Bring more to life.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Abcam, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
Progress happens together
At Abcam, we believe the scientific community goes further, faster when we go there together. That’s why we work with life scientists to provide biological reagents and solutions that enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases and metabolic disorders. Our talented team of over 1,400 colleagues worldwide is our greatest asset. By applying our expertise and pushing boundaries, together we strive to better serve our customers, strengthen our impact across our industry, and ultimately our positive impact on society.
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The Territory Account Manager is responsible for the strategic and tactical management of select academic and biopharma accounts, and you will focus on building and maintaining existing relationships, as well as generating new business opportunities with these customers. To deliver on revenue expectations, the Territory Account Manager will build deep partnerships with key stakeholders at named accounts and nurture large opportunities through a pipeline/funnel. You will proactively make outbound calls, schedule customer visits in your assigned territory and nurture leads from marketing through to opportunities.
This position reports to the Director of Sales, EMEA and is part of the EMEA Commercial Team. The position will be fully remote, located in the United Kingdom preferably in the London/Oxford area.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Utilize technical expertise and strategic thinking to identify and drive revenue growth within named focus accounts by identifying new opportunities to develop business across our full range of products and services.
- Develop and execute account plans that both build effective alliances and maximize share of wallet across Abcam’s portfolio.
- Continually provide market and competitor feedback to the organization around customer trends, market development and competitive activities observed within your territory.
- Provide regular sales forecasts to management regarding both financial and proactive activities output conducted in alignment with individual objectives and revenue goals for your territory.
- Adopt the Sales Cloud CRM system and use its functionality and content to manage leads, opportunities and provide insight into accounts.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor’s degree in life science or related discipline as well as two or more years’ field sales account management experience, ideally in region.
- Demonstrable ability to speak to antibody-based applications, proteomics, reagents and similar protein-based solutions and products with customers and translate into business opportunities.
- Proven ability to build and manage relationships with scientific end-users and decision-makers in biopharma and academic markets.
- Experience in account management within life sciences with experience in selling solutions and services across complex research workflows.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to simplify complex scientific concepts, paired with strong organizational and project management abilities and a proactive, customer-focused approach to problem-solving.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
- Ability to travel as required (50-75%), overnight, within territory or other locations.
- Must have a valid driver’s license
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Experience and knowledge of sales tools and various CRMs, Sales Force etc.
Abcam, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in life science or related discipline
- Two or more years' field sales account management experience (ideally in region)
- Ability to speak to antibody-based applications, proteomics, reagents and similar protein-based solutions
- Proven ability to build and manage relationships with scientific end-users and decision-makers in biopharma and academic markets
- Experience selling solutions and services across complex research workflows
- Exceptional communication, organizational and project management skills; proactive customer-focused problem-solving
- Ability to travel 50-75%, including overnight, within territory
- Valid driver's license
- Experience and knowledge of sales tools and various CRMs (Salesforce)
Cepheid Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cepheid and has not been reviewed or approved by Cepheid.
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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.
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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.
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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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