Solutions Manager

Job Title : Solution Manager

Function : Delivery and Services

Location : Delhi/Bangalore (3 days in office)

About the Company:

Elucidata is a TechBio Company headquartered in San Francisco. Our mission is to unleash personalized medicine using AI and multi-omics, multimodal data. Elucidata's platform Polly, helps research teams wrangle, store, manage and analyze large volumes of biomedical data. We are at the forefront of driving AI in personalized medicine R&D across companies like Pfizer, Janssen, Owkin and many more. We were recognised as the 'Most Innovative Biotech Company, 2024', by Fast Company. We are a 120+ multi-disciplinary team of experts based across the US and India. In September 2022, we raised $16 million in Series A round led by Eight Roads, F-Prime, and our existing investors.

About the Role:

As a Solution Manager, you will drive customer retention and expansion by managing a book of business, ensuring successful project delivery, prospecting for new cross sell & upsell opportunities, and creating innovative solutions. You will collaborate with Technical Owners and Subject Matter Experts, ensuring alignment between customer needs and business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Book of Business Management:

- Build and nurture relationships with key stakeholders, including champions and economic buyers.

- Monitor account-level margins to ensure profitability. Liaise with Revenue Operations team on -invoicing, Revenue recognition, financial forecasting.

- Ensure deliverables are aligned with customer success metrics through Mutual Success Plans.

- Secure renewal agreements and identify cross-sell and upsell opportunities.

- Prospecting and Solution Architecture for Cross-Sell:

- Map customer organizations to uncover new personas and decision-makers.

- Perform discovery calls to prospects for new use cases and solutions.

- Develop tailored solutions suited for customer's usecase

- Develop reusable case studies and impactful sales materials (solution briefs, presentations).

- Conduct market research to strategically align solutions with customer pain points and industry trends.

Delivery and Collaboration:

- Act as the customer's voice within Elucidata, ensuring all teams are aligned to deliver exceptional customer experience.

- Collaborate with Technical Owners and Subject Matter Experts to ensure smooth and agile project execution.

- Set up an account pod structure for each customer, incorporating members from various functions such as technical owners, engineering, product, AI/ML, and more.

- Pull in relevant teams as necessary to ensure comprehensive solutions are delivered to the customer.

- Conduct regular project reviews to maintain quality.

Key Metrics:

- Net Revenue Retention (NRR): Includes renewal, upsell, and cross-sell dollars.

- Utilization percentage (hours, credits)

- Account health indicators (Business reviews, Mutual Success Plans, NPS)

- Discovery calls for new use cases (cross-sell)

- Customer advocacy (testimonials, references, case studies & collaterals building)

Required Skills:

- Education: Undergraduate degree in Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, or a related field (MBA preferred).

- Experience: 5+ years in customer-facing roles, with a focus on business development, customer success, or solution selling (Bioinformatics/Life Sciences preferred).

- Technical Skills: Strong understanding of bioinformatics platforms; experience in cloud/software/ML is a plus.

- Customer Relationship Management: Proven ability to manage client relationships, uncover opportunities for cross-sell/upsell, and ensure solutions align with business objectives.

- Communication & Collaboration: Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work across teams.

- Tools: Proficiency in Salesforce, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and project management tools.