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Enterprise Account Executive

Benchling · Boston, MA · Remote

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About Benchling

Backed by Y Combinator, a16z and ICONIQ.

About the role

We are seeking a motivated and results-driven Enterprise Account Executive to join our Enterprise team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving new and/or renewal business into different lines of the business within your designated 1-3 of the Top 50 global pharmaceutical accounts. You will focus on building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders across various personas within an account (IT, Science/R&D, Data Science).

What they're looking for

  • Proven experience as a global enterprise/major accounts seller, preferably within a data management, workflow SaaS or technology-driven environment that sells to multiple personas across IT & various Line of business
  • Demonstrated ability to drive pipeline generation and manage complex sales cycles of 7+ figure deals
  • Strong sales forecasting skills with a track record of meeting or exceeding targets
  • Demonstrated success in selling products or solutions that typically fall outside of pre-established budgets, with a proven ability to build a compelling business case and influence purchasing decisions
  • Experience working with diverse personas within an account (from technical decision makers, business decision makers & CxO execs), with the ability to influence decision-making at all the levels
  • Dynamic communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
More about this role

We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era.

When a breakthrough is delayed, the world waits. Getting a molecule from discovery to patients, or a crop from lab to field, involves thousands of slow, manual, disconnected steps. AI has the potential to change this, compressing decades of R&D work into years. But that only happens when clean, structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done.

Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows. Over 200,000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work, from academic labs to Sanofi, Moderna, and more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma.

We’re building an AI scientist for our customers. We can’t do that if we haven’t built the muscle ourselves. AI fluency is the foundation we build on; it's core to how we work, and we're committed to helping every new hire integrate it into their day-to-day. As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your...

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