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Account Development Executive jobs are open across SaaS, financial services, healthcare, and media, at every level from associate to senior and director, with specializations in outbound prospecting, pipeline development, and enterprise account growth. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Position Summary: As part of the Global Business Development team for Bioanalytical Laboratory, the Executive Account Director, (Global Key Account Manager) executes a strategic sales plan to maximize global key accounts for Bioanalytical Labs business. Responsible for achieving annual sales targets by maintaining a keen awareness of business strategies, client climate and requirements to maximize business opportunities and sales. The Global Key Account Manager reports to Manager, Key Accounts.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a strategic sales plan for owned assigned accounts and drive performance through well-thought account plans
- Develop account plans for each assigned account
- Demonstrate year over year growth for global key accounts, meeting/exceeding sales goals for each account
- Drive account expansion through cross-selling ASD and partnering with CDSD
- Identity and access various points of business develop across the global key accounts, developing relationships with key stake holders across clinical teams, therapeutic & service areas further establishing BioA as a partner supporting their business strategies, advancing our strategic relationships with budget holders and key decision makers
- Develop relationships with target new biopharma accounts and develop unique value prop to position to win and grow
- Establish and preserve preferred vendor status by maintaining a keen awareness of the global key accounts business strategies and pain points to align with BioA service offerings to maximize business return through proactive account management
- In conjunction with PPD Alliance Leads, organize quarterly strategic planning meetings to evaluate the health of the relationship, ongoing/upcoming projects, potential issues and resource requires and champion the relationship internally to improve customer affinity
- Drive successful RFP/Proposals process to meet and exceed key account expectations; actively participate in bid defense and contract negotiations while providing recommendation on improving profitable solutions that meet customer needs
- Lead and drive RFI strategy process, from receipt of RFI through completion including client meetings, internal stakeholder alignment, development of presentation materials, and quality of responses.
- Advise senior leadership team on the success of our global key accounts; provide insight into trends that support the preferred/exclusive vendor relationships,
- Work with other KAMs to ensure a collective voice is championing a business direction and changes need for us to win and retain more key accounts in collaboration with VP, Business Development, Bioanalytical Labs
- Partner closely with Alliance Lead on assigned accounts to ensure client satisfaction, provide insight to relationship management and the operations regarding areas of opportunity, make and implement recommendations to drive higher client satisfaction
- Partner closely with Scientific affairs to assist in growing new market niches and creating new services and line extensions based on client input.
- Provide routine updates to opportunities and log all requested activities into Salesforce to meet KPI expectations
- Liaise and align with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and other departments through BioA to meet key account needs.
Key Skills:
- Consultative selling in large accounts
- Relationship-building and ability to expand beyond current contacts
- Ability to clearly present and articulate value
- Ownership of account management with ability to balance competing needs/objections
- Sufficient Labs knowledge to succeed
Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years).
- In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong interpersonal skills needed to build relationships, communicate and influence across all levels of the organization, and act as a liaison for internal/external customers
- Effective team leader and player
- Advanced process improvement/implementation skills
- Extensive analytical skills and data interpretation/tracking/trending skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication/interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Extensive MS Office skills to include Word, Excel, Visio, Access, PowerPoint.
- High level of PC competence and understanding of computer logic
- Excellent business and financial acumen
- Proven executive presence
Management Role:
- No management responsibility
Working Conditions and Environment:
- Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
- Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel both domestic and international.
Physical Requirements:
- Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.
- Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Frequent mobility required.
- Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
- Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
- Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.
- Works independently with little guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.
- Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multitask.
- Regular and consistent attendance
- Travel -50%-75%
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Virginia is $137,900.00–$229,800.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Position Summary: As part of the Global Business Development team for Bioanalytical Laboratory, the Executive Account Director, (Global Key Account Manager) executes a strategic sales plan to maximize global key accounts for Bioanalytical Labs business. Responsible for achieving annual sales targets by maintaining a keen awareness of business strategies, client climate and requirements to maximize business opportunities and sales. The Global Key Account Manager reports to Manager, Key Accounts.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a strategic sales plan for owned assigned accounts and drive performance through well-thought account plans
- Develop account plans for each assigned account
- Demonstrate year over year growth for global key accounts, meeting/exceeding sales goals for each account
- Drive account expansion through cross-selling ASD and partnering with CDSD
- Identity and access various points of business develop across the global key accounts, developing relationships with key stake holders across clinical teams, therapeutic & service areas further establishing BioA as a partner supporting their business strategies, advancing our strategic relationships with budget holders and key decision makers
- Develop relationships with target new biopharma accounts and develop unique value prop to position to win and grow
- Establish and preserve preferred vendor status by maintaining a keen awareness of the global key accounts business strategies and pain points to align with BioA service offerings to maximize business return through proactive account management
- In conjunction with PPD Alliance Leads, organize quarterly strategic planning meetings to evaluate the health of the relationship, ongoing/upcoming projects, potential issues and resource requires and champion the relationship internally to improve customer affinity
- Drive successful RFP/Proposals process to meet and exceed key account expectations; actively participate in bid defense and contract negotiations while providing recommendation on improving profitable solutions that meet customer needs
- Lead and drive RFI strategy process, from receipt of RFI through completion including client meetings, internal stakeholder alignment, development of presentation materials, and quality of responses.
- Advise senior leadership team on the success of our global key accounts; provide insight into trends that support the preferred/exclusive vendor relationships,
- Work with other KAMs to ensure a collective voice is championing a business direction and changes need for us to win and retain more key accounts in collaboration with VP, Business Development, Bioanalytical Labs
- Partner closely with Alliance Lead on assigned accounts to ensure client satisfaction, provide insight to relationship management and the operations regarding areas of opportunity, make and implement recommendations to drive higher client satisfaction
- Partner closely with Scientific affairs to assist in growing new market niches and creating new services and line extensions based on client input.
- Provide routine updates to opportunities and log all requested activities into Salesforce to meet KPI expectations
- Liaise and align with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and other departments through BioA to meet key account needs.
Key Skills:
- Consultative selling in large accounts
- Relationship-building and ability to expand beyond current contacts
- Ability to clearly present and articulate value
- Ownership of account management with ability to balance competing needs/objections
- Sufficient Labs knowledge to succeed
Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years).
- In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong interpersonal skills needed to build relationships, communicate and influence across all levels of the organization, and act as a liaison for internal/external customers
- Effective team leader and player
- Advanced process improvement/implementation skills
- Extensive analytical skills and data interpretation/tracking/trending skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication/interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Extensive MS Office skills to include Word, Excel, Visio, Access, PowerPoint.
- High level of PC competence and understanding of computer logic
- Excellent business and financial acumen
- Proven executive presence
Management Role:
- No management responsibility
Working Conditions and Environment:
- Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
- Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel both domestic and international.
Physical Requirements:
- Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.
- Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Frequent mobility required.
- Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
- Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
- Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.
- Works independently with little guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.
- Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multitask.
- Regular and consistent attendance
- Travel -50%-75%
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Virginia is $137,900.00–$229,800.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
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Who's Hiring
- Grand Canyon Education38
- Thermo Fisher Scientific13
- CDK Global4
- Enverus3
- Softchoice3
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Science & Research
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Food & Beverage
- Non-Profit & Social Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in account development executive jobs.
- 1-3 years of outbound sales or business development experience in a B2B environment
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage a qualified sales pipeline from cold outreach
- Proficiency with CRM platforms such as Salesforce to track activities and forecast pipeline
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for executive-level prospect engagement
- Familiarity with sales engagement and sequencing tools used in outbound prospecting workflows
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications, or a related field
Tips for Your Account Development Executive Job Search
Quantify pipeline metrics on your resume
Account development executive roles reward measurable proof over vague claims. Replace phrases like 'generated leads' with specific pipeline values, conversion rates from outbound to qualified opportunity, and average deal sizes you influenced during each role.
Tailor outreach language to each sector
SaaS account development looks different from financial services or healthcare. When applying across industries, adjust your resume summary to reflect the buyer personas and sales cycles typical in each sector, not generic B2B language that fits every vertical.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists account development executive openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target job titles that map to your level
Account development executive titles vary widely by company. Search for 'business development representative,' 'sales development executive,' and 'strategic account executive' alongside the exact title to avoid missing openings that match your experience but use different naming conventions.
Prepare a territory and quota walkthrough
Interviewers for account development executive roles almost always ask you to walk through a past territory, your outbound strategy, and how you hit or missed quota. Prepare a concise two-minute narrative covering your assigned segment, the approach you used, and the outcome.
Negotiate on base, variable split, and ramp
Total compensation for account development executives includes base salary, commission structure, and a ramp period that affects your first-year earnings significantly. Before accepting an offer, ask for the quota attainment rate among current reps and confirm how the ramp period is calculated.
Account Development Executive Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most account development executives?
The most active employers for account development executives right now are Grand Canyon Education, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and CDK Global, and the most openings are in California, Texas, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially concentrated in SaaS, fintech, and healthcare technology companies scaling their outbound sales teams.
How many account development executive jobs are remote?
About 62% of account development executive openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting sustained flexibility across the profession. Outbound prospecting and pipeline development roles tend to have the highest remote availability, while positions requiring in-person territory coverage or executive relationship management are more likely to require on-site or hybrid arrangements.
How do you become an account development executive?
Most account development executives start in a sales development representative or inside sales role to build outbound prospecting skills and CRM proficiency. From there, demonstrating consistent quota attainment, learning to run discovery calls, and gaining familiarity with the sales cycle in a specific industry positions you to move into an account development executive title, typically after one to three years in a junior sales role.
How do you get hired as an account development executive with little experience?
Candidates with limited experience can get hired by emphasizing transferable skills such as cold outreach, objection handling, or customer-facing communication from internships, retail, or customer service roles. Building a short prospecting sample, such as a mock outreach sequence targeting a real company, demonstrates initiative. Many employers in SaaS and fintech hire motivated candidates into associate-level account development roles with structured training programs.
What does the account development executive interview process look like?
The process typically starts with a recruiter screen focused on your sales background and motivation, followed by a hiring manager interview where you walk through your pipeline history and quota performance. A role-play or mock cold call is common at the second or third stage, assessing how you handle objections. Final rounds often involve a panel with sales leadership and may include a territory or account plan presentation.
Where can I find and apply to account development executive jobs?
You can find and apply to account development executive jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your industry background and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that fits your experience and target market.
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