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Account Executive, Global Pharma Accounts
Location
New York
Posted
133 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Account Executive, Global Pharma Accounts
Cradle
• Drive business development across the global biotech and biopharma landscape, nurturing leads, identifying opportunities, and closing high-value enterprise deals. • Own strategic accounts, with a focus on large global players (including the top 10 pharma companies), and deliver millions in annually recurring revenue. • Partner cross-functionally with product, ML, engineering, and customer success teams to shape proposals and execute on high-impact, technically complex projects. • Act as the voice of the market, surfacing customer feedback and strategic insights to directly inform product direction and roadmap priorities. • Build a powerful personal brand in the biotech and AI-for-science space, attending global events, engaging with scientists and executives, and establishing yourself as a trusted advisor in the field. • Shape how we sell, improving playbooks, sales processes, and materials as we scale with the freedom to reimagine how enterprise sales is done in a science-driven startup.
Job Requirements
- Advanced degree in the life sciences (e.g. structural/molecular biology, bioinformatics, pharmaceutical sciences, biochemical engineering) or equivalent hands-on experience working with R&D teams in biotech or pharma.
- 5+ years in B2B sales (ideally SaaS), with a proven track record of consistently exceeding quota (top 5%).
- Confident navigating highly technical topics and translating them into business value for R&D stakeholders and executives alike.
- Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, are energized by building from scratch and confident writing the playbook, not waiting for one.
- Listens intently, is innately curious, and learns with humility.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous equity stake in the company
- Wide range of benefits
- Career progression opportunities
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