
Government Key Account Executive
Thermo Fisher Scientific
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $104,600 - $140,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Own executive-level relationships with state, local, and public health laboratory systems, serving as the strategic lead for long-term partnerships tied to surveillance, preparedness, and lab modernization initiatives.
- Define and execute multi-year account strategies that expand enterprise-wide engagement across statewide, multi-site public health organizations.
- Lead highly complex, high-value government RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs, serving as the single-point commercial owner across technical, financial, regulatory, and operational workstreams.
- Shape and negotiate multi-year, statewide, and cooperative purchasing agreements, ensuring compliance while maximizing strategic and financial outcomes.
- Travel extensively to key public health laboratories, health departments, and government agencies to influence executive decision-making and advance strategic initiatives.
- Act as a trusted advisor to laboratory directors and public health leaders, translating policy, funding, and testing priorities into scalable solutions.
- Lead and influence cross-divisional teams without direct authority, mobilizing sales, marketing, operations, portfolio, legal, and finance to deliver unified public health solutions.
- Provide market intelligence on public health funding, policy, and laboratory trends to shape regional and national strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Public Health, Engineering, or Business required; advanced degree (MBA, MPH, or similar) strongly preferred
- 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic accounts, business development, or government/public sector sales, including significant experience supporting state or public health laboratory systems
- Demonstrated success leading large, complex, multi-year government RFPs and contracts, with accountability for high-value, enterprise-level deals
- Deep expertise in public sector procurement, contracting vehicles, and compliance requirements specific to public health and government customers
- Exceptional executive presence, written communication, and financial acumen, with the ability to operate independently and influence outcomes in a highly matrixed organization
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently to public health laboratory sites and government partners as a core requirement of the role
- Must be proficient, accurately and timely in use of SFDC, Power BI, Microsoft Office Programs, Social Networking platforms, etc.
- Proven new-business development orientation with a strong motivation to achieve and outperform goals. Shows persistence, initiative, and a results-driven approach to identifying opportunities and closing.
Benefits
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
strategic accountsbusiness developmentgovernment RFPscontractspublic sector procurementcompliance requirementsfinancial acumenmarket intelligenceenterprise-level dealsmulti-year account strategies
Soft Skills
executive presencewritten communicationinfluencepersistenceinitiativeresults-drivenleadershipcollaborationnegotiationtrust advisor
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMBAMPH