Senior Customer and Technical Support Manager

Quantum SI$135K — $160K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • PhD or MS in a life science discipline (Biology, Biochemistry, etc.)
  • Minimum of 3 years in technical support or training roles
  • 3+ years of commercial or customer-facing experience
  • Strong analytical skills with a problem-solving mindset
  • Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Deep understanding of sales processes and methodologies
  • Curiosity to learn new technologies and applications

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage global technical support operations across all channels
  • Prioritize and triage incoming technical issues effectively
  • Drive timely resolution by assigning cases to internal experts
  • Track and analyze case resolution metrics for continuous improvement
  • Act as the voice of the customer with proactive communication
  • Identify and escalate systemic issues to relevant teams
  • Design and deliver scalable training programs for commercial teams

Benefits

  • Eligibility for discretionary bonus program
  • Equity components as part of the compensation package
  • Career development and training opportunities
  • Collaborative, interdisciplinary work environment
  • Opportunity for travel up to 15%
Full Job Description
The Senior Customer and Technical Support Manager plays a critical role in enabling commercial success by delivering exceptional technical support, scalable training programs, and a consistent, high-quality customer experience. This role partners with Commercial, Product Management, R&D, and Engineering teams to ensure rapid issue resolution, strong field readiness, and continuous feedback into product development.

This position is ideal for a scientifically trained professional who thrives at the intersection of technology, customers, and commercial execution.

As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be:

Technical Support Leadership
  • Own and manage the global technical support operation across all inbound channels.
  • Triage and prioritize incoming technical issues based on severity, urgency, and business impact.
  • Assign cases to appropriate internal subject matter experts and drive timely resolution.
  • Track case resolution metrics, including responsiveness, quality, and closure effectiveness.
  • Act as the voice of the customer by ensuring clear communication, regular status updates, and realistic next-step timelines.
  • Identify recurring failure patterns and systemic issues across products or workflows.
  • Escalate product defects and repeat technical issues to R&D, Engineering, and Product Management with clear documentation and insights.

Commercial Training & Enablement
  • Design and deliver scalable commercial training programs in partnership with key internal stakeholders.
  • Establish onboarding certification programs and ongoing refresher training for field teams.
  • Continuously assess training needs by monitoring field performance, customer feedback, and support trends.
  • Drive initiatives that improve sales effectiveness, technical confidence, and launch readiness.
  • Ensure training content remains current with product updates and commercial strategy.
  • Develop diverse training formats, including slide decks, video modules, and customer-ready technical materials translated into practical training language.
  • Maintain a constant state of "launch readiness" for the commercial organization.

Knowledge Management & Customer Success
  • Build and maintain global technical knowledge assets, including troubleshooting guides, FAQs, escalation playbooks, and field reference materials.
  • Standardize and centralize technical content to ensure accessibility and consistency across regions.
  • Identify knowledge and training gaps and proactively feed insights back to Product Management and Commercial leadership.


Qualifications

Baseline skills/experiences/attributes:
  • PhD or MS in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, or a related life sciences discipline.
  • Strong curiosity and desire to learn new technologies and applications.
  • 3+ years of hands-on laboratory or technical experience.
  • 3+ years in commercial, customer-facing, or field-based roles.
  • 3+ years in technical support, customer support, or technical training.
  • Deep understanding of sales and commercialization processes (e.g., Miller Heiman Strategic Selling or equivalent).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Ability to clearly communicate complex scientific concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through.
  • Proven problem-solving, analytical, and critical-thinking abilities.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to travel up to 15%.


The estimated base salary range for this role based in the United States of America is: $135,000 - $160,000. Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to, level of the position, an individual's skills, knowledge and abilities, location where the role is to be performed, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Additionally, all full-time employees are eligible for our discretionary bonus program and equity as part of the compensation package.

Quantum-Si does not accept agency resumes.

About Quantum SI

Quantum Corporation is a data storage, management, and protection company that provides technology to store, manage, archive, and protect video and unstructured data throughout the data lifecycle. Their products are used by enterprises, media and entertainment companies, government agencies, big data companies, and life science organizations. Quantum is headquartered in San Jose, California and has offices around the world, supporting customers globally in addition to working with a network of distributors, VARs, DMRs, OEMs and other suppliers.
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