Associate Account Director, Life Sciences

Role Overview

• Serve as the executive-level point of contact for strategic accounts, building long-term, trusted partnerships across C-Suite, Regional, Franchise, and Business Unit leaders.
• Ensure account retention by leading Executive Business Reviews, navigating renewals, and proactively addressing risks to customer retention.
• Act as H1's ambassador within customer steering committees, driving alignment between customer priorities and H1’s roadmap.
• Develop and execute multi-year account strategies that expand H1’s footprint through cross-sell and upsell opportunities.
• Identify and drive new business within existing accounts via tailored prospecting, customer events, and networking.
• Gain a deep understanding of customer initiatives, industry trends, and emerging business needs to anticipate opportunities.
• Partner with H1’s Legal, Finance, and Revenue Operations teams to negotiate renewals, expansions, and complex agreements.
• Provide structured, data-driven feedback to Product, Marketing, and Customer Success teams to influence product roadmap and go-to-market strategy.
• Represent customer perspectives internally, ensuring H1 delivers best-in-class solutions and support.
• Accurately forecast quarterly revenue and pipeline for your accounts, maintaining rigorous CRM hygiene and deal progression updates.
• Partner with Customer Success and Implementation teams (US and international) to ensure seamless onboarding, adoption, and ongoing engagement.
• Become a subject-matter expert in H1’s products, services, and value proposition to credibly engage with executives and technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in B2B enterprise SaaS account management, preferably within Life Sciences data, Pharma, or Medical Affairs environments.
• Demonstrated success managing and growing a multi-million-dollar portfolio of strategic enterprise accounts.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to engage, influence, and build trust with C-suite stakeholders.
• Proven track record of driving expansion ARR within large enterprise accounts through strategic account planning and value realization.
• Strong commercial acumen, including experience with complex deal negotiation, pricing strategy, and revenue forecasting.
• Strategic thinker who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, balancing customer advocacy with revenue growth objectives.
• Experience applying value-based selling methodologies to demonstrate measurable business impact.
• Willingness and ability to travel to customer sites approximately 20% of the time.

Benefits

• Full suite of health insurance options, in addition to generous paid time off
• Pre-planned company-wide wellness holidays
• Retirement options
• Health & charitable donation stipends
• Impactful Business Resource Groups
• Flexible work hours & the opportunity to work from anywhere