
By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
Pay Range:
$87,600.00 - $144,000.00
The Business Development Specialist – Cell Therapy supports early-stage and emerging customer accounts in the rapidly growing immune cell and regenerative medicine marketsThis role focuses on prospecting, leading first-level technical & commercial conversations, and advancing opportunities from RUO-to-GMP by presenting Bio-Techne workflow solutions across reagents and scale-up platformsThisa customer-facing role for individuals with a strong scientific background, presentation skills, and early commercial experience who can effectively engage and grow research, pre-clinical, and early phase cell therapy accountsCritically, this roleidentifyneeds and collaborates closely withBusiness Development Managers and Strategic Partnership Manager to convert opportunities into long-term relationships.
Travel Expectations: 10-20%
Key Responsibilities
Prospecting and Emerging Account Development
Identifynew regenerative medicine and immune cell therapy accounts through outbound prospecting, conference attendance, and digital solutions engagement
Qualify early-stage opportunities, mapping customer flows andidentifyingbest fits for Bio-Techne’s solutions
Conduct quarterly onsite customer visitswith new and current customersto deepen relationships, present solutions, and uncover unmet needs
Commercial and Technical Engagement
Lead early discovery calls to understand customer challenges in RUO-to-GMP scale-up and manufacturing
Present Bio-Techne’s Cell Therapy portfolio with clarity and scientific credibility, while tailoring the message to academic, biotech, emerging biopharma, and CDMO audiences
Pipelineand Cross-Functional Communication
Maintainaccurateopportunity tracking and forecasting within SalesForce.com
Partner with Business Development Managers and other commercial team members whereappropriate tosupport emerging, fast-moving accounts to support clinical inflection points
Deliver customer-specific presentations and demonstrations both on your own and in collaboration with Product Management and other commercial team members in the Analytical Solution and Reagent Solutions team
Market Intelligence
Closelymonitorcompetitive activity, new market entrants, and evolving technologies, reporting these insights through theappropriate operatingmechanisms
Support identification of key opinion leaders and engage with early-phase innovators in cell therapy to best ambassador Bio-Techne’s solutions
Customer Experience
Ensuretimelyfollow-up, technical resource coordination, and smooth handoffs to internal stakeholders to provide customer-centric solutions
Provide an outstanding customer experience through responsiveness, preparation, and solution-oriented communication
Ensure current key customers are being managed proactively, effectively, in partnership with the Business Development Managers and Advanced Cell Systems business
Required Experience & Capabilities
MinimumofBachelor’s Degreein relevant field to the position (e.g.Cell Biology,Immunology,Biochemistry)and3+ years of relevant,progressive experienceina scientific, technical sales, commercial support, field applications
Experience in life sciences, biotech, or life science tools (preferably in Cell Therapy) managing high-value pharma/biotech partnerships
Strong understanding of cell therapy workflows (immune cell isolation, expansion, iPSC workflow, and RUO-to-GMP transitions)
Excellent presentation, communication, and storytelling skills
Ability to travel at least quarterly for customer visits with occasional conferences
Motivated self-starter comfortable with outbound prospecting and ability to synthesize customer needs into actionable opportunities
Collaborative mindset
The pay range reflected in this posting represents the anticipated annual base salary range for this position and does not include the commission plan structure or additional variable earnings available for the role.
Why Join Bio-Techne:
Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.

Bio-Techne is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and employs over 3,000 people globally at 34 locations worldwide. As a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of high-quality reagents, analytical instruments and precision diagnostics, Bio-Techne has an extensive catalog of over 500,000 products.
Incorporated in 1981 as R&D Systems, the company changed its name to Bio-Techne in 2014. Our growth has been accelerated through acquisitions, organic investments, diversification of our customer base and expansion into new markets. In fiscal year 2023, Bio-Techne delivered net sales of over $1.1 billion.
Bio-Techne includes the following brands: ACD, Asuragen, ExosomeDx, Lunaphore, Novus Biologicals, ProteinSimple, R&D Systems and Tocris Bioscience.