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Strategic Key Account Manager - Asset Management Services

ThermoFisher Scientific

Waltham, MAJob$144–216K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$144–216K/yr
Location
Waltham, MA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Strategic Key Accounts Manager develops and maintains high-value customer relationships, identifies growth opportunities, and executes account strategies and complex deals. The role coordinates cross-functional resources to deliver integrated solutions across Thermo Fisher Scientific’s portfolio, builds executive relationships, and develops multi-year strategic plans aligned with customer needs. It also requires understanding complex requirements, negotiating agreements, and supporting sustainable business growth and customer experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Strategic Account ManagementCommercial AgreementsBiotech and Pharma DynamicsMarket TrendsRelationship BuildingNegotiationFinancial AnalysisBusiness PlanningMatrix Team CoordinationCross-Functional CollaborationExecutive PresentationsCommunicationCRM SystemsMicrosoft OfficeProject ManagementOrganizationRevenue GrowthMarket Share ExpansionLaboratory WorkflowsResearch WorkflowsProduction WorkflowsComplex Customer Relationship ManagementEnglishAdditional LanguagesTravel

Qualifications

Bachelor's DegreeMaster's Degree10+ Years Strategic Account ManagementLife Sciences, Business, Engineering or Related FieldFluent English

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

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.

As a Strategic Key Accounts Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll support growth and success by developing and maintaining high-value relationships with key customers across our portfolio. This role combines strategic business development, relationship management, and technical expertise to deliver comprehensive solutions that help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. You'll coordinate cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, develop account strategies, and execute complex deals while serving as the primary point of contact for strategic accounts.

Working in a collaborative matrix environment, you'll coordinate resources across divisions to provide integrated solutions spanning our entire product and service portfolio. The role requires building and maintaining executive-level relationships, developing multi-year strategic plans, and ensuring alignment between customer needs and Thermo Fisher Scientific capabilities. Success depends on your ability to understand complex customer requirements, negotiate sophisticated agreements, and support sustainable business growth while delivering exceptional customer experiences.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree required with 10 - 15 years of strategic account management experience in life sciences, biotech, or related industries. Master's degree preferred.

  • Preferred Fields of Study: Life Sciences, Business, Engineering or related field

  • Experience developing and executing complex, multi-year commercial agreements

  • Strong understanding of biotech/pharma industry dynamics and market trends

  • Strong relationship-building abilities across all organizational levels

  • Advanced negotiation, financial analysis, and business planning capabilities

  • Experience coordinating matrix teams and collaborating across functions

  • Strong presentation and communication skills at executive level

  • Proficiency with CRM systems and Microsoft Office suite

  • Strong project management and organizational abilities

  • Ability to travel up to 30% for customer engagement. Flexibility for additional travel, required

  • Experience growing revenue and expanding market share

  • Fluency in English required; additional languages beneficial

  • Deep knowledge of laboratory, research, and production workflows

  • Experience managing large, complex customer relationships

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $143,900.00–$215,900.00.

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

How this job compares

Set against the 20,070 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$144–216K/yr
  • Massachusetts median$125–200K/yr471 salary ranges
  • US median$123–198K/yr14,128 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $180K, is 7% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($168K) — in the middle half of Business Development salary ranges in Massachusetts.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 597 open Business Development jobs in Massachusetts and 20,070 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (15,827 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 7,186 of the 20,070 open Business Development jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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