Field Application Scientist - France

Element Biosciences; Paris; À distance; EUR 40 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading biotechnology company is seeking a Field Applications Scientist based in the Paris region. The candidate will support customers with NGS workflows and cell biology, frequently traveling to client sites. This role demands significant technical knowledge and experience, hands-on problem-solving skills, and fluency in both French and English. Competitive compensation includes stock options and commission.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree with 4+ years, Masters degree with 2+ years or PhD in relevant field.
• Hands-on experience with cell culture and tissue handling required.
• Experience with NGS sequencing instruments preferred.
• Experience with microscopy and multiomics preferred.
• Must be highly motivated and have strong problem-solving ability.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills required.
• Fluent in French and English is a requirement.

Responsabilités

• Frequently travel to customer sites is required.
• Troubleshooting user technical skills and experimental design.
• Support commercial team and customers with technical applications.
• Provide training and workshops, in-person and remote.
• Document customer opportunities with CRM software.

Connaissances

NGS sample and library prep workflows

Cell biology

Fluent in French

Problem-solving ability

Communication skills

Relationship building

Nucleic acids and protein analytical methods

Formation

Bachelor's degree with 4+ years or Master's degree with 2+ years or PhD

Outils

NGS sequencing instruments

Description du poste

At Element Biosciences, we are passionate about our mission to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness.

We are seeking an experienced Field Applications Scientist who will play a pivotal role supporting our growing customer base in the French region with a focus on the Paris and Northwest part of France. This is an incredible opportunity for someone who is passionate about seeing customer success and winning for the company. We are looking for candidates with a solid background in NGS sample and library prep workflows as well as cell biology. The hired candidate will need to be physically located in France with a preference for the Paris region and be willing to travel frequently to customer sites. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Field Applications EMEA and will be a remote role.

If you possess the following and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to explore this role.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Frequently traveling to the customer site is required
• Troubleshooting issues related to user's technical skills, biochemistry/assay design, experimental design, software, and instruments
• Supporting commercial team and customers in their technical applications and providing product training
• Displaying professionalism, understanding, tact, fairness, and technical knowledge in all customer interactions
• Providing strategic and competitive feedback to marketing and product development teams, and independently leads or manages beta tests at customer sites
• Working independently on significant and unique issues requiring collaboration with key decision-makers and senior managers across the organization which may impact future products, concepts, and technologies
• Assisting sales and marketing on pre and post strategic sales activities requiring both technical depth and market knowledge
• Delivering customer training and workshops, both in-person and remote
• Utilizing service CRM software to accurately identify and document customer opportunities
• Collaborating with internal partners to resolve customer issues and improve processes

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree with 4+ years, Masters degree with 2+ years or PhD with experience in NGS library construction (a combination of experience and education may be considered)
• Hands-on experience with cell culture and tissue handling required
• Experience with NGS sequencing instrument and sequencing run set up along with NGS sample and library prep workflows is preferred
• Experience with cell biology, microscopy, and multiomics is preferred
• Must be highly motivated and have strong problem-solving ability
• Excellent communication and strong relationship building skills
• Highly collaborative and adaptable; able to work well within multidisciplinary teams
• Skilled in nucleic acids and protein analytical methods
• Generate high quality and reproducible wet-lab data from established protocols
• High degree of comfort navigating technical project discussions
• Must be able to work independently and as a team player
• Demonstrated account management skills
• Fluent in French and English is a requirement and other language skills are a plus

Physical Requirements

• Frequently moves boxes weighing up to 20 pounds
• Must be flexible in working hours as this position may require customer support during non-regular business hours

Location

• Remote – Paris/Northwest France

Travel

• Domestic/International travel up to 80%

Job Type

• Full-time/Exempt

In addition to base compensation noted above, you will be eligible for stock options and sales commission. Base compensation will depend on multiple factors, including geographic location, qualifications, and experience.

We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.