Business Development & Growth Associate, Pharma at Talkspace in New York, NY (Remote)

Job description

• At Talkspace, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and belonging-centered workplace where everyone can thrive while making a difference in mental health. Want to help over two million people receive quality mental healthcare? Come join our mission of getting therapy in the hands of everyone!
• We are looking for a Business Development & Growth Associate, Pharma to join our Wisdo Health team. This role would be responsible for supporting the continued growth of our pharma business.
• Working directly with Wisdo’s President, this person will play a hands-on role in identifying prospective clients, executing outreach campaigns, supporting business-development activities, and helping expand relationships across the pharmaceutical industry.
• This role is ideal for someone who is resourceful, technology-savvy, and comfortable using AI and a variety of digital tools to work quickly and independently.
• You may be researching a pharmaceutical brand and building a prospect list, launching a LinkedIn campaign, preparing for a client meeting, working in our CRM, or using AI to accelerate research and content development. Prospecting, outreach, and consistent follow-up are central to the role.
• You’ll also help turn what you learn about prospective clients into stronger campaigns and sales materials. The right person enjoys figuring things out, learning new tools, and turning ideas into execution.
• To work at Talkspace, you need to be as passionate as we are about our work, and excited to partner with us on delivering quality mental healthcare.
• This is a remote position based on Eastern Time. Talkspace Headquarters is located in NYC.

Responsibilities

• Prospecting & Outreach
• Research pharmaceutical companies, brands, therapeutic areas, agencies, and potential partners.
• Identify decision-makers and build and maintain targeted prospect and account lists.
• Use LinkedIn, prospecting databases, AI tools, and other resources to identify contacts and opportunities.
• Build and execute targeted email and LinkedIn outreach campaigns.
• Conduct initial outreach, personalize communications, and manage systematic follow-up.
• Track responses and help turn initial interest into meetings with senior leadership.
• Sales & Pipeline Support
• Maintain prospect, opportunity, and activity information in the CRM and track follow-ups and next steps.
• Research companies, brands, and attendees in advance of prospective-client meetings.
• Help customize presentations and prepare materials for client conversations.
• Coordinate post-meeting follow-up and support proposals, RFP responses, and other business-development materials.
• AI, Data & Commercial Tools
• Use AI extensively to accelerate prospect research, account intelligence, outreach, meeting preparation, and content development.
• Work hands-on across CRM platforms, prospecting databases, LinkedIn, email and marketing platforms, spreadsheets, presentation tools, and other commercial technologies.
• Explore new AI and automation tools and identify opportunities to make prospecting, outreach, and other workflows more efficient.
• Learn new platforms independently and maintain clean, organized data across systems.
• Growth Marketing & Events
• Help execute campaigns around Wisdo research, client results, white papers, webinars, and thought leadership.
• Support LinkedIn, email, and other marketing activities targeting pharmaceutical audiences.
• Research relevant conferences and events, identify priority prospects and attendees, and coordinate pre- and post-event outreach.
• Help develop and maintain sales and marketing materials.

Requirements

• About You
• At least 3 years of hands-on business development or growth experience in healthcare, life sciences, or healthcare marketing, including prospect research, outbound outreach, and pipeline follow-up.
• Able to describe outreach campaigns you personally executed and the meetings or opportunities they generated.
• Hands-on experience using a CRM, prospecting tools, LinkedIn, and email platforms to run outreach and maintain an organized pipeline.
• Strong research and writing skills, with demonstrated use of AI tools to work faster while checking the accuracy and quality of the output.
• Experience targeting pharmaceutical brands, patient support teams, or healthcare/pharma agencies is strongly preferred.

Skills

Required

• Business development
• Prospect research
• Outbound outreach
• Pipeline follow-up
• CRM usage
• Prospecting tools
• LinkedIn
• Email platforms
• AI tools
• Research skills
• Writing skills

Benefits

• Benefits
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Pre-tax benefits: HSA/ FSA
• 401k Retirement Savings Program with matching up to 4%
• Voluntary benefits including disability, basic life or pet insurance, etc.
• Monthly Wellness Stipend to promote mental and physical self-care
• Flexible PTO and Remote First Environment
• Regular team events, including Wellness Workshops and Team Building Events
• Free access to Talkspace products for you and one household member, as well as access to a friends and family discount!
• Compensation
• At Talkspace, we believe that pay transparency during the interview process is a critical part of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our salary bands are based on internal and external compensation benchmarks, which we regularly evaluate to ensure we pay competitively.
• The base salary range for this role is between $67,000 - $95,0000. Within the salary bands, leveling corresponds to each candidate’s relevant experience, skills as assessed during the interview process, education, and applicable certifications.