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Ciara Kohr

Mt. Pleasant,SC

Summary

Hardworking Associate Director knowledgeable about business practices in the Clinical Research industry. Adept at supporting and enhancing operations with a decisive leadership style and strategic approach to decision making.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director of Business Development

BEKhealth
01.2024 - Current

Promoted into full sales cycle roll in January of 2024, responsible for selling BEKhealth solutions to Sites, Sponsors and Site Networks across the US, reporting directly to CEO

  • Exceeded established KPI's by 37%, closed deals which led to additional 4M in funding
  • Exceeded 2024 quota by $128k in Annual Recurring Revenue
  • Negotiated and closed long-term agreements with Major Sites, Site Networks and Sponsors across the US
  • Built relationships with customers and community to establish long-term business growth through quality meetings, attending conferences and other events.
  • Listened to customer needs and desires to identify and recommend optimal Integrations and partnerships- communicating with Research Services and Engineering to bring about best results
  • Generated new business with marketing initiatives and strategic plans.
  • Engaged in product training, demonstrations, consumer awareness and branding to raise awareness and revenue.
  • Held one-on-one meetings with sales team members to train them and identify selling hurdles.
  • Implemented systems and procedures to increase sales.
  • Managed relationships with current customers

Business Development Associate

BEKHealth
08.2023 - 01.2024
  • Managed Sales operations, outbound marketing and sales outreach for both sponsors and sites. Created 1,700+ new contacts weekly and doubled our teams outreach and meetings scheduled.
  • Achieved and exceeded company-defined sales quotas.
  • Responsible for creating new marketing materials and sequences
  • Responsible for planning and executing conference planning, outreach and meetings
  • Opened over 80 new accounts, exceeding goals 30%.
  • Recorded accurate and efficient records in Hubspot. Responsible for cleaning and maintaining hubspot.
  • Developed new opportunities by effectively communicating product lines to leading sites site networks and sponsors
  • Built diverse and consistent sales pipeline
  • Identified new business opportunities through cold calling, networking, marketing and prospective database leads.
  • Developed and maintained strong working relationships with professionals within assigned territory.

Sales and Partnership Growth Manager

Citeline
09.2022 - 08.2023
  • Responsible for executing a sales strategy targeting companies with access to patients, providing them IRB approved materials to recruit patients for Clinical Trials with Citeline Connect
  • Ran a full sales cycle including lead generation, demonstrations, negotiation and execution
  • CRM Maintenance, marketing and outreach activities to support sales goals
  • Exceeded established sales KPIs by 60%, was awarded for several one call closes.
  • Set a record for most deals closed in a month in March of 2023
  • Was particularly successful in Lead Generation, scheduling on average 5-7 meetings per week with Fortune 500 companies.
  • Liased with teams to find creative ways to recruit patients for clinical trials using the resources available to them

Marketing Development Representative

Tebra
06.2021 - 07.2022
  • Supported lead generation and marketing campaign, development and deployment to contribute to strategic efforts.
  • Exceeded sales objectives to capture new leads and customers.
  • Maintained clear and open communication with sales team to foster goal achievement.
  • Maintained consistently high stick rate and received monthly and quarterly awards regularly.
  • Sent personalized emails and made calls to inbound prospects.
  • Achieved or exceeded qualified lead quota in both quantity and quality.
  • Supported prospect rapport-building through provision of white papers, e-books, and infographics. Leverage CRM system to document and monitor targeted contacts and daily activities.
  • Maintained strong knowledge of company offerings, competitor products, and market positioning. Researched targeted personas within prospective accounts to build instant rapport.

CDC Vaccination Contact Center Project

Maximus
04.2021 - 06.2021
  • Helped clients coordinate and prepare for Vaccination appointments.
  • Safeguarded customer data by observing all information security policies and confidentiality guidelines. Worked to combat vaccine-misinformation through the delivery accurate information to callers
  • Offered actionable solutions for customer concerns by following internal database prompts and company
    scripts.
  • Updated records with all interactions and customers transactions.
    Accommodated callers with special needs such as language interpretation and call escalation to specific
    departments.
  • Used Amazon Workspaces, Microsoft Teams and Genesys Software

Education

Human Health -

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Public Health -

Rollins School of Public Health At Emory University
Atlanta

Skills

  • Clinical Research
  • Patient Recruitment and Innovation
  • Database and CRM Management
  • Team Leadership and Onboarding
  • Conference Planning
  • Management of Full Sales Cycle
  • Marketing and Outbound Prospecting
  • Product Demos
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Relationship Management
  • Lead Generation

Timeline

Associate Director of Business Development

BEKhealth
01.2024 - Current

Business Development Associate

BEKHealth
08.2023 - 01.2024

Sales and Partnership Growth Manager

Citeline
09.2022 - 08.2023

Marketing Development Representative

Tebra
06.2021 - 07.2022

CDC Vaccination Contact Center Project

Maximus
04.2021 - 06.2021

Human Health -

Emory University

Public Health -

Rollins School of Public Health At Emory University
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