Key Account / Business Development Manager - Biopharma
At a glance
Mid-level Account Management role at Dupont. Remote, United States of America · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Meet revenue and profit goals across your assigned bioprocessing and pharmaceutical accounts
- Set account plans with quarterly and annual growth goals, then pursue the opportunities they identify
- Win new business with biotech, biopharma, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and life sciences customers
- Negotiate pricing, contracts, and longer-term supply arrangements with customer stakeholders
- Coordinate internal technical, marketing, R&D, and service teams around customer needs; keep account and pipeline records current in Salesforce
What you bring
- At least seven years in sales, account management, or business development in life sciences or a related industry
- A bachelor's degree in a listed scientific, engineering, life sciences, or business discipline, or equivalent industry experience
- A record of growing strategic accounts and winning new business, including sales to technical and commercial customer groups
- Experience forecasting, managing sales pipelines, and planning accounts in Salesforce or a comparable CRM
Who this fits
This remote role suits a consultative account manager who can develop business and work with both technical and commercial stakeholders. You must live in Greater Boston or North Carolina and be willing to travel up to half the time.
From the employer
At DuPont, our purpose is to empower the world with essential innovations to thrive. We work on things that matter. Whether it’s providing clean water to more than a billion people on the planet, producing materials that are essential in everyday technology devices from smartphones to electric vehicles, or protecting workers around the world. Discover the many reasons the world’s most talented people are choosing to work at DuPont. Why Join Us | DuPont Careers
About the Role
DuPont Water Solutions is seeking a Key Account Manager (KAM) to drive growth within the bioprocessing, pharmaceutical, and life sciences markets. This role combines strategic account management and business development, supporting customers with industry-leading ion exchange resins, reverse osmosis technologies, and separation and purification solutions.
Location: Remote
The ideal candidate will be located in the Greater Boston area or North Carolina, enabling close engagement with key biopharma, biotech, CDMO, and pharmaceutical manufacturing customers across North America.
Travel: Up to 50%
What You'll Do
- Deliver annual revenue and profitability targets across assigned bioprocessing and pharmaceutical accounts.
- Develop and execute strategic account plans, including quarterly and annual growth objectives.
- Identify and secure new business opportunities within biotech, biopharma, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and life sciences markets.
- Build relationships with stakeholders across Procurement, Manufacturing, Process Development, Quality, Engineering, Operations, and R&D.
- Lead commercial negotiations including contracts, pricing, and long-term supply agreements.
- Partner with Technical Service, Application Development, Marketing, R&D, and Customer Service teams to drive customer success.
- Maintain accurate customer, pipeline, and opportunity information within Salesforce.
- Serve as a trusted advisor by connecting customer process challenges with DuPont purification and separation technologies.
What You'll Bring
- Proven success in strategic account management and business development within bioprocessing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotechnology, or life sciences.
- Strong ability to build and maintain relationships across technical and commercial customer organizations.
- Demonstrated understanding of regulated manufacturing environments and customer decision-making processes.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and collaboration skills.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to identify opportunities and develop account growth strategies.
- Experience managing sales pipelines, forecasting, and account planning within Salesforce or a comparable CRM platform.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or a related discipline. Equivalent industry experience will be considered.
- Minimum 7 years of sales, account management, or business development experience within pharmaceutical, bioprocessing, biotechnology, or related life sciences industries.
- Experience selling to technical, quality, operations, engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and R&D stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to grow strategic accounts and develop new business opportunities.
- Must reside in the Greater Boston, Massachusetts area or North Carolina.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 50%.
Preferred Technical Experience
Experience selling or supporting technologies such as:
- Ion Exchange Resins
- Reverse Osmosis (RO)
- Chromatography
- Filtration & Membrane Technologies
- Purification Solutions
- Water for Injection (WFI)
- Process Water Systems
- Downstream Bioprocessing Applications
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech Manufacturing Processes
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Strategic account manager with experience selling into biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
- Strong network within biotech, CDMO, and life sciences organizations.
- Familiarity with chromatography, purification, filtration, membrane, or separation technologies.
- Comfortable operating in a remote environment while managing key customer relationships across North America.
- Driven, consultative commercial professional with a track record of delivering profitable growth.
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DuPont offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package. To learn more visit the Compensation and Benefits page.
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