The Subject Matter Expert (SME) holds a critical role within the Sophia Genetics sales department working very closely with the North American SME team as well as Regional Sales teams and internal technical teams

The SME supports the whole sales process by regularly meeting with prospects, clients, and sales representatives when greater technical depth is required and is responsible to move clients quickly and efficiently to routine usage of genomic analysis through the SOPHiA platform.

The SME forms a crucial link between the market and our R&D team to communicate all relevant inputs from the field to continuously grow our solution portfolio.

The SME is also in charge of the knowledge transfer to the sales team during internal team trainings.

Requirements

• A Master’s degree in Genetics, Molecular Biology, Oncology or a similar field within a well-regarded institution; PhD will be an advantage.
• 3-5 years experience in genomics or as a product specialist preferably in the clinical diagnostics, biotechnology or medical technology market.
• Regular travel to prospects and clients in the territory of the job posting.
• Excellent communication skills, including experience in communicating complex scientific principles in simple terms, and project management skills are required.

• English (the business language) is mandatory

Benefits

• A flexible, friendly and international working environment with a collaborative atmosphere
• An exciting company mission that brings together science and technology to directly impact the lives of patients with life threatening illness.
• A fast-growing company with plenty of opportunity for personal growth and development
• A hard technical challenge to solve with exciting modern technology - cloud computing, Big Data, DevOps, machine learning

Location: Home Office (BOSTON AREA)

Start: ASAP (or as agreed)

Contract type: permanent full-time

Application process

If you think you fit this position, please send a CV and a cover letter. Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.

After an initial screening process, candidates will be invited for remote interviews. Selected candidates will then be invited for personal interviews.