Strategic Account Executive, MarketScan

Merative

4d•$193,530 - $290,294•Remote

About The Position

Help the world's leading pharmaceutical companies generate the real-world evidence needed to accelerate research, improve patient outcomes, and support critical healthcare decisions. At Truven, we help pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations generate real-world evidence, accelerate research, and improve healthcare decision-making through industry-leading healthcare data, analytics, SaaS solutions, and research services. We are seeking a Strategic Account Executive, Pharma RWD to manage and grow a portfolio of existing pharmaceutical and biotechnology accounts. The role is responsible for renewing existing business, expanding adoption of MarketScan and related offerings, and identifying new opportunities across data, software, research, and linked-data solutions. The successful candidate will develop executive-level relationships, uncover emerging evidence-generation needs, and position the full breadth of MarketScan's capabilities to drive account growth and long-term client success.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years of experience selling healthcare data, analytics, real-world evidence, research services, or related solutions to pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations.
Experience expanding existing pharmaceutical accounts by identifying new use cases, therapeutic area opportunities, and cross-functional stakeholders.
Demonstrated success managing and growing strategic accounts with responsibility for renewals, expansion revenue, and customer retention.
Ability to position Real World Data, Real World Evidence, healthcare analytics, linked-data solutions, and research services to pharmaceutical stakeholders while clearly communicating business and research value.
Experience engaging HEOR, RWE, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Epidemiology, Commercial Analytics, and Data Science stakeholders within pharmaceutical organizations.
Strong understanding of pharmaceutical research, evidence-generation, HEOR, Medical Affairs, and market access workflows and how Real World Data supports business and scientific objectives.
Ability to manage complex sales cycles involving multiple stakeholders, procurement processes, and contractual negotiations.
Strong influencing skills with the ability to align external and internal stakeholders.
Strong executive communication skills with confidence supporting strategic discussions and business reviews.

Nice To Haves

Travel up to 30%

Responsibilities

Own commercial responsibility for assigned pharma and biotech accounts, including renewals, expansion, and long-term account growth.
Develop and execute strategic account plans that increase adoption across business units, therapeutic areas, and research functions.
Drive growth by expanding client utilization of the MarketScan data, linked-data solutions, SaaS offerings, and research services across new use cases, therapeutic areas, and functional teams.
Achieve revenue objectives through successful renewals and expansion of customer investments across the MarketScan portfolio.
Expand relationships beyond existing users by engaging stakeholders across HEOR, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Epidemiology, Commercial Analytics, Data Science, Clinical Development, and Executive Leadership teams.
Identify and advance opportunities for healthcare data, Real World Evidence solutions, SaaS offerings, research services, and linked-data assets that address evolving client priorities.
Lead strategic account reviews and executive business discussions that demonstrate value, strengthen partnerships, and identify future growth opportunities.
Partner closely with product, analytics, delivery, customer success, and research teams to develop solutions that address customer needs and drive successful outcomes.
Navigate procurement, legal, privacy, compliance, and data-governance processes to support renewals and growth initiatives.