Business Development Manager (f/m/x)

Business Development Manager (f/m/x) Hi there!

You will take ownership of identifying, engaging, and developing relationships with key stakeholders across academia, healthcare, pharma, and policy.

This role sits at the intersection of science, product, and business – ideal for someone who combines strong communication skills with a strategic mindset and a hands-on approach to building meaningful partnerships.

Your future role

• Identify, engage, and develop relationships with key stakeholders across academia, healthcare, industry, and policy to generate new leads and collaboration opportunities

• Drive business development activities end-to-end, including outreach, follow-ups, and conversion of leads into concrete partnerships

• Represent D4L at conferences, fairs, and industry events, including preparing and delivering pitches, demos, and stakeholder conversations

• Own the planning and execution of D4L’s presence at events (e.g., selecting conferences, submitting applications for talks/posters, organizing booths, demos, and satellite events)

• Translate D4L’s products and technical capabilities into clear, compelling value propositions for different audiences

• Work closely with Product, Science, and Strategy teams to align outreach efforts with D4L’s priorities and identify high-impact opportunities

What you need to succeed

• A university degree in a relevant field such as healthcare, public health, life sciences, data science, business, or a comparable discipline

• Experience in business development, partnerships, or a similar external-facing role, ideally in digital health, software, or a research-driven environment

• Strong business mindset: ability to identify relevant stakeholders, understand their needs, and position D4L’s solutions effectively

• Solid technical understanding and ability to quickly grasp and communicate complex concepts across research, product, and policy contexts

• Proven experience in organising and representing organisations at conferences, events, or similar formats

• Excellent communication and networking skills, with confidence in external-facing situations and public representation

• Highly proactive, structured, and independent working style, with strong task and priority management

• Fluency in English is required; German is a strong plus

Why you will love working with us

• High level of personal responsibility and creative freedom
• Work on socially impactful projects in the healthcare sector
• Collaboration with leading partners from research, technology, and healthcare
• A diverse, interdisciplinary, and international team working across three locations (Potsdam, Berlin, and Singapore)
• Flexible working models with the option to work from home
• Permanent employment contract with 30 days of vacation
• Attractive employee benefits, e.g. private supplementary health insurance, public transport ticket

Good to know

• We especially welcome applicants from the LGBTQI+ community, people with a migration background, people of color, and individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses to the team.
• If you need support or special assistance during the application or interview process due to a disability, please feel free to let us know and we are happy to accommodate you as much as possible.
• This position offers an unlimited contract.
• In this position you will be working from our Berlin office (hybrid).
• Please enclose your complete documents (CV, letter of motivation, salary expectations and earliest possible starting date) with your application.

About us

Data4Life is a nonprofit organization with the vision of making the world a healthier place. With an international team, we work together on the mission to digitize health research. By linking technology and research, we make health data available to research in a comprehensive, digital and secure way. Our interdisciplinary team in Potsdam, Berlin and Singapore brings together experts from fields such as product development, digital engineering, data security and science. Data4Life was founded in 2017 and is funded by the Hasso Plattner Foundation.

We care about Diversity: Many different lives, careers, and development paths lead to Data4Life. We welcome experts from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to our international team, offering everyone equal opportunities to be themselves and develop to the best of their abilities. Diversity, equality, and inclusion are not just nice words at Data4Life – we put them into practice in all of our activities and projects, striving to incorporate them in our everyday lives. For this reason, we signed the Charta der Vielfalt (Diversity Charter) in 2022.