Area Vice President, Life Sciences

Employment Type: Full time Location Type: [Not Specified] Salary: [Not Specified]

Position Overview

Tempus is seeking an experienced and strategic Area Vice President (AVP) to lead and grow one of our key regional teams within the Life Sciences division. This role involves overseeing strategic engagement with top Pharma and Biotech organizations. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, Sales, Life Sciences, the AVP is responsible for leading a regional team of Key Account Directors (KADs), driving regional sales strategy, ensuring achievement of revenue targets, and fostering deep strategic relationships with biopharma clients. The AVP is critical in aligning internal teams and resources to maximize regional growth and client satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute regional strategic sales plans aligned with Tempus’ corporate objectives.
• Provide executive oversight and strategic direction to KADs, ensuring consistent achievement of revenue and growth targets.
• Regularly engage with senior client stakeholders, aligning on strategic initiatives and partnership opportunities.

Team Development and Leadership

• Recruit, onboard, mentor, and retain high-caliber Key Account Directors.
• Drive continuous improvement through regular coaching, training, performance evaluation, and professional development initiatives.
• Foster a collaborative team environment emphasizing accountability, transparency, and strategic alignment.

Revenue Growth and Client Management

• Ensure regional sales targets are consistently met or exceeded through effective pipeline management, deal execution, and strategic client engagements.
• Identify, develop, and secure new business opportunities, focusing on large, multi-year agreements across Tempus’ product portfolio (Data, Sequencing, TIME, AI Applications, Studies, Multi-omics, and Modeling Lab).
• Maintain deep understanding of client strategies, pipelines, and portfolios to proactively offer tailored Tempus solutions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with specialist sales teams, alliance management, marketing, product development, and commercial operations to optimize client value delivery and internal resource allocation.
• Act as the regional representative within internal strategic discussions, ensuring alignment of regional insights with broader Tempus goals.

Market and Thought Leadership

• Remain at the forefront of industry trends, proactively identifying new opportunities for Tempus solutions within the life sciences market.
• Collaborate with clients to generate impactful case studies, highlighting Tempus’ value in precision medicine.
• Provide market feedback to leadership, influencing product and commercial strategies.

Operational Excellence

• Leverage CRM tools (Salesforce) and data analytics to track and report progress against strategic and operational goals.
• Regularly communicate regional performance, pipeline health, and strategic opportunities to senior leadership.
• Travel as required (~40%) within the region for strategic meetings, client engagements, and team support.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• 10+ years’ proven success in sales leadership within Life Sciences, particularly Pharma and Biotech.
• Minimum 5 years of direct experience managing high-performing sales teams, including strategic account management.
• Deep domain expertise in genomics, precision medicine, molecular diagnostics, or related life sciences disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability in complex, consultative sales at executive levels (CEO, COO, CFO).
• Exceptional strategic planning and execution skills.

About Tempus

Tempus is a technology company focused on precision medicine. We connect an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time. Our proprietary platform leverages advancements in AI to impact clinical care meaningfully.