Certara · 3 days ago
Portfolio Account Manager- Phoenix
Certara is a company that accelerates the potential of bringing medicines to market using biosimulation software and services. They are seeking a Portfolio Account Manager to serve as the primary contact for clients utilizing Certara’s platforms, ensuring they achieve maximum value and supporting them in adopting tools that streamline data analysis and improve collaboration in drug development.
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceuticalSoftware
Responsibilities
Establish multiple-level contacts within assigned accounts by presenting to, consulting with, and cultivating relationships at all influencers levels including the C-level executives
Qualify companies and contacts to understand the customer’s key needs/challenges through identification, discovery, planning and account/customer qualifications
Grow sales by successfully initiating client contacts, generate new leads, and follow up on assigned leads
Identify, profile and aggressively pursue new clients in the life sciences industry
Grow sales and follow-up leads into sales through professional key account management
Develop client specific solutions presentations and contribute to the RFP response and proposal process, developing appropriate win strategies based on your knowledge of the client
Work with marketing/BD to formulate lead-generation plans that will lead to new revenue generation opportunities
Participate in professional trade shows and clinical conferences, or the equivalent, (or as practically possible), setting up client meetings, exhibit coverage and lead generation
Document communication/discussions and all opportunity details in SalesForce.com to ensure a tracked record of existing correspondence and/or future next steps required
Utilize market knowledge and industry contacts to grow the Software and Service business in line with agreed commercial goals. This will include pursuing new product opportunities, identifying new contacts and accounts, and broadening the range of business in existing accounts
Meet/exceed sales quota on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
Follow Certara processes and best practices for properly working Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs)
Document all activities (phone and email outreach) within our Salesforce Lightning CRM
Qualification
Required
5+ years as a business development manager, preferably within the top 50 pharmaceutical companies and enterprise B2B SaaS industry
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Attention to detail for capturing all sales interaction into Salesforce
Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and set priorities
Ability to work in a high energy team environment
Able to fully utilize the MS Office suite (Excel/Word/PPT)
Proven track record of high level of sales performance in a competitive, dynamic market place
Preferred
Master's degree (in a science discipline) or advanced business degree preferred
Company
Certara
Certara is a pharmaceutical company that accelerates medicines with biosimulation software and technology.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$844.17MKey Investors
Arsenal Capital PartnersMubadala
2025-03-28Post Ipo Equity· $5.67M
2023-08-29Grant
2022-11-07Post Ipo Secondary· $449M
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