Strategic R&D Field Account Manager (Remote)

Sartorius

Epsom

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 85,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Remote options

Free parking on site

Private Medical Insurance

Group Pension Plan

Job summary

Sartorius is seeking an R&D Field Account Manager for strategic accounts. Based from home near Billingham, you will manage a key biopharma account and travel to Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark to support additional strategic accounts.

Build trusted relationships, drive early-stage value creation, and enable technology seeding with scientific stakeholders. You will work with Product Development, Tech Transfer, and CMOs to validate technologies and support pilot/clinical readiness

Qualifications

Degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, or comparable field.
Strong experience in customer-facing roles in biopharma environments with exposure to R&D contexts.
Industry experience in bioprocessing, upstream or downstream, is a plus.
Credible in highly scientific environments and translating early R&D needs into validation/adoption paths.
Confident communicator able to influence senior decision makers and partner with Technical Sales.
Strong stakeholder management across customer R&D networks and internal teams.
High proficiency in CRM and structured handover/documentation for data-driven sales.
Fluent English.
Willing to travel >50% as role is heavily focused on external customers.
Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

Build sustained relationships at Strategic Account R&D sites with scientific and managerial stakeholders to increase access and early visibility of programs.
Enable timely technology seeding and opportunity creation.
Identify and prioritize early-stage technology seeding opportunities and translate needs into use cases.
Drive validation of selected technologies through process/product trials and readiness signals.
Support pilot and clinical-phase trials with scale-up/scale-down validation and collaboration with Product Development and CMOs.
Monitor the new process landscape within the account and flag risks early to stakeholders.
Execute structured handovers of validated programs to the commercial scope with next actions.