Area sales manager (microbial testing)

Atomic Recruitment SEA · India

About the Role

We are supporting a global Contract Service Organization specializing in viral safety testing and GMP cell bank characterization for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients is hiring its first Area Sales Manager to lead expansion across India.

This is a high-visibility, high-autonomy role for someone who wants to build a market rather than manage one. Expect up to 50% travel with partial remote flexibility.

What You'll Own Drive the full sales cycle — from prospecting and forecasting to formal proposals and closing Own client relationships end-to-end, coordinating with global technical and delivery teams across regions to ensure a seamless experience Represent the company at key industry events and technical conferences across India Build out sales infrastructure — reporting, pipeline tracking, and market intelligence — as one of the region's founding commercial hires Manage commercial follow-through, including quoting and invoicing coordination

What You Bring Minimum 3 years of relevant commercial experience in CRO, CDMO, or broader biotech/pharma sales, equivalent industry backgrounds welcome A Bachelor's degree or higher in a life sciences field, paired with proven sales or business development experience Comfort working independently while collaborating across a global, cross-functional organization Working knowledge of GLP/GMP environments; familiarity with virology is a strong plus Fluent English is essential; conversational Hindi or another regional language is a bonus for building local trust Salesforce CRM experience is a plus, not a dealbreaker

Highlights of this role: Ground-floor opportunity — this is the company's first-ever dedicated India hire, giving you real ownership to shape the territory strategy from day one, not inherit someone else's playbook True global reach — operations spanning Europe, the US, and China, meaning you're plugging into an established international delivery network, not building in isolation Warm market, not cold — the India business already serves major biopharma names, so you're accelerating existing relationships and demand, not starting from zero Clear growth runway — direct line of sight to a regional leadership track as the India business scales