Application Specialist /Filtration and Microbiology - Central US

Sartorius; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Work-life balance

Onboarding program

Welcoming culture

Health & wellbeing

Smart buildings

Job summary

Sartorius in Denver seeks a customer-focused technical sales and applications specialist to translate process requirements into product recommendations, lead evaluations, onboarding plans, and trainings with external customers across heavy travel.

You will conduct trials, troubleshoot issues, capture feedback for Product Management, and partner with Sales, Quality, and Operations to accelerate adoption, with base salary $85k-$110k and a broad benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering or related field.
• 3+ years of technical sales, applications support, or customer facing experience.
• Knowledge of relevant products, applications and customer workflows.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues in customer environments.
• Hands-on capability with demos, trials, evaluations and training.
• Collaborate across Sales, Product Management, Quality and cross-functional teams.
• Customer orientation with ability to translate needs into solutions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Willing to travel >50% for external customers.
• Identify with Sustainability, Openness, Enjoyment.

Responsibilities

• Support customer evaluations and translate requirements into product recommendations to accelerate adoption.
• Execute trials, validations, and onboarding plans; document outcomes to increase success rates.
• Troubleshoot inquiries and coordinate corrective actions to protect customer productivity.
• Provide application expertise throughout opportunity development and portfolio positioning.
• Capture feedback and competitive intelligence to influence portfolio enhancements.

Skills

Technical sales experience

Applications support

Customer facing

Product knowledge

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Travel >50%

Value articulation

Core values alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or related field

Job description

The ideal candidate will reside in either Chicago, Houston, or Denver.

Main Responsibilities and Tasks

• Support customer evaluations, application assessments and technical consultations by translating process requirements into appropriate product and workflow recommendations to accelerate product adoption
• Execute application trials, validations, proof-of-concept activities and customer training by designing, coordinating and documenting customer-specific evaluation, onboarding plans and outcomes to increase implementation success rates
• Resolve technical inquiries, application challenges and product performance issues by troubleshooting customer processes and coordinating corrective actions with relevant functions to protect customer productivity
• Provide application expertise throughout opportunity development by contributing technical insights, competitive positioning and solution recommendations for customer use cases to improve technical suitability of proposed solutions
• Capture customer feedback, application trends and competitive intelligence by analyzing field observations, trial outcomes and product usage patterns and sharing actionable recommendations with Product Management and relevant stakeholders to influence portfolio enhancementsns

Qualification & Skills

• Bachelors degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering or related field
• Minimum 3 years of technical sales, applications support, or customer facing experience in a scientific or technical environment
• In-depth knowledge of relevant products, applications and associated customer workflows
• Ability to troubleshoot technical and application-related issues in customer environments
• Hands‑on technical capability, including demos, trials, evaluations and customer training activities with the ability to document application findings, trial outcomes and technical recommendations in a structured manner
• Ability to collaborate effectively across Sales, Product Management, Quality and other cross-functional stakeholders in a matrix
• Customer orientation with the ability to understand customer needs and translate them into effective application solutions
• Strong communication and presentation skills, able to articulate technical value to diverse stakeholders
• Willing to travel >50% as this role is heavily focused on external customers
• Identification with our core values: Sustainability, Openness, Enjoyment

Base salary range: $85,000–$110,000(depending on experience), plus a sales incentive plan and car allowance.

What We Offer

• Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, internal seminar offerings
• Worklife Balance: Paid vacation, sick time, corporate holidays and community service day; as well as flexible work schedules
• Making an Impact Right from the Start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform
• Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, team spirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics such as “Coaching”, “Agile Working” and a “Businesswomen’s Network”
• Health & Well Being: Wide selection of health and well-being support such as a variety of medical plans to choose from, dental, vision, EAP, and other wellness programs.
• Intelligent Working Environment: Working in smart buildings with the latest technology and equipment.

• Retirement Savings Plan: 401 k (with generous company match)
• Flexible Spending: HSA, FSA (dependent care & healthcare spending), Transportation Commuter Account
• Company Paid Benefits: Basic Life Insurance, AD&D, EAP, Family Planning & Women’s Health, Health Advocate
• Additional/Optional: Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse & dependents), Legal Services, LTD & STD, Critical Illness Insurance, Student Loan Tuition Refinance Service

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