Role Description
The Client Partner, Ecosystem in Life Sciences is responsible for driving growth, retention, and satisfaction across Datavant’s Ecosystem client base - including data sources, data aggregators, and enterprises. You will own the account relationship across all Life Sciences offerings, and manage the end-to-end sales process to bring Datavant’s full product portfolio - including data connectivity, tokenization, ecosystem partnerships, and Real-World Evidence (RWE) solutions - to existing and new Ecosystem clients. This role requires a deep understanding of your assigned customers’ business goals, organizational structure, and strategic initiatives, combined with a consultative, hands-on approach to solution development.
What You Will Do
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Build and maintain strong relationships with Ecosystem customers and partners - including data sources, data aggregators, and enterprises.
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Hold ultimate responsibility for bookings and revenue generation for your assigned Ecosystem accounts.
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Effectively position and sell Datavant’s full product portfolio - including connectivity infrastructure, privacy-preserving linkages, data licensing, and RWE solutions - to meet client needs.
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Collaborate with cross-functional experts across Datavant in the strategic sales process from lead generation to close, including presenting value propositions, identifying and addressing partner needs, negotiating business terms, and executing contracts.
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Leverage deep knowledge of your client’s organizational structure and initiatives to discover new business opportunities for Datavant solutions.
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Monitor and manage pipeline health, forecasting accuracy, and deal velocity using CRM and analytics tools.
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Gather valuable feedback from customers and partners on pricing, market challenges, innovation, and the competitive landscape to inform team strategy and product positioning.
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Stay informed on market trends, competitive dynamics, and customer feedback within the Ecosystem segment to guide account strategy.
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Collaborate across the Datavant organization — including Marketing, Product, Solutions, and Delivery teams - to achieve personal goals, team objectives, and company milestones.
Qualifications
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7+ years of relevant experience in partnerships, business development, or enterprise sales within healthcare, life sciences, or enterprise SaaS - with a focus on ecosystem strategy, Real World Data, or services.
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Familiarity with the Healthcare RWD landscape, including RWD sources, data aggregators, analytics platforms, and the healthcare investment landscape.
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Experience selling complex solutions and driving significant revenue growth in a highly dynamic environment, involving multiple stakeholders from line managers to C-level executives.
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Proven record of constructing partnerships that deliver revenue and market expansion.
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Comfortable navigating ambiguity, managing multiple high-stakes relationships, and moving fast with minimal oversight.
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Highly consultative, hands-on, and collaborative.
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Excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills. Executive presence and comfort leading external discussions with senior stakeholders.
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Strong collaboration skills with Sales, Product, Marketing, and cross-functional teams.
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Experience with Google suite of productivity applications (Sheets, Slides, Docs) as well as Salesforce.com.
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Self-motivated, takes initiative, works efficiently and independently, with excellent organizational skills.
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Ability to travel at least 50% of the time.
Benefits
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The estimated base salary range (not including variable pay) for this role is: $160,000 — $180,000 USD.
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This role is eligible for additional variable compensation.