Global Head of Business Development, Medical Devices - Business Assurance

About the Position

Global Head of Business Development, Medical Devices - Business Assurance

Parabiago, Lombardia, Italy

We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality, and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer, and more interconnected world.

At SGS, we have an open corporate and international culture. We offer a dynamic work environment in a leading global company. Our high professional standards and our sustainability approach guarantee you a future-oriented work environment. We invest in our employees for the long term and are committed to supporting your development within the company. Our business principles include: Integrity, Health, Safety & Environment, Quality & Professionalism, Respect, Sustainability, and Leadership.

The role reports to the Global Head of Medical Devices, Business Assurance.

Main purpose of role

• Define and drive the global business development agenda for SGS Medical Devices, identifying growth opportunities across medical schemes, markets, and customer segments.
• Lead the Global Medical Business Development team and provide business development support, coordination, and enablement to country, Delivering Office (DO) and Hub sales teams, without direct or indirect line management responsibility for those teams.
• Translate market, client, competitor, and regulatory insights into scalable service propositions, go-to-market priorities, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Act as the bridge between global business development, country sales, marketing, technical, regulatory, and operational teams to support effective local execution and sustainable growth.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the global business development roadmap for all Medical schemes, aligned with the Medical Devices strategy and growth priorities.
• Lead the Global Medical Business Development strategy and coordinate business development initiatives across countries, DOs, and Hubs.
• Build a structured view of market trends, client needs, competitor activity, regulatory developments, and pricing dynamics to identify and prioritize growth opportunities.
• Develop business cases and coordinate the incubation, launch, and scaling of new or enhanced Medical certification schemes and service offerings.
• Identify and develop opportunities in emerging markets, new customer segments, strategic partnerships, and cross-SGS collaboration.
• Shape clear value propositions, positioning, pricing principles, and go-to-market toolkits in collaboration with Marketing, Technical, Regulatory, Operations, and Finance.
• Support country, DO, and Hub sales teams in translating global priorities into local business development plans, customer ownership, pipeline conversion, and delivery of sales targets.
• Animate the international Medical sales and business development community through regular forums, best-practice sharing, targeted training, opportunity reviews, and reusable commercial tools.
• Coordinate support for strategic, complex, or multi-country opportunities, connecting local sales teams with the relevant technical, regulatory, pricing, and operational expertise; participate selectively in priority client engagements where global support adds value.
• Facilitate transparent sharing of qualified opportunities and market intelligence across the network and promote consistent use of relevant CRM and reporting platforms.
• Represent SGS in selected external forums, conferences, and industry events to strengthen market insight, partnerships, and brand visibility.
• Ensure business development initiatives balance growth potential with regulatory, impartiality, integrity, capacity, and delivery requirements.
• Provide market and demand insight to support capacity modeling, subcontractor strategy, and long-term workforce planning with Operations and Delivery.

Requirements

Core Skills

• Demonstrated expertise in global business development, market development, portfolio growth, and go-to-market coordination within medical devices or the TIC industry.
• Understanding of MDR/IVDR and international regulatory frameworks.
• Strong capability in market intelligence, opportunity assessment, business case development, service proposition design, positioning, and pricing.
• Ability to influence, enable, and coordinate country sales teams in a matrix environment without formal authority.
• Strong facilitation, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement capabilities across commercial, technical, regulatory, and operational functions.
• Demonstrated ability to work proactively and independently, taking ownership of global initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Strong organizational, project, and change management capabilities.
• Strong commercial acumen and deep appreciation of the TIC industry.
• Familiarity with conformity assessment procedures and Notified Body operations.
• Multilingual proficiency and cross-cultural experience.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years in business development, market development, portfolio management, or a comparable growth role within the medical device TIC industry or a closely related regulated B2B environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing business development strategies across multiple countries or regions.
• Proven success coordinating and enabling distributed sales or commercial communities in a matrix organization without direct line authority.
• Experience developing new markets, strategic partnerships, service propositions, or complex multi-country opportunities.
• Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects and balancing growth objectives with regulatory, compliance, and operational constraints.
• Experience using market intelligence, CRM, and commercial performance data to prioritize initiatives and support decision-making.

Desirable

• Experience collaborating with regulatory bodies, industry associations, or certification organizations.
• Exposure to international business environments and experience navigating matrix organizational structures.

Education

• University degree in business, marketing, life sciences, engineering, or a related discipline.

We Offer

• Global and very stable company, world leader in the TIC (Testing, Inspection and Certification) industry.
• Flexible schedule and hybrid model.
• SGS university and Campus for continuous learning options.
• Multinational environment where you will work with colleagues from multiple continents.
• Benefits platform.

About the Company

At SGS, we believe in innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We offer a supportive and inclusive work environment that encourages professional growth and personal development.

Join Us: At SGS, we believe in innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We offer a supportive and inclusive work environment that encourages professional growth and personal development.

Note: The role can be fully remote, and we are open to considering candidates located across Europe (with a valid work permit).

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