Strategic Business Development Manager

About the role:
The Strategic Business Development Manager will support all direct and indirect selling activities, and drive channel partner recruitment and development. The ideal candidate will have at least 3-5 years of direct selling experience, and 3-5 years experience recruiting, onboarding, and managing complex partner relationships within the Biotechnology space. The position will be based and focused on the European market, however supporting opportunities and partnerships in APAC will also be considered as they become available.
About us:
Today's research, clinical, and quality control labs are expected to discover and produce at a pace once considered unimaginable. Now, to lead is to be led by data. The Elemental Machines platform elevates LabOps teams in charge of machines, instruments, data, facilities, training, quality, and compliance to lead data-driven discovery, development, and delivery. But there are over 300 Million physical instruments, devices, and machines not yet connected to the cloud. We are simplifying the connection between the physical and digital worlds using IoT and AI-driven insights. The result is a lab united by a universal cloud-connected dashboards and operations.
Excellence in LabOps is a connection away.
What do we do?
We elevate LabOps teams to lead data-driven discovery, development, and delivery.
How do we do it?
We simplify the connection between the physical and digital worlds.
Why do we do it?
Optimizing the operations of research, clinical, and quality control labs has an exponential impact.
The Culture:
Elemental Machines is a startup company based in Cambridge, MA, and we love it here! Being right next to some of the most innovative companies in the IoT and BioTech industries gives us drive and passion to pursue our own big goals, while enabling other companies to pursue theirs.
We are committed to delivering on our promise to our customers: accelerate how they get science done. This commitment touches every level of our culture, because we are excited every day to stretch our creativity in balancing the needs of our customers with the resources at our disposal, and to thoughtfully interact with our peers to keep our mission on track.
Direct Responsibilities:

• Create customer awareness Elemental Machine's products and services.
• Responsible for presenting companies' products and services to potential customers and closing sales.
• Research competing products, identifying opportunities to increase sales.
• Assist in the development and execution of sales and marketing plans.
• Answer customers' questions regarding product pricing, availability, features, and benefits.

Channel Responsibilities:

• Establish productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned partner accounts.
• Coordinate the involvement of company personnel, including support, service, and management resources, in order to meet partner performance objectives and partners' expectations.
• Proactively lead joint partner planning processes that develop mutual performance objectives, financial targets
• Sell through partner organizations to end users in coordination with partner sales resources.
• Lead solution development efforts that best address end-user needs, while coordinating the involvement of all necessary company and partner personnel.
• Drive adoption of company programs among assigned partners.
• Proactively recruit new qualifying partners.

Requirements:

• Post-secondary education - B.A. or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of direct and channels combined sales experience in a business-to-business sales environment.
• Consistent track record of over achieving against quota.
• Strong experience in all aspects of sales, including growth strategies, account development, and business planning.
• A well-defined sense of diplomacy, including solid negotiation, conflict resolution, and people management skills.
• Demonstrated planning, preparation and organizational abilities
• Demonstrated capability to call high in an account up to and including the "C" level executives
• Able to build and maintain lasting relationships with corporate departments, key business partners, and customers.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sales and marketing techniques and principles
• Flexible attitude, ability to perform under pressure.
• Achieve exceptional customer service.
• The ability to retain important information.
• Sound consultative selling skills.
• Excellent networking skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• 3-5 years of direct selling experience within the Biotechnology space.
• 3-5 years experience recruiting, onboarding, and managing complex partner relationships within the Biotechnology space.
• International and Domestic Travel required

To Apply:
Please send your cover letter & resume to [email protected] and be sure to put the job title you are applying for in the subject line.
Also, please answer the following two questions in your email:

1. Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?
2. Will you now, or in the future, require sponsorship for Employment VISA Status (e.g. - H-1B VISA Status)?