Vice President of Commercial, Basecamp Research
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DNA analysis and environmental monitoring
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DNA analysis and environmental monitoring
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To turn biodiversity into an asset class, to make protecting biodiversity financially attractive.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking an individual with a minimum of 10 years of experience, at least half of which should have been spent in a commercial leadership role
- The ideal candidate will bring broad experience selling sophisticated products/solutions to customers in the bioeconomy and will bring a strong network that can be leveraged to quickly gain traction
- The individual will be refining and augmenting the company’s commercial and product pipeline strategy by identifying, nurturing, and converting new business opportunities in multiple bioeconomy sectors, and managing the entire sales cycle from lead generation to deal closure
- Demonstrable track record of growing revenue year to year would be very advantageous
- Experience working cross-functionally with product, regulatory, and marketing teams to create persuasive sales presentations that highlight the value proposition of the platform is a must
- The individual should have extensive experience with building and managing a well-honed reporting and forecasting process and developing and implementing value-based, scalable sales cycles and pricing models for new markets
- The ideal candidate will bring know-how on supporting and/or leading term sheet negotiations, due diligence, and deal execution to successfully complete strategic transactions
- Beyond domain experience, we are seeking an individual who possesses a strong ability to understand technical product information and translate it into tangible customer benefits for the purposes of deep customer engagement and credibility
- It is imperative that this person be highly nuanced in their ability to dissect target markets and exhibit eloquent and elevated communication and persuasion skills to network and build relationships at the senior-most levels within relevant organisations, ultimately to close deals
- The VP of Commercial should also possess sophisticated leadership traits and a proven ability to both drive strategic, high-level initiatives and prioritise, plan, and act tactically across multiple sales and customer projects from development to completion
- It is also important for this executive to be able to clearly communicate the commercial pipeline strategy to internal and external stakeholders, as well as being able to develop the sales process utilising best practices around CRM, resource allocation, reporting, and forecasting
What the job involves
- This individual will be responsible for developing long-term customer relationships, driving top line revenue growth, and scaling the company’s go-to-market activities on a global basis
- Reporting to the CCO, the fundamental charter for the VP of Commercial will be to drive new customer acquisition and aggressive top-line growth for the design studio
- This will include cultivating and closing deals with customers across the bioeconomy, in sectors not limited to food and CPG, agriculture, synthetic biology, etc
- These objectives will be achieved through hands-on leadership and a thoughtful, consultative approach to building relationships with customers
- The VP of Commercial will help refine and execute the global commercial strategy and establish structure and processes into the company’s commercial activities
- Ultimately, this individual will contribute broadly to the overall growth and success of the company, and will have the opportunity to hire, retain, and lead a high-performing sales team to meet the needs of the business and drive accelerated growth
Our take
Conceived after the founders underwent the ‘Return to Vatnajokull’ ski expedition, Basecamp Research is a biological data company that is building BaseDiscovery, a platform using DNA analysis and environmental monitoring to discover protein products that will improve our understanding of the natural world.
Basecamp Research has entered the market at a time where technology is understood as key to shaping the way we respond to global problems like climate change. The company’s combination of exploration with data science and machine learning is a different approach previously seen in the biodiversity sector but is an exciting step towards more innovative solutions to this pressing global crisis.
This is a young startup but it has successfully achieved Series A funding and won Gold at the AWS awards. It has collected over 40 global samples from its expeditions so far and secures deals with indigenous people to share the royalties it receives from genome and data sales. This ethical business model will be sustained by Basecamp Research's investment, which will be used to fund more expeditions.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2024
$60m
SERIES B
Dec 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $80m
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
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Leadership
Glen Gowers
(Co-founder)Former Scientific Lead for the Return To Vatnajökull Expedition. Earned a PhD in Synthetic Biology. Co-founded and lead the iGEM team from Oxford University.
Oliver Vince
(Co-founder)Former Expedition Leader for the Return To Vatnajökull Expedition. Earned a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. Previously an Undergraduate Tutor at the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford.
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