Head of Sales

Helical

$150K — $200K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven track record of closing complex enterprise deals and winning new business.
  • Experience in building go-to-market (GTM) and sales functions from scratch in early-stage environments.
  • Strong ability to sell to technical and scientific stakeholders.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous situations with an ownership mindset.
  • Familiarity with leveraging AI across workflows to enhance sales processes.
  • Deep interest in AI's impact on drug discovery.

Responsibilities

  • Land new logos within top pharma and large biotech companies.
  • Own the entire sales cycle from prospecting to closing deals.
  • Navigate complex, multi-stakeholder sales involving scientific buyers.
  • Transform initial deals into long-term, multi-program partnerships.
  • Define and execute an effective go-to-market strategy.
  • Build repeatable sales processes for pipeline and forecasting.
  • Hire and mentor the early commercial team to achieve high performance.

Benefits

  • Proven product currently utilized by leading pharmaceutical companies.
  • Opportunity to influence the direction of a pioneering company at a critical growth stage.
  • High ownership and direct impact, working closely with company founders.
  • Clear career progression towards a Chief Revenue Officer or full commercial leadership role.
  • Competitive salary package including equity and benefits.
Full Job Description
Own the Playbook. Win the Logos. Build the GTM.

We have product-market traction. Now we're scaling and looking for someone to build and lead that journey.

We're hiring a Head of Sales to own new business and build Helical's commercial function from the ground up.

This is a player-coach role. You'll be responsible for closing high-value deals yourself, while also shaping how we go to market; defining the playbook, building pipeline, and laying the foundations for a high-performing commercial team.

This is not a "manage and inherit" role. This is build, sell, and scale.

Requirements

Win New Business
  • Land new logos across top pharma and large biotech
  • Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to close
  • Navigate complex, multi-stakeholder deals with scientific buyers
  • Turn initial deals into long-term, multi-program partnerships

Build the GTM Engine
  • Define and execute the go-to-market strategy
  • Build repeatable pipeline, qualification, and forecasting processes
  • Implement AI-first sales workflows across prospecting and pipeline management
  • Hire, mentor, and scale the early commercial team

Drive Strategic Growth
  • Develop partnerships across pharma, tech, and research ecosystems
  • Expand Helical's footprint through high-value relationships and collaborations

Be the Market Face
  • Represent Helical with credibility at key industry events and conferences
  • Build relationships with decision-makers in discovery, computational biology, and AI


Who You Are
  • Proven track record of closing complex enterprise deals and winning new logos
  • Experience building GTM and sales functions from scratch (early-stage environments)
  • Strong ability to sell into technical and scientific stakeholders
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and owning outcomes end-to-end
  • AI-first mindset-you leverage AI across your workflows to drive better results
  • Deep interest in how AI is transforming drug discovery


Benefits

  • Proven product already in use with top pharma
  • Opportunity to shape a category-defining company at an inflection point
  • High ownership, direct impact, and close collaboration with founders
  • Clear trajectory to CRO / full commercial leadership
  • Competitive Salary, Equity and Benefits

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