District Sales Manager – West

SCIEX; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, seeks a District Sales Manager – West to translate regional strategy into disciplined execution, manage forecasting, and drive profitable growth across the West district. The role is Bay Area–based, with remote work supporting the West region and relocation assistance available.

You will build senior‑level customer relationships, lead a remote, dispersed team, and collaborate with Service, Finance, HR and Legal to meet commercial targets, leveraging DBS

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a life science–related discipline or equivalent experience in technical sales, including high‑complexity capital equipment within life sciences.
• Experience achieving or exceeding commercial targets in the life science capital equipment market.
• 5+ yrs experience leading individual contributors in a sales environment.
• Experience owning sales forecasting, territory planning, and pipeline management at a district level.
• Demonstrated application of structured continuous improvement or business system methodologies.
• Experience leading and operating effectively within a remote, geographically dispersed organization.

Responsibilities

• Deliver district‑level orders, revenue, and margin results across the SCIEX instrument portfolio through effective execution of the regional sales strategy.
• Own district forecasting rigor, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly order and revenue commitments.
• Develop and execute district growth and action plans using DBS methodologies, visual management, and performance metrics.
• Build and maintain senior‑level customer relationships and key opinion leader engagement across the West region.
• Assess competitive and market dynamics, identify growth opportunities and risks, and implement timely countermeasures.
• Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders (Service, Finance, Sales Operations, HR, IT, Legal) to achieve business objectives.
• Lead, coach, and performance‑manage direct reports, enabling capability development, engagement, and succession readiness.

Skills

Sales leadership

Forecasting

Strategic planning

Remote team leadership

Customer relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences

Equivalent experience in technical sales

Tools

DBS methodologies

Forecasting tools

Job description

Bring more to life.

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

Bring more to life.

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

At SCIEX, one of Danaher’s 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.

As part of SCIEX, you will help to influence life changing research and outcomes, while accelerating your potential. For more than 50 years, we have been empowering our customers to solve the most impactful analytical challenges in quantitation and characterization through ground‑breaking innovation and outstanding reliability and support. You will be part of a winning team, enabled by DBS, that is passionate about helping life science experts around the world get to answers they can trust.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The District Sales Manager – West is accountable for delivering the West district’s quarterly and annual sales performance for SCIEX instrument solutions. This role translates regional strategy into disciplined execution, ensures forecast accuracy, develops commercial talent, and drives profitable growth through consistent standard work.

This role reports to the Senior Director of Sales, Americas, and is part of the Commercial Sales organization. The position is Bay Area–based, works remotely in support of the West region, and offers relocation assistance.

In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Deliver district‑level orders, revenue, and margin results across the SCIEX instrument portfolio through effective execution of the regional sales strategy.
• Own district forecasting rigor, including weekly, monthly, and quarterly order and revenue commitments.
• Develop and execute district growth and action plans using DBS methodologies, visual management, and performance metrics.
• Build and maintain senior‑level customer relationships and key opinion leader engagement across the West region.
• Assess competitive and market dynamics, identify growth opportunities and risks, and implement timely countermeasures.
• Partner with cross‑functional stakeholders (Service, Finance, Sales Operations, HR, IT, Legal) to achieve business objectives.
• Lead, coach, and performance‑manage direct reports, enabling capability development, engagement, and succession readiness.

The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include

• Bachelor’s degree in a life science–related discipline or equivalent experience in technical sales, including high‑complexity capital equipment within life sciences.
• Demonstrated experience achieving or exceeding commercial targets in the life science capital equipment market.
• 5+ yrs experience leading individual contributors in a sales environment.
• Experience owning sales forecasting, territory planning, and pipeline management at a district level.
• Demonstrated application of structured continuous improvement or business system methodologies
• Experience leading and operating effectively within a remote, geographically dispersed organization.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environmental Requirements

• Ability to travel extensively within the West region, including overnight travel, as business needs require.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license with an acceptable motor vehicle record

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

• Sales leadership within mass spectrometry, chromatography, or related analytical instrumentation markets.
• Leading large, multi‑state sales districts with diverse customer segments

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At SCIEX we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for SCIEX can provide.

The base salary range for this role is $140,000 – $150,000. This role is also eligible for Sales Incentive Compensation (SIC). The total target compensation at plan (base + SIC) is $276,000 – $286,000 annually. Actual SIC earnings may exceed or fall below the target based on individual sales performance. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

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We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact: 1-202-419-7762 or [e-mail].

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.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

The U.S. EEO posters are available here.

For candidates who are based outside of New York City or who are applying for roles outside of New York City, for more information about conditions of any job offer please click here.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact:1-202-419-7762 or [e-mail].