Surescripts serves the nation through simpler, trusted health intelligence
sharing, in order to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality
care. We deliver insights at critical points of care for better decisions — from
streamlining prior authorizations to delivering comprehensive medication
histories to facilitating messages between providers.
JOB SUMMARY
The Account Executive – Life Sciences (Top Pharma) will drive growth by
expanding Surescripts' presence in the life sciences market. This role will
primarily focus on selling and monetizing Surescripts' data and analytics
solutions to leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, while also supporting the
sale of electronic benefit verification (eBV) and Prior Authorization for Life
Sciences solutions.
As the face of Surescripts for a portfolio of strategic pharmaceutical accounts,
including Top 25 pharmaceutical manufacturers, you will build relationships with
senior leaders, identify high-value business opportunities, and independently
manage the full sales cycle. You will serve as a consultative partner,
connecting customers' commercialization, patient access, and analytics
priorities with Surescripts' differentiated data assets, insights, and
technology solutions.
This role is ideal for a sales professional who thrives on identifying and
pursuing new business opportunities within Top 25 pharmaceutical manufacturers
and helping drive the continued growth of Surescripts' Data Solutions business
while leveraging a broader portfolio of patient access and workflow solutions.
Success in this role requires a blend of strategic account planning, executive
relationship management, consultative selling, and a passion for translating
data and analytics into meaningful business outcomes for customers.
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Lead New Business Development: Prospect, develop and expand relationships
across mid-tier life sciences accounts, engaging executive, commercial,
analytics, market access, patient services and other key stakeholders to
generate and close new business opportunities.
* Sell a Broad Life Sciences Portfolio: Lead sales of Surescripts' Electronic
Benefit Verification (EBV), Prior Authorization for Life Sciences, and data
and analytics solutions, aligning offerings to customer priorities and
business objectives while expanding relationships across accounts.
* Drive Data and Analytics Sales Growth: Serve as a consultative partner to
life sciences customers, helping them address commercialization, patient
access, market intelligence, and related business needs through Surescripts'
data and analytics solutions.
* Strategic Account Planning: Develop and execute account-based
sales/go-to-market plans with measurable objectives, clear opportunity
strategies, and C-level visibility.
* Manage Complex Sales Cycles: Lead all sales process stages, including
prospecting, discovery, solution development, business-case creation,
proposal delivery, negotiation, and contracting.
* Drive Revenue Growth: Consistently meet or exceed quarterly bookings and
revenue goals across data and analytics, eBV, Prior Authorization for Life
Sciences, and other applicable product lines.
* Generate and Manage Pipeline: Self-source most of your opportunities through
outbound prospecting, industry events, referrals and network development.
Maintain sufficient pipeline coverage to consistently hit quarterly targets.
* Own and Prioritize a Territory: Segment your account list and concentrate
effort where Surescripts can win, balancing opportunity size against cycle
length and effort required.
* Translate Data into Customer Value: Partner with customers and internal
subject-matter experts to learn and articulate how Surescripts' data and
analytics capabilities can support customer decision-making and business
priorities.
* Market Intelligence: Monitor industry trends, evolving customer data needs,
competitor offerings and product innovations to inform territory and sales
strategy.
* Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with internal teams, including
Account Management, Strategy, Product Innovation, Legal, Finance, Marketing
and other subject-matter experts, to develop solutions, advance opportunities
and support successful implementation and customer satisfaction.
* Contracting Strategy: Identify and propose contracting and partnership models
that align customer objectives with Surescripts' goals.
* Champion Company Culture: Foster a culture of professionalism, collaboration,
accountability and sales success within the team and across the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
Basic Requirements
* Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, healthcare administration, data
science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
* 10+ years of sales or business development experience within life sciences
including experience selling patient access, healthcare technology,
healthcare data and analytics, or related solutions to pharmaceutical
manufacturers.
* 5+ years of success selling complex solutions into life sciences
organizations, including Electronic Benefit Verification (EBV), Prior
Authorization, data and analytics, patient access, commercialization, or
related healthcare technology solutions.
* 5+ years of experience closing complex enterprise deals of $500K or more
within life sciences companies or patient support programs, healthcare
technology, healthcare data, or related markets.
* Demonstrated success sourcing pipeline and managing a multi-account
territory, rather than working on a small set of assigned enterprise
accounts.
* Track record of meeting or exceeding quota across a higher volume of
opportunities.
* Established success in building relationships with VP- and C-level
stakeholders, including generalist decisionmakers who own multiple functions.
* Proven track record of successfully selling and commercializing healthcare
technology, patient access, and/or data and analytics solutions using a
variety of business models, including SaaS, enterprise licensing,
volume-based, transaction-based, or revenue-share arrangements.
* Experience guiding customers through product capabilities, integration
strategies and data utilization models relevant to their segment and business
objectives.
* Solid understanding of life sciences commercialization, patient access,
reimbursement, and market access, including the role of data and analytics in
supporting commercial strategy, patient services, and business
decision-making.
* Ability to translate complex healthcare technology, patient access, data, and
analytical capabilities into compelling business value for executive and
functional stakeholders.
* Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Salesforce CRM, and AI tools such as
Claude and/or Microsoft Copilot.
Preferred Qualifications
* Advanced degree, such as an MBA, or a related field.
* Track record of success selling software, SaaS, services or other complex
enterprise solutions and achieving annual revenue targets through a
combination of new business development and account growth.
* Demonstrated network of relationships across mid-tier life sciences
companies, including senior leaders in commercial, data and analytics, market
access, patient services and procurement organizations.
* Familiarity with regulatory, privacy, compliance and contracting
considerations associated with life sciences data and analytics solutions.
* History of developing innovative contracting strategies and partnership
models.
Travel
* Approximately 50% travel within the United States.
On Target Earnings (OTE): $300K+
#LI-REMOTE
Surescripts embraces flexibility through its Flexible Hybrid Work model for most
positions. This model allows employees to work virtually while still utilizing
our offices as collaboration centers. With alignment and agreement from your
leadership, you can come and go from the office as needed.
To be considered for employment, applicants must have a valid U.S. work
authorization allowing work without restrictions with Surecripts in the U.S. At
this time, we are unable to provide support or provide sponsorship for
immigration benefits such as work visas. Additionally, we do not participate in
academic training programs or work-study programs through an academic
institution that require employer endorsement of F-1/CPT or F-1/STEM.
WHAT YOU’RE LIKE
As a strategy-minded member of the Growth team, you enjoy cross-disciplinary
problem solving. You are motivated by multifaceted challenges that require you
to quickly identify the data points that matter and generate a hypothesis. You
are relentless in your pursuit of continuous improvement with the chops to dive
into analytics, then step back to see the forest for the trees. You prefer a
good narrative over a fancy PowerPoint slide. You provide market-focused
expertise and industry understanding that builds trust and influences customer
behavior.
WHAT WE’RE LIKE
Surescripts Growth is a team of both thinkers and doers. We pressure test our
ideas and then move past thinking to put our plans into action. We’re ambitious,
yet realistic, with our goal in mind: to increase the value of the Surescripts
Network Alliance.
WHAT THE WORK IS LIKE
We love a good framework, of course. But we also work to understand our
ever-evolving role as a network business and how our solutions impact our
customers and the patients and providers they serve. We take on some of the most
pressing opportunities and problems facing our business. And we thrive in this
fast-paced environment.
Why Wait? Apply Now
We’re a midsize company. This means you’re not just another employee ID number.
Here, you can build real relationships and feel supported by truly awesome
people with diverse backgrounds and talents in an innovative and collaborative
work culture. We strive to create an environment where you can be yourself,
share your ideas and work your way. We offer opportunities for employee
development, as well as competitive compensation packages and extensive
benefits.
At Surescripts, base pay is one part of our Total Rewards Package (which may
also include bonus, benefits etc.) and is determined within a range. The base
pay range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000 per year. Your base pay may
vary within or outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including
(but not limited to) your qualifications, skills, experience, and location.
Benefits include, but are not limited to, comprehensive healthcare (including
infertility coverage), generous paid time off including paid childbirth and
parental leave and mental health days, pet insurance, and 401(k) with company
match and immediate vesting. To learn more, review the Keep You and Yours
Healthy [https://surescripts.com/our-story/careers?modal=keeping_you_healthy],
Balancing Work and Life
[https://surescripts.com/our-story/careers?modal=benefits_for_life], and Where
Talent Takes Shape
[https://surescripts.com/our-story/careers?modal=talent_takes_shape] links under
the Better Benefits. Better Work. Better Life
[https://surescripts.com/our-story/careers] section of our careers site.
Physical and Mental Requirements
While performing duties of this job, an employee may be required to perform any,
or all of the following: attend meetings in and out of the office, travel,
communicate effectively (both orally and in writing), and be able to effectively
use computers and other electronic and standard office equipment with, or
without, a reasonable accommodation. Additionally, this job requires certain
mental demands, including the ability to use judgement, withstand moderate
amounts of stress and maintain attention to detail with, or without, a
reasonable accommodation.
Surescripts is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative
Action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion,
age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status,
pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, parental status,
gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other status
protected under federal, state, or local law.