Job ID :
52295BR
Location :
Japan - Tokyo
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Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Support the clinical market on the operation of Thermo Fisher Scientific / Ion Torrent product portfolio in Next Generation Sequencing
- Promotion of oncology solutions to existing customers
- Owning the implementation of assays and products / clinical solutions within customer sites
- Responsible for maximizing customer satisfaction by aligning complex product solutions and services with key customer initiatives.
- Build and maintain relationships with key decision makers or potential influencers
- Streamline the New Product Introduction (NPI) of all NGS oncology panels and products
- Liaison to regional contact in the development of NGS clinical oncology panels & products (software & data analysis)
- Provide initial training to customers at their own laboratories and at Thermo Fisher customer training locations (software & data analysis)
- Assist customers in designing and conducting experiments to integrate the use of NGS oncology products into the data analysis workflow
- Quarterly visit and update for oncology accounts
- Working with the account manager to drive sales at new oncology accounts
- Continuously updates scientific knowledge for support of customers
- Promote clinical solutions at customer sites and in conferences/user meetings
- Communicates effectively within team to enhance others knowledge
- Other duties may be assigned
- Estimated up to 50% travel, both domestic and international
Key Selection Factors
- 5+ years of experience in Clinical/Life Science
- PhD/Masters degree in Bioinformatics or Life Sciences is highly desirable
- Experience in molecular biology and next generation sequencing applications is mandatory
- Bioinformatics experience is strongly desirable
- Previous experience as application specialist in the clinical market or any NGS/BFX experience desirable
- Medical background, laboratory experience, and/or managed care knowledge desirable.
- Understanding of the Diagnostic markets and ability to gather good market intelligence with respect to competitive products and vendors
- Proven technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Highly motivated and accepts a challenging and exciting work environment, a team player, effectively work cross functional (interdisciplinary) and communicate empathically
- Excellent time management, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Outstanding customer advocacy skills
- Highly adaptable and independent
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Presentation skills- experienced and enthusiastic presenter of technical topics to academia/industry environments
Excellent Japanese and English skills – verbal and written
