Director, Key Account Management

The role

The Director, Key Account Management is the primary commercial liaison between Beam Therapeutics and its network of Authorized Treatment Centers. This individual contributor role manages end-to-end account performance from site qualification through sustained therapy utilization.

What you will do

• Evaluate site capabilities, patient volume, and infrastructure.
• Develop findings into structured readiness reports.
• Serve as the commercial liaison for site contracting and activation activities.
• Own account-level performance against activation timelines and operational milestones.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for commercial and operational matters at assigned ATCs.
• Maintain living account profiles and strategic account plans.
• Engage senior institutional leadership in strategic conversations.
• Align the activities of Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations, Market Access, and Marketing partners.
• Drive label-compliant therapy utilization within assigned accounts.
• Represent Beam at national and regional conferences.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 10+ years of pharmaceutical/biotech commercial experience
• Willingness to travel up to 50% to support site visits, conferences, and on-site activities
• Deep knowledge of hematology and sickle cell disease
• Comprehensive understanding of the cell and gene therapy landscape
• Ability to engage credibly with academic specialists, advanced practice providers, and multidisciplinary care teams
• Track record of managing large, complex academic medical centers or integrated health systems
• Documented sales achievement in specialty biopharmaceuticals, rare disease, or cell/gene therapy
• Experience developing and executing insight-driven account plans
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional field teams without direct authority
• Demonstrated success building executive-level relationships within academic institutions
• Strong executive presence and the ability to tailor communication

Nice to have

• advanced degree (MBA, PharmD, MPH, or scientific graduate degree)
• 5+ years in cell/gene therapy or complex specialty hematology/oncology

About the company

Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines. The company uses base editing technology to advance a diversified portfolio of base editing programs.