Clinical Sales Manager; England

About Karius

Karius is a venture-backed life science startup focused on transforming the way infectious diseases are diagnosed. Combining Next-Generation Sequencing and proprietary data analysis, we can identify over 1,000 pathogens from a single blood sample with typical turnaround time in one business day. By unlocking the information present in microbial cell-free DNA, we’re helping doctors quickly solve their most challenging cases, with a future vision of accelerating clinical trials, discovering new microbes, and reducing patient suffering worldwide.

This represents an incredible opportunity to join a growing life sciences company poised to revolutionize the Infectious Disease diagnostics market. We are expanding the launch of our proprietary, Next-Generation Sequencing test in hospitals and health systems across the U.S. Joining Karius in our commercialization effort will both accelerate your career and advance our vision to see a world where infectious disease is no longer a major threat to human health.

The Clinical Sales Manager is responsible for the sales efforts of Karius in a defined regional territory, focusing on relationships with infectious disease physicians, lab directors, C‑level executives, and other clinical leaders throughout a hospital system.

Karius aims to conquer infectious diseases through innovations around genomic sequencing and machine learning. The company’s platform is already delivering unprecedented insights into the microbial landscape, providing clinicians with a comprehensive test capable of identifying more than a thousand pathogens directly from blood, and helping industry accelerate the development of therapeutic solutions. The Karius test we provide today is one of the most advanced solutions available to physicians who aim to deliver better care to many otherwise ineffectively treated patients.

Our test is the result of some incredible work done by our scientists, statisticians, engineers, and physicians, all driven by the same mission. You, as part of the Karius team, will be able to see how directly your work has a life‑changing impact on people, and at scale.

Regional Sales Director

The New England Area (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) with deep knowledge and experience in the greater metropolitan area health systems.

• Grow sales revenue and test volume in territory by establishing new business in hospitals while increasing volume in existing hospitals. Introduce a transformational, life‑saving diagnostic technology which will change the world of infectious disease by engaging key stakeholders in the hospital that are involved with the decision process to implement new diagnostic tests.
• Collaboration with Inside Sales, Customer Success, Medical Affairs, and Marketing to achieve territory and company goals.
• Develop thought leaders and early adopters for this new approach to infectious disease diagnosis.
• Help establish the foundation and culture of a world‑class commercial organization.
• Build, manage and nurture market‑based/regional territory, comprising hospital & health system accounts.
• Prioritize and segment hospital & health system accounts to maximize opportunity and growth.
• Present product features and benefits to key stakeholders and clinical call points, utilizing consultative sales techniques (qualifying leads, assessing needs, supporting evaluations, and closing). Manage early evaluations to activate initial adoption of Karius test/solutions and drive increased utilization over time.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, speaking with clinicians of all levels regarding the science and technology of the Karius test and how to best leverage its capabilities. Speak fluently on the unique merits and value of our proprietary test, positioning our differentiation from the competition.
• Build deep relationships, educate and drive consensus across multiple stakeholders among both prospective and existing partners.
• Develop a ‘trusted advisor’ relationship and establish oneself as fully accountable for demonstrating ROI to the partner…