Gator Bio (formerly known as Probe Life) is a pre-IPO biotech company located in Palo Alto, CA. We are creating innovative technologies to solve difficult problems facing today’s healthcare industries. We develop, manufacture and market instruments, biosensors, reagents, and consumables for in-vitro diagnostics and biotherapeutic development. Our mission is to simplify and accelerate biological analysis for biotherapeutic research and development.
We are hiring a remote Regional Field Application Scientist based in Japan. This regional FAS will be responsible for providing pre-sales and post-sales applications support in Japan and other parts of the APeC region. This Regional FAS will also undertake other projects including new applications development and key opinion leader (KOL) management in Japan.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Providing advanced high-level technical application support and presentations at customer sites, conferences, webinars, and scientific meetings.
- Performing BLI analysis of customer samples involving specificity, kinetics, and affinity of biomolecular interactions.
- Providing pre- and post-sales support (product demonstrations, technical presentations, seminars, training, and customer service) through joint customer sales visits.
- Developing and transferring expert knowledge through training and support of relevant hardware and software while staying current with new assay development.
- Proactively addressing and supporting customer service initiatives and sales goal objectives.
- Contributing to the development of application notes and teaching manuals.
- Writing technical documents that highlight new and innovative applications resulting in using Gator Bio’s BLI Next Generation systems and label-free solutions.
- Staying informed of new areas of technology through research, publications, and patents while partnering with collaborators and industry KOL’s.
- Reporting on competitor’s products and feedback information to the Sales and Product Management teams.
Qualifications
- Master's with 5 years of experience or PhD in Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology/ Lifesciences/ Biotechnology with extensive hands on experience with label free technologies such as Biolayer Interferometry (BLI), Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) or similar instrumentation.
- Well versed in antibody discovery/engineering, biotherapeutics development and/or protein characterization.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to articulate effectively with customers and internal teams.
- Self-motivated, well-organized, ability to develop contacts and build rapport at all levels.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to a diverse level of internal and external clients required.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, SFDC, or other related CRM sales funnel tools.
- Must be fluent in Japanese and English (written and spoken).
- Ability to travel up 50% within Japan and occasionally within APeC.
- Willing to operate from a remote home-base location in addition to working at customer sites.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift, push, pull, carry, and/or move 50+ lbs.
- This role will require long periods of standing, walking, and sitting.
- The employee will be required to use hands for computer work, phone calls, and pipetting.
- Must pass a health screening.
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What We Do
Gator Bio is a Silicon Valley biotech company with a mission to help biopharma scientists gain research insights faster. We fused engineering and science expertise to create novel analytical technologies that achieve better performance and more convenient solutions at a fraction of the cost of existing products. This is the biolayer interferometry solution you've been waiting for.
