Business Developer U.S. - FluidFM Life Science

• Grow both sales and reach of FluidFM technology in the US market as key member of our Sales & Marketing team

• Create business plans for the assigned territory including but not limited to opportunity development, competitive strategies and targets

• Achieve targeted sales growth through new customer acquisition in the assigned territory

• Perform active prospecting, lead generation and consistent funnel management to improve sales and establish brand recognition

• Drive market share by product presentations at targeted key accounts, webinars, trade shows, workshops or other events

• Track and communicate market trends to/from the field including competitor data and develop and lead towards a sustainable competitive advantage

• Maintain up to date detailed knowledge of competitors’ products and services and be able to present and discuss the company’s technology and benefits in terms which are relevant to customers

• Drive and initiate development of new business opportunities working with the company’s management

• Continuously update and improve the company’s understanding and knowledge regarding the customer’s changing operational issues, challenges and sales process

• Become primary company representative to US customers working closely with and being supported by Cytosurge HQ in Switzerland

• Work tightly with our US partners at Olympus Scientific Solutions America and leverage their marketing and sales efforts, both through your business acumen and application insights 

• Experienced and connected in the US life science, pharma and biotech market

• Technical or scientific degree in cell or molecular biology (or similar), preferably a Ph.D.

• Winning personality and demonstrated success in selling capital equipment in the life science market

• Strong strategic and conceptual skills combined with a good business acumen

• You enjoy measurable targets and look forward to increasing sales and lead generation

• You enjoy presenting exciting technology and applications to other scientists

• You like to connect with people by phone, email or social media

• You act with integrity, build trust and treat everyone with respect

• Comfortable working digitally in a cloud-based environment

• Proactive, well organized, and reliable

Additional Requirements

• The position requires covering the entire US and a significant part of the time may be spent in the field with overnight travel required

• This is a home office-based position and as such, the candidate must reside within the territory 

• Unique opportunity to be the nucleation point of the Cytosurge US story

• Work for an innovative company with high growth potential

• Member of a highly motivated and high-performing team

• Challenging work in an informal and agile environment

• Modern workplace environment with a state-of-the-art CRM system

• Problem-solving culture and fun working atmosphere