This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll own a defined portfolio of priority accounts, develop new business, and coach our field sales representatives through real customer opportunities. You’ll also establish the practical routines—account plans, pipeline reviews, clear next steps, and reliable forecasting—that help a growing team succeed.

What you’ll do

•  Win and grow business. Build relationships with priority accounts across biotechnology, pharmaceutical, academic, and government research markets. Lead outreach, discovery, in-person meetings, and complex opportunities within an agreed-upon book of accounts.

•  Coach from the field. Partner with sales representatives on account strategy, call preparation, customer meetings, and follow-up. Model effective scientific selling while protecting time for regular coaching.

•  Turn opportunity into action. Segment accounts, set priorities, create plans, and adjust based on what you learn. Help the team expand relationships with existing customers and reach new ones.

•  Create a useful operating rhythm. Lead weekly pipeline and forecast reviews; establish consistent qualification, opportunity stages, and next-step discipline in NetSuite.

•  Connect the commercial team. Work with Customer Support, Marketing, and channel colleagues to identify expansion opportunities and keep account ownership clear. Partner with designated owners on distributor and CRM initiatives rather than trying to run every workstream yourself.

•  Communicate and collaborate. Keep customers, teammates, and leadership informed through clear written and verbal communication. Take ownership of commitments, results, and lessons learned.

What you bring

•  A record of winning new business and developing accounts in life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceutical research, or a related market.

•  Experience leading and coaching sellers—and the desire to remain personally involved in customer conversations and deals.

•  Enough scientific fluency to understand researchers’ needs and translate product capabilities into value.

•  Strong account-planning, prospecting, relationship-building, and forecasting skills.

•  Comfort using a CRM to manage activity and pipeline; NetSuite experience is a plus.

•  Willingness to travel for customer meetings, industry events, and team collaboration.

•  A bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Why Innovative Research?

You’ll have the opportunity to make a visible impact: open priority accounts, help colleagues grow, and shape a sales approach that can scale. You’ll join a customer-first team that values a human response to inquiries, celebrates shared wins, and expects everyone to keep improving. Our core values—accountability, innovation, and teamwork—guide how we work together.

Benefits listed in our existing sales posting include health, dental, and vision insurance; paid time off; a flexible spending account; and a retirement plan. Compensation and the benefits package for this SVP role will be confirmed during the hiring process.

Innovative Research, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.