[Hiring] Senior Research Informatics Sales Specialist @Illumina

Role Description

The Senior Informatics Sales Specialist will use their strong genomics and Informatics technical knowledge and expertise to identify and close Informatics opportunities. This involves selling to prospective customers and Illumina colleagues on Next Generation Sequencing and Genomic data analysis pipelines, applications and products primarily for use in research and academia. They will act as an influencer and expert resource for customers and others to ensure success while enabling sales growth through strategic activities and creative problem solving.

The Informatics Sales Specialist should be viewed as a “go to” subject matter expert for all things Informatics, with primary focus on Illumina’s research software products.

As an Informatics Sales Specialist, you are impacting data analysis and interpretation through effective engagement with:

• C-level executives
• Laboratory Directors
• Researchers
• IT leaders
• Data analysts

Qualifications

• Typically 5+ years relevant experience with a bachelor's degree or 3+ years relevant experience with a master's degree.
• Experience in a direct sales or similar customer facing role.

Requirements

• Must be willing to travel ~ 50%
• Experience with Sequencing data analysis and interpretation (Variant Calling, filtering, annotation, interpretation and reporting)
• Knowledge of clinical applications of sequencing, and related data formats, file types, data footprints, and typical analysis methods
• Recognized deep technical expertise in clinical informatics, bioinformatics or an associated area
• Experience with common software toolkits, applications, pipelines and algorithms for Next Generation Sequencing analysis, including emerging enterprise platforms
• Knowledge of relevant cloud services and providers, including basic pricing models, etc.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication and training skills.
• Outstanding problem solving and interpersonal skills.
• Clear vision of and commitment to providing outstanding customer service
• Ability to successfully work collaboratively in a highly matrixed sales organization

Benefits

• Access to genomics sequencing
• Family planning
• Health/dental/vision
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off