MaxCyte, Inc.
Let's Build Better Cells Together
Sales Director – Americas
Location
Maryland
Posted
39 days ago
Salary
$220K - $230K / year
Bachelor Degree12 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• The Sales Director – Americas is a senior commercial leader and a core member of MaxCyte’s Commercial Leadership Team.
• Responsible for driving revenue growth, execution excellence, and customer success across the Americas.
• This role has full accountability for a hybrid commercial model: Direct sales leadership in North America, managing Business Development Managers (BDMs) and Field Application Scientists (FAS).
• Distributor strategy and performance management in Latin America, ensuring effective market coverage, execution, and compliance.
• Translate global commercial strategy into regional execution, balancing hands-on leadership with strategic oversight.
• Own and deliver quarterly and annual revenue targets across the Americas.
• Lead regional business planning, territory design, sales funnel development, forecasting, and performance management.
• Drive consistent adoption of CRM, funnel management, and data-driven decision-making to improve forecast accuracy and sales productivity.
• Directly manage, coach, and develop a team of Business Development Managers (BDMs) and Field Application Scientists (FAS).
• Establish clear expectations, KPIs, and accountability frameworks across sales and technical field teams.
• Conduct regular field coaching, joint customer visits, and deal inspections to elevate selling effectiveness and technical engagement quality.
• Partner closely with FAS to ensure strong alignment between commercial strategy and technical execution.
• Own the commercial strategy and distributor model for Latin America.
• Select, onboard, and manage distributors, ensuring clear expectations for revenue, pipeline development, activity levels, and compliance.
• Maintain senior-level relationships with key strategic accounts across pharma, biotech, and advanced academic institutions.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
- Advanced degree (PhD, MS, MBA) is preferred.
- 12+ years of commercial experience in life sciences or biotechnology, with 10+ years in senior sales leadership roles.
- Experience in cell & gene therapy, biomanufacturing, genome engineering, or adjacent advanced life science markets.
- Track record of scaling commercial organizations during periods of growth and transformation.
- Experience operating as part of a global commercial or executive leadership team.
- Proven success leading direct sales teams (BDMs and technical field teams) and managing distributor networks, ideally across multiple countries.
- Strong experience with complex, long-cycle sales involving capital equipment, consumables, and/or scientific services.
- Demonstrated strength in forecasting, KPI-driven management, and disciplined execution.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-cultural management skills.
- Willingness to travel across North America (up to ~40–50%).
Benefits
- health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- generous time off
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