Field Application Specialist - BioAnalytics (North England, Scotland and Ireland)

Sartorius North America; Epsom (NH); Remote; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal and Professional Development

Making An Impact Right From The Start

Welcoming Culture

Company Car

Job summary

Sartorius is seeking a Field Application Specialist to help customers apply the Incucyte portfolio in their research workflows. The role combines application expertise, technical consultations and customer-facing product support to optimize adoption and outcomes.

The successful candidate will travel up to 70% across the UK and Ireland, work remotely, and collaborate with Sales, Product Management and Quality teams to deliver effective solutions and customer value.

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering or related field.
• Previous experience in application support, field application or customer-facing roles in life sciences.
• Experience with biological imaging platforms, microscopy or cell culture workflows.
• Strong hands-on technical capability and ability to document findings clearly.
• Troubleshooting mindset with ability to resolve technical issues on-site or remotely.
• Customer-focused approach with clear communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 70% and collaborate across functions.

Responsibilities

• Support customer evaluations, application assessments and technical consultations, translating requirements into product and workflow recommendations.
• Execute application trials, validations, and customer training, designing and documenting onboarding plans and outcomes.
• Resolve technical inquiries and product performance issues by troubleshooting customer processes and coordinating actions.
• Provide application expertise during opportunity development with technical insights and solution recommendations.
• Generate leads via customer interactions, meetings, pre-sales activities and seminars; track opportunities in the pipeline.
• Capture customer feedback and usage patterns to inform Product Management and portfolio enhancements.

Skills

Application support

Imaging platforms

Troubleshooting

Customer-facing communication

Travel readiness

Education

Masters or PhD in Life Sciences / related field

Job description

Join our team as a Field Application Specialist and play a key role in helping customers successfully apply our Incucyte portfolio within their research and workflows. Through application expertise, technical consultation and customer-facing product support, you will help customers get the most from our solutions and contribute to better health for more people.

This is a remote-based position covering a territory across the North of England, Scotland and Ireland. The successful candidate can be based in Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Leeds, Edinburgh or Glasgow. The role involves regular customer interaction and travel of up to 70% of the time.

Grow With Us - Your Responsibilities

• Support customer evaluations, application assessments and technical consultations, translating process requirements into appropriate product and workflow recommendations to accelerate adoption
• Execute application trials, validations, proof-of-concept activities and customer training, designing, coordinating and documenting customer-specific evaluation and onboarding plans and outcomes
• Resolve technical inquiries, application challenges and product performance issues by troubleshooting customer processes and coordinating corrective actions with relevant functions
• Provide application expertise throughout opportunity development, contributing technical insights, competitive positioning and solution recommendations to support customer use cases and proposed solutions
• Generate leads through customer interactions, meetings, pre-sales activities, presentations and seminars, while maintaining awareness of and tracking opportunities within the pipeline
• Capture customer feedback, application trends and competitive intelligence by analysing field observations, trial outcomes and product usage patterns, and share actionable recommendations with Product Management and relevant stakeholders to support portfolio enhancements

What Will Convince Us

• Master's degree or PhD in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering or a related field
• Previous experience of application support, technical support, field application, laboratory, process development or related customer-facing experience within the life sciences industry
• Experience with biological imaging platforms, microscopy or cell culture, together with in-depth knowledge of relevant applications and associated customer workflows
• Strong hands-on technical capability, including demonstrations, trials, evaluations and customer training, with the ability to document findings, outcomes and technical recommendations in a structured manner
• A strong troubleshooting and solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to resolve technical and application-related issues in customer environments
• Customer-focused approach with strong communication and presentation skills, and the ability to understand customer needs and articulate technical value to diverse stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate effectively across Sales, Product Management, Quality and other cross-functional stakeholders in a matrix environment, with willingness to travel up to 70% of the time

In order to commence working with us, the successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK.

What We Offer

As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the MDAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range ofBenefits:

• Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, internal seminar offerings, coaching for managers
• Making An Impact Right From The Start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact
• Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, team spirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and businesswomen network

Attractive Working Conditions

• 37.5 hours working week
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Annual option to buy, sell or carry over annual leave
• Company Car

Health & Wellbeing

Competitive benefits package, including:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Private Dental Insurance
• Group Life Assurance
• Travel Insurance (Employee Paid)
• Salary Sacrifice Health Assessment Service
• Salary Sacrifice Cycle to Work Scheme

Planning Ahead For Your Future

• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Group Income Protection
• Salary Sacrifice Will Writing Service

About Sartorius

Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide.

We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.

Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.
www.sartorius.com/careers