Enterprise Account Executive - Life Sciences

Qualtrics; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped commissions

Promotions based on performance

Casual office culture (jeans & dogs)

Experience bonus

Wellness stipend

Qualtrics swag

Job summary

Qualtrics is hiring an Enterprise Account Executive for Life Sciences to drive revenue growth across Global 2000 accounts. You will lead cross‑functional teams, influence C‑level executives, and close large, multi‑year enterprise deals with a strategic focus on clinical outcomes and patient experiences.

You will manage complex negotiations, forecast with MEDDIC rigor, and expand our footprint in Life Sciences, leveraging Qualtrics XM Platform capabilities.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of full-cycle SaaS sales experience with MEDDIC/MEDDPICC and Salesforce hygiene.
• Track record of exceeding quotas (President’s Club, Top 10%).
• Experience selling to Life Sciences verticals or complex enterprise accounts is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Acquire and expand strategic logos within Global 2000 Life Sciences accounts.
• Align with C‑Suite leaders to position XM as a strategic platform.
• Lead complex multi-year enterprise negotiations across procurement, legal, and security.
• Develop deep knowledge of Qualtrics XM platform offerings and relevance to Life Sciences.
• Relay customer feedback to Product teams to influence roadmap and trends.
• Collaborate with Services, Implementation, and SME teams to secure large engagements.

Skills

SaaS Acumen

MEDDIC/MEDDPICC

Forecasting

Quota attainment

Executive relationships

Complex deals

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

At Qualtrics, we create software the world’s best brands use to deliver exceptional frontline experiences, build high-performing teams, and design products people love. But we are more than a platform—we are the creators and stewards of the Experience Management category serving over 18K clients globally. Building a category takes grit, determination, and a disdain for convention—but most of all it requires close-knit, high-functioning teams with an unwavering dedication to serving our customers.

When you join one of our teams, you’ll be part of a nimble group that’s empowered to set aggressive goals and move fast to achieve them. Strategic risks are encouraged and complex problems are solved together, by passing the mic and iterating until the best solution comes to light. You won’t have to look to find growth opportunities—ready or not, they’ll find you. From retail to government to healthcare, we’re on a mission to bring humanity, connection, and empathy back to business. Join over 5,000 people across the globe who think that’s work worth doing.

Enterprise Account Executive - Life Sciences

Why We Have This Role

The Life Sciences industry is at a pivotal intersection of patient outcomes and experience management. Qualtrics is poised to be the organization that ushers in the next level of maturity in the category of Experience Management (XM) for the world’s leading Pharmaceutical, MedTech, and many other Life Sciences organizations. This is a rare opportunity to lead the acceleration of a high-priority vertical in the enterprise XM category. You will have the greenfield opportunity to carve out strategic territories and help shape our go-to-market strategy, but you will do so backed by the undisputed market leader.

How You’ll Find Success

• Strategic Orchestration: You view your territory as a business. You effectively quarterback a cross-functional team, leveraging dedicated Industry Scientists, Engineers, and Operations Experts to structure and close complex deals.
• Vertical Fluency: You move beyond features and functions to align XM with critical C-level initiatives such as improving clinical trial retention, boosting patient adherence, and optimizing field force effectiveness.
• Operational Rigor: You treat sales as a science, utilizing methodologies (MEDDIC) to forecast accurately and build a sustainable 4x pipeline.
• Strong track record of exceeding quota.
• Ability to acquire clients.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Ability to sell a complex platform: Qualtrics Experience Management platform to large, strategic accounts.

How You’ll Grow

• Meritocratic Progression: We have a structured, transparent promotion path based on performance, not tenure.
• Qmobility: Success in this role opens doors to leadership, vertical management, or other functional areas within Qualtrics globally.
• Wealth Creation: Competitive base salary, uncapped commissions, and aggressive accelerators for over-performance.

Things You’ll Do

• Acquire and Expand: Drive revenue growth by landing new strategic logos and expanding our footprint within existing Global 2000 Life Sciences accounts.
• Executive Alignment: Cultivate trusted advisor relationships with the C-Suite to elevate XM from a tool to a platform that builds strategic advantages for our customers.
• Complex Negotiation: Lead commercial negotiations for multi-year enterprise agreements, skillfully navigating the procurement, legal, and security landscapes typical of the industry.
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of Qualtrics’ solution offerings.
• Finger on the Pulse: Act as the voice of the customer back to our Product teams, directly influencing the future development of how the Qualtrics XM Platform is deployed in Life Sciences and where market trends are headed.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with other functional areas internally at Qualtrics, e.g. Professional Services, Implementation, Subject Matter Experts, etc., to ensure a collaborative approach to secure large enterprise engagements.

What We’re Looking For On Your Resume

• Core Qualifications (The Foundation)
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher.
  • Validated Winner: A consistent track record of exceeding quotas (President’s Club, Top 10% rankings) in a closing role.
  • SaaS Acumen: 6+ years of full-cycle sales experience with deep familiarity of sales methodologies (MEDDIC/MEDDPICC) and Salesforce hygiene.
  • Intellectual Curiosity: A drive to understand the complex regulatory and commercial context of the Life Sciences sector.
• Preferred Qualifications (For Strategic/Senior Consideration)
  • Domain Expertise: 2+ years of sales experience, specifically selling into Life Sciences verticals.
  • Big Deal Experience: Proven history of closing 6-figure deals and navigating complex, multi-stakeholder procurement cycles.
  • Network: Existing relationships with key decision-makers in the Life Sciences space.

What You Should Know About This Team

• Our Enterprise Sales team is rapidly expanding to keep pace with overwhelming client demand.
• We are a group of intelligent, driven, and collaborative professionals who celebrate team wins just as much as individual achievements.
• We combine the fast-paced agility of a startup with the resources and proven success of an established enterprise.
• We offer a unique environment where you can make a tangible impact on the market while accelerating your own career.

Our Team’s Favorite Perks And Benefits

• Salary + Uncapped Commissions and Accelerators
• 100% Performance based promotions -- not politics or tenure
• Culture - Incredible work environment - you can wear jeans and bring your dog to the office, anytime
• Quarterly team activities, winter and summer parties, and lots of Qualtrics swag
• We offer private health insurance, annual experience bonus, wellness stipend to allow you to focus on yourself each quarter, and much more
• The annual Qualtrics Experience Bonus can be used for an experience of your choosing. Some team members have chosen to use the bonus for vacations, concert or event tickets, or home improvement projects.

The Qualtrics Hybrid Work Model

While this role is exempt from working in office, our hybrid work model remains elegantly simple for the rest of the company: we all gather in the office three days a week; Mondays and Thursdays, plus one day selected by your organizational leader. These purposeful in-person days in thoughtfully designed offices help us do our best work and harness the power of collaboration and innovation. For the rest of the week, work where you want, owning the integration of work and life. #remote

Qualtrics is an equal opportunity employer meaning that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.

Applicants in the United States of America have rights under Federal Employment Laws: Family & Medical Leave Act, Equal Opportunity Employment, Employee Polygraph Protection Act.

Qualtrics is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Qualtrics will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. 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 let your Qualtrics contact/recruiter know.

For full-time positions

this pay range is for base per year; however, base pay offered within this range may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, education, skills, and experience. A sign-on bonus and restricted stock units may be included in an employment offer. Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, life and disability, 401(k) with match, paid time off, a wellness reimbursement, mental health benefits, and an experience bonus. For a detailed look at our benefits, visit Qualtrics US Benefits.

Remote Base Annual Pay Transparency Range

$109,500—$207,500 USD