Sr Director, Global Accounts

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.

Senior Director, Global Strategic Accounts

Position Summary

The Senior Director, Global Strategic Accounts, is a senior commercial leader responsible for driving enterprise growth, strategic partnerships, and global account performance across the company's most critical customers, including leading pharmaceutical organizations, contract testing laboratories (CTLs), and select global strategic accounts.

This role combines direct account ownership, enterprise selling, and people leadership. The successful candidate will lead a team of Global Account Leaders while personally managing a select group of flagship, high-value global accounts.

Operating within a Global Account Management (GAM) framework, this leader will define and execute multi-year account strategies, build executive-level partnerships, and deliver measurable commercial outcomes through cross-business collaboration.

Scope & Scale of Role

Direct ownership of a portfolio of global strategic accounts representing significant annual revenue (+$300M)

Direct management of 2-5 flagship global accounts, including top-tier pharmaceutical and CTL customers

Leadership of a team of Global Account Managers across multiple regions (Americas, EMEA, APAC)

Accountability for global revenue growth, pipeline, and long-range account planning

Responsibility for influencing multi-BU engagement across a diverse portfolio of products, services, and solutions

Engagement with C-suite and senior executive stakeholders, both internally and within customer organizations

Operates in a highly matrixed, global environment, requiring alignment across commercial, product, and operational teams

Key Responsibilities

Global Account Strategy & Execution

Define and lead multi-year global account strategies aligned to customer priorities and business objectives

Translate strategy into clear execution plans, pipeline development, and revenue outcomes

Identify and capture whitespace opportunities across regions, BUs, and service offerings

Drive disciplined account planning aligned to GAM standards

Commercial Leadership & Results Delivery

Own and deliver against revenue, growth, and profitability targets for assigned accounts

Lead complex, multi-region deal strategies, including enterprise agreements and long-term partnerships

Build and maintain a robust, high-quality pipeline with accurate forecasting

Champion value-based selling and measurable customer impact

Initiate and scale strategic programs and projects that unlock new growth

People Leadership & Team Performance

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global account team

Establish clear performance expectations, KPIs, and accountability mechanisms

Build organizational capability in strategic selling, account planning, and executive engagement

Drive a culture of ownership, collaboration, and results orientation

Enterprise & Cross-BU Orchestration

Align and mobilize resources across Business Units, regions, and functions to deliver integrated solutions

Drive execution of a "One Company" approach within strategic accounts

Influence senior internal stakeholders to prioritize investments and strategic initiatives

Balance global consistency with regional execution needs

Executive Customer Engagement

Build trusted relationships with C-suite and senior decision-makers

Act as executive sponsor for top-tier accounts

Lead executive business reviews, governance forums, and strategic planning sessions

Serve as the senior escalation point for complex, high-impact issues

Performance Management & Governance

Establish strong operating cadence, governance, and communication rhythms

Track and drive performance across revenue, pipeline, customer satisfaction, and strategic initiatives

Identify risks early and implement corrective actions

Partner with Finance on forecasting and long-range account planning

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (MBA or scientific discipline) preferred

12-15+ years of experience in strategic account management, enterprise sales, or commercial leadership within life sciences

Strong experience managing global pharmaceutical and/or contract testing laboratory (CTL) accounts

Proven track record of owning and growing large, complex, multi-region accounts with clear revenue accountability

Demonstrated success in leading and developing high-performing teams in a matrixed organization

Strong executive presence with experience engaging C-level stakeholders

Key Competencies

Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline

Results orientation and commercial accountability

Executive relationship management

Cross-functional leadership and influence

Financial and business acumen

Complex negotiation and deal leadership

What Success Looks Like

Consistent delivery against revenue and growth targets across strategic accounts

Expansion of share of wallet and enterprise partnerships within pharma and CTL customers

Strong, durable C-suite relationships and customer advocacy

A high-performing, accountable global account team

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $205,400.00-$273,800.00.

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

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.