Executive Territory Account Manager - Mid Atlantic

Illumina; Maryland City (MD); Remote; USD 118,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/dental/vision benefits

Paid time off

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Illumina is seeking an Executive Territory Account Manager for the Mid Atlantic region. The role is field-based, customer-facing, and home-office based, requiring deep engagement with clinical and life science research accounts in the Rockville, Maryland area.

You will develop territory and account plans, drive sales through strategic and tactical activities, forecast pipelines, and expand the customer base while collaborating across the company to deliver value with Illumina products and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of proven life science capital sales experience.
• Experience winning/growing business and establishing long-term customer relationships.
• Ability to lead a highly collaborative cross-functional team with customer-facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Develop territory and account-specific sales plans.
• Implement/execution of sales plan to meet assigned quotas.
• Field-based activities and CRM management.
• Expand customer base and manage existing accounts.
• Deliver technical/semi-technical seminars and presentations on Illumina products.

Skills

Life science sales

Account management

Complex sales

Cross-functional leadership

Key accounts growth

Education

Bachelor’s degree or PhD with 3 years experience

Job description

Or all of humanity?At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible. Position is field-based, customer-facing, and home-office based.

The Executive Territory Account Manager's role is to ensure achievement of territory sales objectives and growth targets for the assigned territory in line with the Company's mission; to develop and implement sales plans through both strategic and tactical activities; to accurately forecast sales projections; and to provide regular feedback on the status of specific sales opportunities, the market and competitor activities.

• Development of territory and account-specific sales plans.
• Implementation/execution of sales plan to meet assigned sales quotas.
• Field-based activities at or greater than 50% is expected.
• Adjustment of sales plan in accordance with changing company and customer needs.
• Engage in accurate forecasting and sales pipeline management activities.
• Proactive utilization and maintenance of CRM database.
• Actively manage existing accounts/customer relationships and continuously work to expand customer base.
• Effectively prospect for and generate new customer leads and business.
• Proactively engage in ongoing learning of new applications and growth opportunities for Illumina technology, products and services.
• Demonstrate command of scientific knowledge to engage in collaborative and consultative sales process.
• Deliver technical/scientific seminars and presentations on Illumina products/solutions and their capabilities to customers.
• Demonstrate role and relevance of Illumina’s product portfolio and provide consultation to customers on same.
• Proactively monitor emerging market trends and customer needs in order to identify new opportunities to create value for our customers.
• Match customer business objectives to Illumina capabilities in order to deliver mutual value.
• Develop and maintain strong customer connections across all levels of the organization.
• Effectively collaborate cross-functionally across company regardless of geographic location, in order to achieve goals and meet customer needs.
• Successfully navigate and manage a multi-tiered sales process for capital equipment, consumables, and services.
• Demonstrable experience working with key clinical and life science research accounts and customers in the Rockville, Maryland area.

• ~8+ years or equivalent of proven life science capital sales experience.
• ~ Success driving complex sales within multi-layered environments.
• ~ Experience winning/growing business and establishing long-term customer relationships.
• ~ Success effectively leading a highly collaborative cross-functional team with customer-facing roles.
• ~ Well-developed professional and strategic sales skills with proven ability to develop and grow key accounts through networking at all levels of the customer organization.
• ~ Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; The estimated base salary range for the Executive Territory Account Manager - Mid Atlantic role based in the United States of America is: $118,200 - $177,200. Placement depends on experience, skills, location, and internal equity. Additionally, all employees are eligible for one of our variable cash programs (bonus or commission) and eligible roles may receive equity as part of the compensation package. We offer a wide range of benefits as innovative as our work, including access to genomics sequencing, family planning, health/dental/vision, retirement benefits, and paid time off.

Built on a strong foundation, Illumina has always prioritized openness, collaboration, and seeking alternative perspectives to propel innovation in genomics.

We are proud to confirm a zero-net gap in pay, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or race. We also have several Employee Resource Groups (ERG) that deliver career development experiences, increase cultural awareness, and offer opportunities to engage in social responsibility. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and genetic information. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws. The background check process and any decisions made as a result shall be made in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws.

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