
Sales Executive I
- Bracknell, Berkshire
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Maintain a good understanding of the OpenEye product line, research pipeline, vision, and philosophy.
- Communicate OpenEye knowledge to customers. Spend time interacting with current and prospective customers through video, phone, email, and site visits to optimally generate both maintenance revenue and new sales.
- Manage complex sales cycles including successful contract negotiations, involving high TCV greater than $2M. Help OpenEye grow in the existing market and establish new markets.
- Coordinate regional activities including software evaluations with application scientists and technology specialists.
- Work closely with colleagues in sales on global accounts.
- Generate and send new and renewal quotes; create, track, and update sales opportunities and information within SalesForce or other software systems.
- Provide territory financial updates as needed for senior management.
- Work with application scientists to develop and implement a regional plan to achieve sales growth.
- Attend scientific conferences representing OpenEye.
- Attend company and sales group meetings in the US.
- Travel to customer sites and internal meetings.
- Work with the marketing group; including conferences, event planning and execution.
- Collaborate with OpenEye colleagues and problem-solve as necessary to overcome sales obstacles.
- Bachelor’s degree or greater in a scientific area, with a strong preference for chemistry or biology.
- 10+ years of successful experience selling either software, services, or instrumentation into the drug discovery market.
- Must have ability to call “high” (Executive Management) and help drive multi-million-dollar, complex sales campaigns with multiple decision makers and influencers across the customer organization.
- Deep understanding of the drug discovery market relevant to the customer ecosystem.
- The ability to foster and grow customer relationships throughout all levels of the customer organization to better connect our solutions with the customer's problems/business challenges and ensure roadmap alignment for long term success.
- A proven track-record demonstrating ability to identify and understand customer pain-points and the ability to communicate this to a broad range of technical and non-technical persons.
- Knowledge and demonstration of the ability to manage the complete sales process, strong communication skills, and the ability to interact with scientific and financial staff at all levels.
- A track record successfully managing multiple priorities, working with, and managing cross functional teams, and driving results as evidenced by overachievement of sales goals.
- Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize and plan.
- Ability to work independently, but also cooperatively with staff inside and outside of OpenEye.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.