Sartorius

Manager of Technical Sales Specialist - Massachusetts

Sartorius$90K — $130K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering, or related discipline
  • 5+ years of experience in technical sales or applications consulting in a scientific environment
  • Strong technical depth with the ability to mentor specialists
  • In-depth understanding of workflows and applications relevant to assigned solutions
  • Ability to interpret customer needs and competitive signals
  • Proficient in CRM systems and structured sales processes
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Willingness to travel over 50% for customer engagement

Responsibilities

  • Lead and deliver high-quality demos, trials, and validation support in partnership with Central Sales
  • Coordinate team priorities and support skill development for consistent execution
  • Ensure timely and high-quality technical validation to enhance customer adoption
  • Oversee early-stage opportunity creation with structured qualification and technical engagement
  • Maintain rigorous CRM documentation of technical activities and customer interactions
  • Collaborate with Account Managers for aligned messaging and resource allocation
  • Capture customer needs and competitive insights to inform product development

Benefits

  • Mentoring, leadership programs, and internal seminar offerings for development
  • Paid vacation, sick leave, and corporate holidays for work-life balance
  • Comprehensive onboarding with virtual online platform
  • Supportive culture emphasizing teamwork and collaboration
  • Wide selection of health benefits including medical, dental, and wellness programs
  • State-of-the-art working environment in smart buildings
  • Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care
  • Company-paid basic life insurance and EAP services
  • Options for supplemental insurance and student loan refinancing services
Full Job Description
This field-based role leads a team of Field Application and Technical Sales Specialists within a defined sub-region, driving high-quality technical engagement across demos, trials, and validation activities. The position contributes directly to strengthening opportunity progression and increasing portfolio adoption through close partnership with Account Management across strategic and regional accounts.

The idea candidate will be located in the Cambridge - Marlborough, MA area.

Grow with us - Your Responsibilities
  • Lead the delivery of high-quality demos, trials, technical validation, and workflow support to strengthen opportunity progression and portfolio adoption in close partnership with Central Sales
  • Enable consistent team execution by coordinating priorities, supporting skill development, and aligning technical engagement with Business Unit and Central Sales expectations
  • Ensure high-quality, timely, and consistent technical validation work that improves customer fit, accelerates adoption, and drives conversion across the assigned region or cluster
  • Oversee contribution to early-stage opportunity creation by ensuring structured qualification, timely technical engagement, and adherence to agreed coverage boundaries with Central Sales
  • Reinforce rigorous CRM documentation of technical activities, opportunity progression, and customer interactions to support pipeline hygiene, accurate forecasting, and data-driven commercial steering
  • Collaborate with Account Managers and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure smooth handovers, aligned messaging, and effective resource allocation
  • Capture recurring customer needs, workflow patterns, and competitive insights, and share structured feedback with Product Management and Product Development to support portfolio improvements and sales enablement
  • Ensure accurate and complete technical input for scope-related contract sections by coordinating with Central Sales, Business Unit stakeholders, and Legal, safeguarding technical clarity and delivery feasibility


What will convince us
  • Master's degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering, or related discipline
  • 5+ years of experience in technical sales, applications consulting, or pre-sales in a scientific or technical environment
  • Demonstrated ability to act as a hunter and influencer with strong technical depth and capability to guide high-skill specialists
  • Strong understanding of workflows, applications, and portfolio across assigned solution areas
  • Ability to interpret customer workflows, emerging needs, and competitive signals to guide team actions and strengthen technical positioning
  • Proficiency in CRM systems and structured sales processes combined with strong documentation discipline
  • Strong communication, consultative selling, and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Willingness to travel more than 50% in a role focused on external customer engagement
  • Identification with our core values: Sustainability, Openness, Enjoyment


What We Offer

As a growing global life science company, with our stock listed on the German DAX and TecDAX , Sartorius offers a wide range of benefits:
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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We look forward to receiving your application.

www.sartorius.com/career

About Sartorius

Sartorius AG is an international pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier, covering the segments of Bioprocess Solutions and Lab Products & Services.
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