Sr Manager Global Sales Enablement and Training

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Indianapolis, IN, USA
In-Office
135K-190K Annually
Senior level
Biotech
The Role
The Sr Manager will build and lead a global sales enablement organization, establishing sales processes, training programs, and performance metrics to enhance sales productivity and drive growth.
Summary Generated by Built In

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences’ mission is to empower those seeking answers to

life’s most important scientific and healthcare questions. With a legacy spanning 80+

years, we have long been a trusted partner to our customers, who are working to

transform science and healthcare with the next groundbreaking discovery. As part of

our team of more than 2,900 associates across 130 countries, you’ll help drive our vision

of accelerating answers—and our commitment to excellence.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.

We are currently seeking a Sr Manager of Global Sales Enablement & Training who will be responsible to build and lead a world-class, globally integrated sales enablement organization for our Beckman Coulter Life Sciences business. This role will establish a new global function and bring rigor, consistency, and scalability to sales leadership, sales process, and sales methodology across a diverse portfolio of capital equipment, consumables, and services.

The successful candidate will be a strategic and hands-on commercial leader who partners closely with global and regional sales leadership, marketing, product management, strategic account management, service, and other business units to drive growth, profitability, and enterprise-wide collaboration. This is a highly visible leadership role with global scope, significant executive interaction, and meaningful impact on commercial performance.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Build & Lead a Global Sales Enablement Organization

  • Design, stand up, and scale a global sales enablement and training function, including operating model, governance, tools, and talent.
  • Define the global enablement strategy, roadmap, and success metrics aligned to enterprise growth and profitability goals.
  • Build and lead a high-performing global enablement team while balancing global standardization with regional relevance.

Sales Leadership Development

  • Develop and deploy global sales leadership development programs to strengthen frontline and second-line leader effectiveness.
  • Establish coaching frameworks and performance disciplines that reinforce accountability, consistency, and continuous improvement.
  • Embed enablement into global and regional sales operating rhythms, reviews, and field execution.

Sales Process & Methodology Excellence

  • Define, standardize, and continuously improve a global end-to-end sales process across capital equipment, consumables, and services.
  • Implement a consistent, scalable sales methodology that supports complex, value-based, and solution-oriented selling.
  • Ensure tight alignment between sales process, CRM execution, pipeline management, and forecasting practices.

Training & Field Enablement

  • Build global onboarding, role-based, and advanced training programs for sales professionals, sales leaders, and strategic account teams.
  • Enable effective cross-portfolio selling, including bundled solutions, lifecycle services, and long-term customer partnerships.
  • Ensure training is practical, measurable, culturally adaptable, and directly tied to commercial outcomes.

Growth, Profitability & Commercial Impact

  • Drive measurable improvements in sales productivity, win rates, deal quality, forecast accuracy, and margin performance globally.
  • Enable value-based selling, pricing discipline, and commercial excellence practices.
  • Establish KPIs and dashboards to track enablement effectiveness and business impact.

Strategic Collaboration & Enterprise Partnership

  • Partner closely with Marketing, Product Management, Service, Finance, Operations, and Regional Leaders to align the full customer lifecycle.
  • Enable collaboration across business units and geographies to support enterprise selling and global strategic accounts.
  • Partner with Strategic Account Management to develop tools, playbooks, and capabilities for complex, multi-region customers.

Change Leadership

  • Lead global change management efforts related to new processes, methodologies, and ways of working.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning, data-driven decision-making, and customer-centric execution.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior commercial and executive leadership.

The required qualifications for the job include:

  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in sales enablement, sales leadership, commercial excellence, or related roles within life sciences, medical devices, diagnostics, or adjacent regulated industries.
  • Proven experience building and scaling a global sales enablement or commercial capability from the ground up.
  • Strong understanding of complex sales environments, including capital equipment, consumables, and services with demonstrated success implementing sales processes, methodologies, CRM-driven execution, and leadership development programs.
  • Up to 50% global travel to support regional teams, sales leadership, training delivery, strategic account engagements, and key enterprise initiatives.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

  • Experience supporting global sales organizations across multiple regions (Americas, EMEA, APAC), inclusive of enterprise-level selling models.
  • Multi-lingual capability is a strong plus, particularly for leaders operating in global, cross-cultural environments.
  • Strong financial and business acumen with the ability to link enablement initiatives to revenue growth and margin improvement.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Life Sciences can provide.

Preferred location: Indianapolis, IN or within close proximity to the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Flexibility to work across multiple time zones is required.

The salary range for this role is $135,000 - $190,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

The U.S. EEO posters are available here.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact:1-202-419-7762 or [email protected].

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in sales enablement, sales leadership or commercial excellence in life sciences or related fields.
  • Proven experience building and scaling a global sales enablement organization.
  • Strong understanding of complex sales environments including capital equipment and consumables.
  • Up to 50% global travel required.

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  • Leave & Time Off Breadth PTO and paid holidays are portrayed as robust, with formal programs and mentions of generous time off and rollover in some cases. This breadth supports a positive view of time-off availability.
  • Healthcare Strength Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is highlighted repeatedly and is viewed as comprehensive for regular full‑time employees. Descriptions such as “good” or “great” benefits reinforce the strength of the health coverage.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) plan with company matching is consistently included as part of the package. The presence of matching contributions strengthens perceived retirement readiness.

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The Company
HQ: Sunnyvale, CA
4,883 Employees
Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

Cepheid is dedicated to improving healthcare by pioneering molecular diagnostics that combine speed, accuracy, and flexibility. The company's GeneXpert® systems and Xpert® tests automate highly complex and time-consuming manual procedures, providing A Better Way for institutions of any size to perform world-class PCR testing. Cepheid’s broad test portfolio spans respiratory infections, blood virology, women’s and sexual health, TB and emerging infectious diseases, healthcare-associated infectious diseases, oncology and human genetics. The company’s solutions deliver actionable results where they are needed most – from central laboratories and hospitals to near-patient settings. For more information, visit http://www.cepheid.com.

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