Commercial Manager, Southeast Asia

Danaher Corporation; Singapore; Remote; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Abcam, part of Danaher, seeks a Commercial Manager for Southeast Asia. This six-month fixed-term contract role is fully remote and based in Singapore, with 2–4 direct reports.

The candidate will drive growth through channel partners, engage key distributors, and collaborate with sales and marketing to expand Abcam’s footprint in Southeast Asia. You will manage market strategy, monitor performance, and train distributor teams while ensuring compliance and brand consistency.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Biology or related field.
• Strong knowledge of SEA market dynamics and channel partner networks.
• Excellent in managing customer interfaces at scientific end-user level, decision making level and procurement levels.
• Proven track record in growing Revenue through Channel Partners with a customer focus.
• Strong oral and written English communication; knowledge of a Southeast Asian language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Annual business planning for Southeast Asia to deliver growth.
• Direct market and channel partner management; evolve Go-to-Market model in SEA.
• Monitor distributor performance against KPIs and provide data-driven insights.
• Engage with end customers and KOLs to raise awareness and demand.
• Provide training and governance to distributor sales teams and ensure policy compliance.

Skills

Channel Partner management

Revenue growth

English communication

Relationship building

Education

MSc/PhD in Biology or related field

Job description

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Abcam, one of Danaher’s (https://danaher.com/our-businesses) 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Progress happens together

At Abcam, we believe the scientific community goes further, faster when we go there together. That’s why we work with life scientists to provide biological reagents and solutions that enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases and metabolic disorders. Our talented team of over 1,400 colleagues worldwide is our greatest asset. By applying our expertise and pushing boundaries, together we strive to better serve our customers, strengthen our impact across our industry, and ultimately our positive impact on society.

Learn about the Danaher Business System (https://www.danaher.com/how-we-work/danaher-business-system) which makes everything possible.

The Commercial Manager, Southeast Asia is responsible for Abcam’s business in Southeast Asia. They are expected to grow revenue and awareness of Abcam’s broad product range focusing on Channel Partner management, with a secondary focus on direct customers and KOL engagement.

This position is a 6 month fixed term contract, and reports to the Commercial General Manager, JAPAC and is part of the JAPAC Marketing & Sales Team with team members located across the JAPAC region. This role will be fully remote, based in Singapore, and will have 2-4 direct reports.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Annual Business Planning: Create a business plan for Southeast Asia to deliver growth
• Direct Market and Channel Partner Management: Deliver growth in Singapore, and evolve the Go-to-Market model elsewhere in Southeast Asia to increase customer intimacy, while developing and maintaining strong relationships with key distributors in Southeast Asia
• Performance Monitoring & Reporting: Track distributor performance against KPIs through regular reviews and analyze sales data providing insights to optimize sales
• End Customer: Working with end customers & KOLs to generate awareness & demand
• Training, Compliance & Governance: Provide training and support to distributor sales teams, ensuring product knowledge and brand consistency and adherence to company policies, ethics, and compliance guidelines

The essential requirements of the job include:

• MSc or Ph.D. in Biology or related fields
• Strong knowledge of the Southeast Asia market dynamics, business regulations, and Channel Partner networks
• Excellent in managing customer interface and relationship both at scientific end-user level, decision making level and procurement levels
• Proven track record in growing Revenue and competitive differentiation through Channel Partners with a strong customer orientation
• Have first class oral and written communication skills and strong interpersonal, relationship building and presentation skills in English, and ideally one Southeast Asian language

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Ability to travel 25% of the time across the JAPAC region

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Have a global perspective and enjoy collaboration with senior leaders, in particular the Global Leadership Team, Regional Marketing & Sales Team, Regional Customer Mission Ops Team, Finance, Supply Chain & Manufacturing
• Possess a high degree of work ethic and professional transparency

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com .