular, you will:ProspectingIdentify target accounts (biotechs, CROs, mid-size pharma, VC), their decision-makers, their therapeutic areas, their pipelines and strategic AI organization and investment.Build targeted and custom messages to reach outbound leads.Generate qualified opportunities through outbound (email, LinkedIn, phone) and at trade shows and events.Build relationships at several levels within key accounts, from R&D teams up to leadership.Qualify all the inbounds leads and route or progress them appropriately..Supporting the sales teamSupport Sales Directors on biotech, CRO, VC and mid-size pharma accounts.Prepare presentations, proposals and demos with the Technical Sales and Marketing teams.Coordinate internal meetings for demo (sales, product, support).Pipeline managementKeep the CRM (Salesforce and third partner CSM), foreca