Territory Account Manager - Northern UK & Ireland

Big Red Recruitment Midlands Limited
Lancashire, United Kingdom
Last week
£40,000 – £45,000 pa

Salary

£40,000 – £45,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Remote
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
14 May 2026 (Last week)

We are working with an established organisation who operate at the intersection of healthcare infrastructure, scientific services, diagnostics and sample management, serving a number of high profile organisations within clinical research and pharmaceuticals. Their services support organisations requiring secure, compliant, high-quality outsourced management of valuable biological materials and associated processing workflows.

As part of a significant growth phase, the business is expanding its commercial footprint across the Northern UK including Northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.

We are seeking an experience Account/Territory Manager to drive commercial growth this key region, developing new business opportunities while strategically expanding existing customer relationships. Your main focus will be to engage with and target new business opportunities with a range of potential customers within pharmaceuticals, biotech, CRO, healthcare and research.

This is not a high volume transactional sales role, this role will suit someone with a hunter mentality who values fostering long term commercial relationships.

JOB ROLE – TERRITORY ACCOUNT MANAGER (NORTHERN UK & IRELAND)

LOCATION – BASED IN NORTHERN ENGLAND OR IRELAND

SALARY - £40,000-£45,000 BASE SALARY + BONUS

KEY EXPERIENCE

Proven experience in B2B life sciences commercial sales

Experience selling outsourced services rather than purely product-based solutions

Demonstrated success in proactive new business development

Experience managing complex consultative sales cycles

Experience engaging senior stakeholders within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, research, or clinical organisations

Strong CRM and pipeline management discipline

Understanding of clinical trials processes

Hunter sales mentality We are an equal opportunity recruitment company. This means we welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.

We are particularly invested in Neurodiversity inclusion and offer reasonable adjustments in the interview process. Reasonable adjustments are changes that we can make in the interview process if your disability puts you at a disadvantage compared with others who are not disabled. If you would benefit from a reasonable adjustment in your interview process, please call or email one of our recruiters

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