Director Life Science Sales Jobs in Springfield, IL

What We Do

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department.

Who We Are

Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others.

You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family.  Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive.  We value the importance of our employees’ emotional wellbeing. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and sick time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days. 

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Because of the possibility for fraudulent job postings on many popular job boards, please be advised that Connection will never offer a position of employment without a complete interview process, communication with a live person, and a signed offer letter.

• Must have experience managing direct reports with full authority and responsibility for all aspects of people leadership, including hiring, firing, performance management, coaching, compensation decisions, employee relations, workforce planning, succession planning, and budget ownership.
• Experience leading teams of staff writers and subcontractors in a complex, deadline-driven environment.
• Proven experience managing private business and state and federal contract proposals with the demonstrated capability to take ownership and initiative over the entire proposal development life cycle, including managing proposal resources, teams of internal personnel from across the company, and subcontractors to deliver compliant, winning-quality, professionally designed proposal documents.
• Experience leading full lifecycle proposal development processes, including but not limited to: pre-RFP solution development; proposal outlines; schedule; writing assignments; past performance; deal reviews; and proposal submission.
• Experience working closely with growth leads and technical staff, including division sales leaders, subject matter experts, external consultants, and other writing support, to develop an understanding of, create, and persuasively articulate a winning solution.
• Negotiation skills with ability to secure favorable contracts.
• Process improvement inclinations and/or experience.
• Experience working with Solution Architects to assist in development of technical solutions for proposals.
• Experience managing oral presentations, technical demonstrations, and/or video proposals.
• Experience working with and developing standardized sets of proposal development tools, templates, and processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with people at all levels of the company, internal personnel, and subcontractors.
• Excellent Interpersonal skills with the ability to build collaborative relationships.
• Detail-oriented with meticulous attention to detail, with the ability to proofread for accuracy.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Flexible with the ability to handle and prioritize multiple proposals.