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 offeringsWorklife 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: 401k (with generous company match)
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Additional Information
The Principal Application Specialist is a field-based, top‑tier technical sales hunter who wins high‑value, strategically critical opportunities through consultative workflow design, regulatory and process influence, and innovation‑driven differentiation, significantly shaping market direction and advancing portfolio penetration in close collaboration with Central Sales.
Grow with Us - Your Responsibilities
Identify , pursue and win high ‑ value, complex strategic opportunities across key markets and accounts by uncovering unmet needs, latent demand, and innovation ‑ driven use cases
Design end ‑ to ‑ end workflows and advanced technical concepts that directly influence customer decision pathways, operational processes, and regulatory considerations
Lead competitive differentiation and high ‑ stakes deal shaping by synthesizing deep technical, application, and market insights to construct compelling value ‑ creation narratives that maximize our win rate
Guide commercial strategy with Central Sales by defining technical and functional requirements that determine solution configuration, pricing logic, and deal construct for strategic opportunities
Shape the market and the portfolio by identifying trends, innovation points, and customer ‑ driven signals that influence product strategy, roadmap decisions, and market positioning
Drive early adoption and lighthouse success by embedding solutions into critical workflows, resolving escalated technical barriers, and enabling a seamless handover to Central Sales for scaling
Provide technical input to Central Sales, B usiness U nit stakeholders ( e.g. PM, other BU Tech Sales roles) and Legal on the technical sections of contract terms and conditions to ensure technical feasibility, clear scope definition, reduced delivery risk, and alignment with customer workflows, without assuming commercial ownership
What Will Convince Us
Master's degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering, or related field ; PhD is a major plus
7+ years of senior technical sales, workflow consulting, or scientific solution selling
Proven hunter who d emonstrate s success winning high ‑ value, complex, and competitive opportunities with exceptional technical depth across the entire Business Unit product portfolio
Outstanding e xpertise in workflow design, regulatory and process considerations, and advanced application optimization
Exceptional communication , consultative selling, and cross ‑ functional collaboration skills across executive, technical, and operational stakeholders
Proficiency in CRM systems and structured sales processes, with strong documentation discipline
Willing to travel >50% as this role is heavily focused on external customers
You identify with our core values: Sustainability, Openness, Enjoyment
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