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We are looking for somebody to take care of our social media handles and run campaigns to generate leads

Role: Director of Field Sales

About the Role

If you have a flair for the field, you love achieving targets, thrive in managing large teams, enjoy the blend of the chaos & the nuances of data, with a dream to take this from a 12 cr to a 50 Cr team (ARR), then we would love to have a chat with you.

We envisaged this vertical to drive and tap the unlimited potential of the retail market across India. It's a wonderful problem to solve considering the vertical has grown 6X in 12 months.

As the Director of Field Sales, you will be responsible for leading a large sales team and driving revenue growth for the company. You will work closely with the executive team to develop and execute the company's sales strategy, while also managing the day-to-day operations of the sales team.

What you will be doing

● Develop and execute a comprehensive sales strategy that drives revenue growth for the company

● Build and lead a high-performing sales team of 200+ that consistently exceeds sales targets

● Develop and maintain strong relationships with key customers and partners

● Analyze sales data and market trends to identify opportunities for growth

● Manage the sales budget and ensure that all sales activities are aligned with the company's financial

goals

● Develop and implement sales training programs to ensure that the sales team is equipped with the skills

and knowledge needed to succeed

● Ensure that all sales activities are in compliance with company policies and procedures

● Provide regular updates to the executive team on sales performance, market trends, and other key

metrics

What we are looking for

● Someone with 10 + years of experience managing a sales team in product-based start-up

● Someone who has successfully managed field sales of more than 200 people in the past

● Someone who has seen a scale of at least 50 crore net revenue per annum

● Someone who is analytically strong and has a good grip on numbers

1. Client Acquisition and Management: Identifying potential clients, reaching out to them, and establishing relationships. This often involves networking, cold calling, or using digital platforms for lead generation.
2. Sales Planning and Strategy: Developing sales strategies and setting sales targets. This could involve market research to identify sales opportunities and tailoring sales approaches to different clients.
3. Presentation and Pitching: Creating and delivering presentations or pitches to potential clients. This requires a deep understanding of the product or service being sold and the ability to communicate its value effectively.
4. Negotiation and Closing Deals: Negotiating terms with clients and closing sales deals. A sales executive needs to be adept at persuasion and handling objections while maintaining positive relationships.
5. Customer Service and Support: Providing ongoing support to existing clients, addressing their needs, and ensuring customer satisfaction. This might include after-sales services or resolving any issues that arise.
6. Market Analysis: Keeping up to date with industry trends, competitor activities, and market conditions. This information can be crucial for adapting sales strategies and identifying new opportunities.
7. Reporting and Administration: Maintaining records of sales, revenue, invoices, and client feedback. Sales executives often use Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software for this purpose.
8. Collaboration and Teamwork: Working closely with other departments, such as marketing and product development, to ensure alignment of strategies and goals.
9. Training and Development: Continuously improving their sales skills and product knowledge. This may involve attending training sessions or workshops.
10. Meeting Sales Targets: Ultimately, a sales executive is responsible for meeting or exceeding the sales targets set by their organization.

Lantern Pharma is looking for talented and highly motivated R Shiny based front end web application developers to visualize the data analyzed / reports generated using bioinformatics pipelines. Leveraging your background and applying software engineering principles, to develop applications and tools in support of data visualization and reporting using R / R Shiny. You will be involved in generating complex graphs used for statistical analysis and interpretation using interactive libraries such as Plotly. In addition to development of new code, you will support and maintain standard R programs, which will comprise a library of code to be used for future development. This is a 6 months contract position (40 hrs / week) with possibilities of full time employment based on performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and develop interactive web applications using R / R Shiny to visualize ML outputs, multi-omics data and reports generated by bioinformatics pipelines
• Use the open-source or proprietary R libraries to build useful applications and packages
• Write efficient, clean and well tested code that adheres to best practices
• Organize data, analysis, reports, and applications into reproducible pipelines
• Test and debug applications to ensure they are working correctly, using both manual and automated testing techniques
• Stay up-to-date with the latest R packages and developments in the pharma industry
• Publish R packages to internal company repository
• Deploy and maintain the R Shiny web-application on the AWS server

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree required (Master’s degree preferred) in a scientific discipline such as Statistics, Computer Science, Bioinformatics etc.
• Minimum 2 years of R / R Shiny, R Markdown experience with standard packages for data visualization and analysis
• Proven ability of building interactive R-shiny application (demo of the R-shiny application)
• Proficient in libraries such as ggplot2, plotly, dplyr, Highcharter and DT
• Must have experience in generating and working with R markdown reports
• Experience of AWS to host R shiny application is a plus
• Knowledge of cancer biology, genomics and drug development is a plus
• Familiarity with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python a plus
• Experience in building a database using Relational / Non relational Database (SQL / NoSQL)
• Must be capable of developing collaborative relationships with colleagues
• Must be self-motivated and have strong analytical, interpersonal, and project management skills
• Must demonstrate the ability to present ideas, issues, and observations in a clear manner

Lantern provides multiple growth opportunities and as an early team member, your work will have a direct impact on precision oncology that can transform drug development. In addition to attractive compensation, we offer employees the opportunity for competitive health, dental & vision insurance, stock options in a public company, an opportunity to take leadership on new and meaningful projects, & involvement with leading conferences & industry trade shows.