Business Development Manager, Microbial Cleaning - Global Marketing Household Care, Lyngby

Business Development Manager

Interested in a career that matters?

Are you driven by building businesses, shaping strategy, and turning innovation into real customer value?

As Business Development Manager within Global Marketing in Household Care (HHC), you will play a pivotal role in scaling Novonesis' global microbial cleaning business. Positioned within the MP&M (Medical, Professional & Microbial cleaning) area in HHC Business Operations, this role brings together strategy, commercialization, and sustainability to drive meaningful business impact. The role requires both strategic thinking and hands-on execution, with responsibility for driving projects from analysis to implementation.

You will join a focused, high-impact team and work closely with Regional Sales, Technical Service, R&D, and key customers worldwide. Together, we are redefining cleaning - replacing traditional chemistry with biological solutions that deliver strong performance with a lower environmental footprint.

The Role & Your Impact

As Business Development Manager, you will own and drive key parts of the global microbial cleaning business across both consumer and professional applications. This is a highly visible role that combines strategic direction-setting with hands-on execution - giving you the opportunity to shape and scale a business area with significant global potential.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Defining and executing global business development strategies to accelerate growth
• Building and converting a strong commercial pipeline in collaboration with regions, distributors, and key customers
• Driving pricing and portfolio optimization initiatives to unlock value and strengthen commercial consistency
• Translating technical capabilities and market insights into clear, differentiated customer value propositions
• Acting as a strategic partner to regional teams, supporting prioritization and execution of key opportunities
• As the business evolves, so will your scope - offering increasing responsibility and influence over time.

What You'll Need to Be Successful

To succeed in this role, you combine strong commercial mindset with analytical sharpness and the ability to navigate complexity across functions and markets. You are a structured thinker with commercial judgment, take ownership and drive initiatives forward, and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across the organization.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Master's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, or a related field
• 3–6 years of experience in business development, commercial roles, or strategy consulting
• Solid experience with pricing, margin analysis, or commercial decision-making
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with a structured approach to complex challenges
• Ability to translate technical solutions and market dynamics into clear customer value
• Experience working cross-functionally with commercial, technical, and R&D stakeholders
• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)

Additional Skills & Interests We Value

• Experience from B2B industries such as ingredients, chemicals, or FMCG
• Exposure to pricing projects, portfolio optimization, or go-to-market strategy
• Experience working with distributors and/or international markets

What We Offer

At Novonesis, you will be part of a purpose-driven company where science and business come together to create real-world impact. In this role, you will help shape how cleaning solutions evolve globally - accelerating the shift towards more sustainable, biological alternatives.

You will work in an environment where your ideas and initiatives can directly shape strategy, drive tangible business outcomes, and contribute to a more sustainable future, supported by a collaborative culture that values curiosity, ownership, and impact.

Relevant information

Deadline: 17th of May 2026

Location: Lyngby, Denmark

Travel: The role has a global scope, and occasional travel to other sites and customer meetings is expected (approximately 10–15% annually)

Contact: If you have any questions, you are more than welcome to reach out to Martin Vilhelm Næss, Head of Emerging Markets and MP&M, on mven@novonesis.com

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity's biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It's how we've gotten so far. And it's how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.