제약 및 생명과학 분야의 대형 고객사를 대상으로 엔터프라이즈 소프트웨어 영업을 총괄해요. R&D, 규제, 상업 부서의 의사결정권자와 관계를 맺고 AI 도입 전략을 수립하는 역할을 수행해요. 지원하려면 생명과학 분야 소프트웨어 영업 10년 이상의 경력과 연간 200만 달러 이상의 매출 달성 경험이 반드시 필요해요. HIPAA 및 GxP 등 데이터 규제와 컴플라이언스에 대한 이해도 필수예요. 복잡한 이해관계자를 조율하며 새로운 영업 체계를 구축하는 업무를 담당해요.
OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this.
In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible.
As an Account Director focused on Life Sciences, you will own executive-level relationships with leading life sciences organizations, including global pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device companies, and contract research organizations. You’ll help these companies safely and effectively deploy OpenAI’s technology to transform R&D productivity, automate documentation, enhance regulatory workflows, and personalize patient and provider engagement.
This role blends scientific literacy, technical depth, business acumen, and relationship-driven enterprise sales. You will collaborate closely with researchers, engineers, and healthcare-focused solution strategists to design secure, compliant, and high-impact AI deployments.
This role is based in London.
Manage a focused portfolio of large pharmaceutical and life sciences accounts, developing long-term strategic account plans
Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles spanning R&D, medical, regulatory, and commercial functions
Partner with solutions and research engineering to design pilots that demonstrate measurable business and scientific impact
Collaborate with compliance, privacy, and security teams to ensure responsible deployment of AI in regulated environments
Own a revenue and consumption target; manage forecasts and pipeline reporting
Monitor industry and regulatory trends (FDA, EMA, etc.) to guide customer and product strategy
Represent OpenAI at industry conferences and thought-leadership events
Partner cross-functionally with marketing, partnerships, and communications to build the LS go-to-market motion
10+ years selling complex enterprise software or platform-as-a-service solutions to life sciences customers
Proven success achieving annual revenue targets >$2M+ in regulated industries
Experience managing C-suite relationships across R&D, IT, medical, and commercial teams
Strong understanding of healthcare and life sciences workflows (e.g., drug discovery, clinical trials, regulatory submissions, market access)
Familiarity with data privacy and compliance (HIPAA, GxP)
Demonstrated ability to design and execute complex deal and partnership strategies
Are customer-centric and can translate complex scientific and business needs into transformative AI solutions
Are passionate about advancing human health through the safe and ethical use of AI
Are a builder who enjoys designing scalable systems and repeatable sales motions from the ground up
Are a strategist who anticipates industry shifts and guides enterprise customers through them
Are energized by ambiguity and motivated to create structure and clarity across complex, cross-functional engagements
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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