Principal Account Executive, Pharma

Cerebras; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Beautiful office at 345 Hudson Street

Unlimited PTO

Health benefits for employees

401(k) matching

Job summary

Tennr is seeking a Principal Account Executive, Pharma to own large pharmaceutical accounts, understand customer needs, and close complex deals. You’ll drive the full sales cycle from discovery to close, leveraging a team of SDRs and marketing initiatives to generate opportunities.

You’ll negotiate pricing, maintain strong client relationships, and travel up to 10–20% as part of a fast-paced, early-stage environment where performance and grit are rewarded.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software sales closing experience preferred, with experience selling complex solutions into pharmaceutical organizations
• No less than 1 year of enterprise sales experience
• Experience owning and closing large, strategic pharmaceutical accounts
• Existing knowledge of the pharmaceutical ecosystem and how large manufacturers evaluate and purchase new technology
• Demonstrated intellectual capacity to understand technology and align with client needs
• High-energy, fast-paced problem-solving with entrepreneurial spirit
• Experience in an early-stage environment with limited resources

Responsibilities

• Account Planning: map ICP, identify key contacts, and test value hypotheses throughout evaluations
• Pipeline Management: manage deals through our CRM and assess risk per exit criteria
• Collaboration: work with SDRs, SEs, services, leadership, and partners to close opportunities
• Client Relationships: build relationships, renewals, and cross-sell into accounts

Skills

Enterprise sales

Pharma experience

Relationship-building

Account planning

Negotiation

Travel readiness

Job description

Company Description

Today, when you go to your doctor and get referred to a specialist, your doctor sends out a referral and tells you, "They’ll be in touch soon." So you wait. And wait. Sometimes days, weeks, or even months. Why? Because too often providers are overwhelmed with the painstakingly tedious work required to get paid by insurance companies. Powered by proprietary models, Tennr handles the complex paperwork that gets patients through the door and providers paid, helping operators get patients the right care, at the right time, in the right setting.

Role Description

As an Principal Account Executive, Pharma you close deals by understanding the customer, understanding the product and making magic happen. Who knew?

You’ll be responsible for owning some of Tennr’s largest and most strategic pharmaceutical accounts. You’ll bring your experience selling into Pharma to the table, helping us understand how these organizations buy, how to navigate them, and what it takes to win.

The Tennr product is great, but people are stubborn and tend to not talk to strangers.

To help, we’ve got a team of SDRs working to help you generate opportunities. Also some pretty crafty marketing initiatives (the Tennr Taco Truck really means something to pharma companies in Texas).

If you’re good, you’ll get paid an egregious sum, so in exchange, you have to own the whole sales cycle from discovery to close, and keep a tight process along the way. You’ll negotiate pricing. You will never sell what you wouldn’t buy. You must deeply care about your customers and the craft of sales. And since the product is loved, you’ll love selling it.

You’ll have to hit quotas of course. Wouldn’t be much fun otherwise.

Responsibilities

• Account Planning: As an enterprise rep it is your responsibility to understand your patch of accounts better than anyone at the company. You, along with your manager & the drugs team, will be responsible for mapping out the accounts that fit our ICP, the key contacts associated with them, and your hypothesis around the value we can provide. It’s your job to test and iterate your perspective throughout an evaluation process.

• Pipeline Management: Use Tennr’s sales process to manage your pipeline. It’s not just putting deals into our CRM, but understanding the reality and risks of the deal based on the exit criteria associated with deal stages in our sales process. When you’re stuck, you proactively ask for help.

• Collaboration: Deal team culture is central here. You will work closely with Sales Development Representatives (SDRs), Sales Engineers, Professional Services, Tennr Leadership and channel partners to build, advance and close opportunities. Lone-wolves need not apply.

• Client Relationships: You are responsible for forming a relationship with the customer, renewing that customer, and cross-selling into that customer.

Candidate Qualifications

• 7+ years of software sales closing experience preferred, with experience selling complex solutions into pharmaceutical organizations

  • No less than 1 year of enterprise sales experience

  • Experience in healthcare technology solutions is a plus

• Experience owning and closing large, strategic pharmaceutical accounts

• Existing knowledge of the pharmaceutical ecosystem and how large manufacturers evaluate and purchase new technology

• Demonstrated intellectual capacity: this candidate must be able to understand the underlying technology and be able to collaborate with clients on how it fits into their business needs

• Demonstrated motivation and hustle: a high-energy and fast-paced approach to problem-solving and taking initiative; past examples of demonstrating grit and entrepreneurial spirit a plus

• Experience working in an early-stage environment is preferred; the candidate should understand how to operate effectively with limited resources selling new products

• Demonstrated EQ and relationship-building: an approach to building relationships that gets to trust quickly.

• Must be comfortable up to 10-20% domestic travel

Why Tennr?

• Drive Impact: one of our company values is Cowboy, meaning you set the pace. You won’t just talk about things, you’ll get them done. And feel the impact.

• Develop Operational Expertise: learn the inner workings of scaling systems, tools, and infrastructure

• Innovate with Purpose: we’re not just doing this for fun (although we do have a lot of fun). At Tennr, you’ll join a high-caliber team maniacally focused on reducing patient delays across the U.S. healthcare system.

• Build Relationships: collaborate and connect with like-minded, driven individuals

• Free lunch! Plus a pantry full of snacks.

Benefits

• Beautiful new office at 345 Hudson Street

• Unlimited PTO

• 100% paid employee health benefit options

• Employer-funded 401(k) match

• Competitive parental leave