Sales Manager (Southeast Asia)

Umami Bioworks; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sustainable biosolutions company in Singapore is hiring a Sales Manager to drive regional sales strategy and foster new customer relationships. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of experience in sales or business development, is self-motivated, and enjoys working across diverse cultures. This full-time role offers a competitive base salary with generous performance bonuses and significant autonomy in a rapidly growing environment.

Benefits

Generous performance bonuses

Ownership and autonomy

Opportunity to shape market presence

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of sales or business development experience, ideally in consumer products or B2B.
• Entrepreneurial and self-motivated, with a track record of exceeding targets.
• Comfortable working across diverse cultures and markets in Southeast Asia.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the regional sales strategy to meet and exceed revenue targets.
• Identify and develop new customer segments and partnerships across the region.
• Manage and grow a pipeline of leads, with a bias toward action and closing.
• Collaborate with product teams to refine positioning and offerings.
• Monitor competitive activity and market trends to inform strategy.

Skills

Sales experience

Business development

Negotiation

Relationship-building

Cultural adaptability

Job description

At Umami Bioworks, we are a leading bioplatform for the development and production of sustainable planetary biosolutions. Through the synthesis of machine learning, multi- omics biomarkers, and digital twins, UMAMI has established market-leading capability for discovery and development of cultivated bioproducts that can seamlessly transition to manufacturing with UMAMI’s modular, automated, plug-and-play production solution

By partnering with market leaders as their biomanufacturing solution provider, UMAMI is democratizing access to sustainable blue bioeconomy solutions that address a wide range of global challenges.

We’re a venture-backed biotech startup located in Singapore where some of the world’s smartest, most passionate people are pioneering a sustainable food future that is attractive and accessible to people around the world. We are united by our collective drive to ask tough questions, take on challenging problems, and apply cutting-edge science and engineering to create a better future for humanity.At Umami Bioworks, you will be encouraged to dream big and will have the freedom to create, invent, and do the best, most impactful work of your career.

Umami Bioworks is looking to hire an inquisitive, innovative, and independent Sales Managerto join our Commercial team in Singapore full-time.

Key Highlights:

• Entrepreneurial role with significant autonomy
• High-impact position with a performance-driven bonus structure
• Opportunity to shape market presence in a rapidly growing business

Responsibilities:

• Own and execute the regional sales strategy to meet and exceed revenue targets
• Identify and develop new customer segments and partnerships across the region
• Manage and grow a pipeline of leads, with a bias toward action and closing
• Collaborate with product teams to refine positioning and offerings
• Monitor competitive activity and market trends to inform strategy

Ideal Candidate:

• 3–5 years of sales or business development experience, ideally in consumer products or B2B
• Entrepreneurial and self-motivated, with a track record of exceeding targets
• Excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills
• Comfortable working across diverse cultures and markets in Southeast Asia
• Willing to travel frequently across the region

What We Offer:

• Base salary with generous performance bonuses
• A chance to be part of a fast-growing company
• Ownership, autonomy, and the ability to shape how we grow in Southeast Asia

You will work directly with other members of our small but growing team to do cutting-edge science and will have the autonomy to test new ideas and identify better ways to do things.