Role at a glance
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- 5 Locations, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- Masters Degree preferred plus sales experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry, with demonstrated success in meeting/exceeding targets
- Education
- Masters Degree preferred
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Role Summary
The Lead Account Manager supports growth by consultatively selling clinical research and laboratory services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The role builds strategic customer relationships and positions PPD’s services across clinical trials, laboratory testing, and real-world evidence.
What You'll Do
- Conduct consultative sales of clinical research and laboratory services.
- Build professional relationships with decision-makers at pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
- Manage strategic accounts and position PPD as a preferred provider.
- Present the service portfolio spanning clinical trials, laboratory testing, and real-world evidence solutions.
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View full postingQualifications
Sales experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry with demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding targets; valid driver's license and ability to travel 50-75% of the time; strong scientific and technical knowledge of drug development, clinical trials, and laboratory services; ability to develop and maintain executive-level relationships; consultative selling, proposal development, and contract negotiation skills; strong presentation and communication skills; fluent English.
Required
- Sales experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry, with demonstrated success in meeting/exceeding targets
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel 50-75% of the time.
- 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.
- Fluent English required
Preferred
- Masters Degree preferred
- Preferred Fields of Study: life sciences, business, or related field
- Additional relevant certifications beneficial
- additional language skills valuable
Original job description
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Work Schedule
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OfficeJob Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
What will you be doing?
Join Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Lead Account Manager and contribute to growth through consultative sales of our clinical research and laboratory services. You'll collaborate with decision-makers at pharmaceutical and biotech companies to position PPD as their preferred provider while contributing to global health. Through professional relationship building and strategic account management, you'll help advance the delivery of life-changing therapies to patients worldwide. We offer a dynamic environment where you can apply our comprehensive portfolio of services spanning clinical trials, laboratory testing, and real-world evidence solutions.
What will you need?
• Masters Degree preferred plus sales experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry, with demonstrated success in meeting/exceeding targets
• Preferred Fields of Study: life sciences, business, or related field
• Additional relevant certifications beneficial
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel 50-75% of the time.
• 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.
• Fluent English required; additional language skills valuable
What's in it for you?
•Excellent salary plus performance bonus.
•Fully remote working opportunity.
•Company car, laptop, mobile phone.
•25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
•Life assurance, employee assistance programme and many other benefits.
•Progression and development opportunities with a market-leading, forward-thinking organisation.
About the company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Large Enterprise
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, providing a wide range of analytical instruments, reagents, and software solutions for healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences research. With a commitment to innovation and quality, the company enables customers to make significant advancements in scientific discovery and healthcare diagnostics. Thermo Fisher operates in more than 50 countries and employs over 80,000 people, fostering a collaborative environment aimed at enhancing global health and safety. Through its broad portfolio of brands and technologies, the company plays a vital role in accelerating life-changing research and improving patient outcomes worldwide.