Generate and qualify pharma and biotech sales leads through targeted prospecting, personalized LinkedIn and email outreach, objection handling, and meeting booking. Collaborate with marketing on messaging and campaigns, track activity in Salesforce, and monitor life sciences industry and competitor trends. The role is fully remote, supports U.S. time-zone overlap, and requires self-motivation, digital fluency, and comfort working independently as an independent contractor.
Sales Development Representative (Independent Contractor, Remote – SaaS / Life Sciences)
Location: LATAM or Europe
Hours: Overlap with U.S. time zones required
LARVOL provides competitive intelligence and predictive insights for global pharma and biotech companies. As we expand our footprint, we’re looking for driven SDRs who thrive on outbound prospecting and want to launch or grow their career in life sciences SaaS sales.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Sales Development Representative (SDR) to help grow LARVOL’s presence in the pharma/life sciences market by generating and qualifying leads for our Sales team through strategic outreach. This role is ideal for someone who is relentless about outreach, digitally fluent, and confident, initiating conversations with decision-makers - generating their own leads. Preference will be given to candidates with a background or experience in life sciences.
What You’ll Do
- Build targeted prospect lists in pharma and biotech segments
- Conduct personalized outreach via LinkedIn, email and other sources to spark interest and generate qualified leads
- Book qualified meetings for Account Executives
- Collaborate on messaging and campaign execution with marketing
- Track activity, leads, and outcomes in Salesforce and other tools
- Stay informed on industry trends and competitor activity
What You Bring
- 1–3 years of sales experience, ideally in life sciences or SaaS
- Confidence in cold outreach and objection handling
- High energy, self-motivation, and discipline in a remote setting
- Curiosity to understand client pain points and product fit
- Comfort working across time zones and collaborating remotely
- Familiarity with sales tools like Salesforce, Outreach, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator
What We Offer
- Fully Remote: Work from anywhere with autonomy and flexibility
- Mission-Driven Work: Support pharma companies with solutions that matter
- Small Team, Big Impact: Collaborate directly with leadership and product teams
- Independent Contractor Role: Independent contractor arrangement that offers both freedom and accountability
LARVOL Palo Alto, California, USA Office
Palo Alto, CA, United States
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