Senior Account Director, Business Development – Bioanalytical Labs

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Senior Account Director driving consultative sales in clinical research and laboratory services for Thermo Fisher Scientific. Collaborating with pharmaceutical and biotech decision-makers to enhance global health outcomes.

Responsibilities:

  • Orchestrates RFP strategy calls, develops client proposals, prepares client presentations, and negotiates and closes contracts.
  • Signs new business authorizations at or above assigned authorization goal.
  • Makes cold calls and client visits; maintains sales database; maintains cold call and client visit activity reports.
  • Ensures client satisfaction through periodic client contact; report and develop recommendations to address client dissatisfaction; respond to all client requests.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry, with demonstrated success in meeting/exceeding targets
  • Valid driver's license and ability to travel independently
  • Strong scientific and technical knowledge of drug development, clinical trials, and laboratory services
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain executive-level relationships with key decision makers
  • Excellence in consultative selling, proposal development, and contract negotiations
  • Strong presentation and communication skills for engaging diverse stakeholders
  • Experience with CRM systems and Microsoft Office suite
  • Proven ability to work independently while collaborating across matrix organizations
  • Strong project management and organizational skills
  • Strategic thinking and business knowledge to identify and develop opportunities
  • Ability to travel 25-50% of time for client meetings and business development
  • Fluent English required; additional language skills valuable.

Benefits:

  • A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
  • Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
  • At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
  • Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
  • Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount