Role Description
Ready to shape the future of digital transformation across Life Sciences, Chemicals, CPG, Food & Beverage, Fragrance & Flavor, and Energy? Let's make it happen.
We're looking for a high-energy, results-driven Director, Sales β EMEA to lead our territory and named account strategy across the region. This role covers the full breadth of R&D, Tech Transfer, and Production β the entire digital thread from molecule (or formulation) to product.
As Director, you will:
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Lead Territory & Named Account Strategy: Own the design and execution of a segmented go-to-market approach across EMEA.
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Manage and Develop a Regional Team: Lead, coach, and develop a team of Account Executives, Associate Account Managers, and ISRs.
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Sell Across the Full Digital Thread: Position and sell solutions spanning ELN, LIMS, CDS, SDMS, PLM, MES, and Enterprise Cloud/SaaS platforms.
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Solution Selling with Impact: Coach your team to solve critical business and scientific challenges.
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Pipeline Generation Powerhouse: Direct pipeline-building efforts across multiple personas within each account.
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Negotiation & Closing Excellence: Support and unblock complex, multi-national negotiations.
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Strategic Account Management: Build trust and long-term partnerships across named accounts.
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Collaborate Across Siemens: Work closely with the broader Siemens Digital Industries Software organization.
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Leverage Partners & Channels: Build and activate relationships with systems integrators and technology partners.
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Driving Process & Execution: Follow a best-in-class enterprise sales framework.
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Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner closely with marketing, product, customer success, and partners.
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ABC β Always Be Curious: Stay ahead of industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies.
Qualifications
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Significant sales leadership experience across Life Sciences, Specialty Chemicals, CPG, or adjacent process/scientific industries.
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Comfortable engaging Senior Leadership, C-suite, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, and IT stakeholders.
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Strong track record in complex enterprise SaaS sales.
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Experience across Life Sciences/Pharma and at least one adjacent industry.
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Deep familiarity with the R&D-to-Tech-Transfer-to-Production digital thread.
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Working knowledge of relevant solution categories: ELN, LIMS, CDS, SDMS, PLM, MES, Enterprise Cloud/SaaS, Data Science & Analytics, AI.
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Proven people leadership β hiring, coaching, and developing AEs, Associate Account Managers, and/or ISRs.
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Executive presence β able to align with senior leadership internally and externally.
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Advanced communication and presentation skills, both internal and external.
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Demonstrated sales performance, both individually and through a team.
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Experience navigating and closing complex, multi-national, multi-agency contracts.
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Experience selling to large enterprises ($1B+ in revenue) and/or Cloud and Service Providers.
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Proven track record of closing deals larger than $1M in ACV.
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Strong pipeline-generation discipline.
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Experience collaborating across a large, matrixed organization.
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Process-oriented, with strong organizational and project/program management skills.
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Metrics-based, disciplined approach to sales methodology.
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First-principles approach to problem solving.
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Ability to research, synthesize, and articulate value propositions across diverse industries.
Requirements
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Entrepreneurial and curious mindset.
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Ability to build the business case for unestablished budgets.
Benefits
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Dynamic, remote-friendly environment.
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Collaborative culture empowering you to excel.