- Have a deep understanding of market landscape for the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry and sub-segments within and in the context of NGS tool usage
- Maintain, develop, and communicate a deep knowledge of trends, customer needs, and competitive activity throughout the organization.
- Have global domain knowledge with some understanding of regional differences (if applicable)
- Be able to analyze and communicate market size, share, growth, and competition as well as status quo techniques and technologies in order to develop messaging and go-to-market (GTM) plans
- Develop relationships and engage with related associations, educational institutions, professional organizations, publications, trade shows, and customers.
- Have a very collaborative work style to assist in GTM plans and work with cross functional teams to develop campaigns
- Influence internally and externally and have the skills to navigate and be successful in a matrixed organization
- Must be highly execution oriented and drive for continuous improvement which includes collecting feedback from customers & internal stakeholders, analyzing market data and Voice of Customer data to propose new features, products, partnerships, technologies or other ideas that can be leveraged from customer insights, and create segment specific sales and customers enablement tools.
- Have domain knowledge to complement technical expertise of R&D and product managers to contribute to customer and product requirements
- Partners with the Sales organization as needed to identify emerging opportunities
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- BA/BS or MS or equivalent degree in life sciences.
- Previous work experience with a pharmaceutical industry focus is required
- 5-7 years of experience in the Life Science tools industry, with at least 3 years of Commercial experience
- Ability to build credibility and relationships across all functions and levels at the organization and with customers
- Collaborative and a team player who knows how to leverage other functions of the organization
- Ability to effectively communicate and influence internal and external audiences, using both oral and written communication skills
- High level of organization, multi-tasking, and attention to detail
- Must be willing to travel domestically and globally up to 30-50% of time
Nice to have skills & background:
- Ph.D. desired
- MBA with emphasis in marketing preferred