Field Application Scientist, Pathway & NGS Analysis Software, QDI

QIAGEN•Remote_Maryland, MD

1d•$100,000 - $124,000•Remote

About The Position

The Field Application Scientist works with scientists to determine how to address their data analysis and interpretation needs using QIAGEN Digital Insights products and services, including Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA), CLC Genomics Workbench, and OmicSoft. The role presents and demonstrates scientific software, delivers custom product training, and explains the applications and value of bioinformatics analysis products covering gene expression, sequence variants, pathways, microbial metagenomics, and other data types. The scientist serves as a customer advocate and collaborates internally with Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, and R&D. This is a field-based position working from a personal home office with local and regional travel. The preferred location is within driving distance of Boston/Cambridge, though other US locations may be considered for candidates willing to travel. Travel is expected 30–60% of the time.

Requirements

PhD or equivalent experience in biology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, genetics, or a related field, including wet-lab work and a focus on biological interpretation of gene expression, sequence variant analysis, or microbial data using analysis software.
Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills, including demonstrated public-speaking experience.
Ability to understand and communicate complex computational concepts, applications, and algorithms to biologists who are not computer-savvy.
Proactive self-starter able to manage multiple tasks in a results-oriented commercial environment and meet strict deadlines.
Ability and willingness to travel 30–60% of the time.

Nice To Haves

Postdoctoral experience.
Existing Field Application Scientist experience.
Experience with Ingenuity Pathway Analysis, OmicSoft, or CLC Genomics Workbench.
Familiarity with public data sources such as GEO, TCGA, SRA, and GTEx.
Experience with pipelines such as single-cell RNA-seq, RNA-seq, or DNA-seq.
Home-office location within driving distance of Boston/Cambridge; other US locations may be considered if willing to travel.

Responsibilities

Become a power user of QIAGEN’s data analysis and biological interpretation products, including Ingenuity Pathway Analysis, OmicSoft, and CLC Genomics Workbench.
Use scientific knowledge to identify customer challenges and match them with QIAGEN’s biological data analysis and interpretation products and services.
Deliver scientific workshops based on defined case studies to demonstrate software applications in the context of customer or prospect research.
Give scientific presentations and pre-sales product demonstrations tailored to customers’ research fields and applications.
Analyze customer data for presentations or public data for case studies.
Train and support new customers, including delivering product-training seminars.
Work with customers to understand product requirements and communicate them to Marketing and Engineering for consideration in future product development.
Collaborate with Sales to develop and nurture key-account technical relationships and support Marketing activities at targeted events.