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The Field Applications Specialist Leader, APAC is responsible in driving sales and design-in across the region through technical competency and customer satisfaction covering both Cell Therapy and Upstream Viral Vector market segments.
This position reports to the APAC Modality Leader for CT and VV and is part of the APAC Genomic Medicine OpCo located in Korea and working remotely to cover APAC region (Cell Therapy) and Korea (Cell Therapy and Viral Vector Upstream).
What you will do:
- Lead pre‑ and post‑sales technical support activities including high‑impact product demonstrations, technical seminars, and customer training programs. Apply deep scientific and application expertise across Cell Therapy and Viral Vector Upstream (primarily cell culture) workflow to build customer confidence and drive adoption within the Korean market.
- Serve as APAC Field Application Sciences (FAS) Leader, providing strategic guidance to regional FAS teams on competitive differentiation, objection handling, and value‑based positioning. Ensure strong technical credibility during key strategic customer engagements and standardize winning approaches for priority and strategic accounts.
- Collaborate closely with Workflow Development Leaders across APAC to deliver technical coaching, mentoring, and best‑practice sharing. Ensure consistent application knowledge, messaging, and customer engagement standards while supporting complex escalations and strengthening overall FAS capability.
- Act as a critical interface between regional teams and global functions (Applications, Marketing, and R&D) to communicate field insights, customer feedback, and unmet needs. Drive alignment on product positioning, roadmap prioritization, and successful execution of global and regional product launches and key initiatives.
- Lead Spec Win strategy and execution, proactively identifying and qualifying design‑in opportunities early in the customer buying journey. Coordinate cross‑functional technical inputs, align proposed solutions with customer process needs, and clearly articulate Cytiva’s differentiated value proposition to secure long‑term wins.
Who you are:
- Minimally Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology, Life Sciences or relevant field. Preferably in cell biology, biochemistry, regenerative medicine and immunology
- 2 years’ experience in cell therapy, cell culture, and GMP manufacturing (including exposure from process development through scale-up).
- 5 years of customer-facing applications experience within the Biotechnology industry.
- Knowledge of cell therapy workflows (CAR-T, NK, iPSC, MSC, regenerative medicine) and Viral Vector Upstream workflow (Cell Culture, Cell Line and Bioreactors).
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Language/Environment Requirements:
- Fluent level of English & Korean in written and verbal communications 한국어 및 영어로의 서면 및 구두 의사소통능력이 높으신 분
- Ability to travel abroad upon business needs 해외여행에 결격사유가 없으신 분
- Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record within territory or locations 운전을 하여 담당하는 국내 고객사에 방문할 수 있는 분
- If foreign national, legal work permit is required to pursue employment contract by Korean immigration law 대한민국에서의 근무가 가능한 비자가 있는 분
- Ability to lift, move or carry equipment, any other physical requirements
Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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