Product Specialist - Life Sciences

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Houston, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. We seek a Product Specialist II to support growth through technical sales expertise and customer relationship management. You'll provide sophisticated technical guidance while promoting our innovative product portfolio to academic, pharmaceutical, biotech, and industrial customers. Working closely with sales teams and customers, you'll deliver effective value propositions, conduct product demonstrations, and provide comprehensive application support. Your role is essential in helping customers advance their research and manufacturing capabilities while contributing to our mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 2 years of technical sales experience or equivalent laboratory/industry experience
• Deep technical expertise in relevant scientific applications and workflows
• Strong presentation and consultation skills for delivering technical product demonstrations
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities in English; additional languages as needed
• Consistent record of meeting or exceeding sales targets
• Proficiency with CRM systems, Microsoft Office, and relevant technical software
• Strong project management and organizational capabilities
• Ability to travel 25-50% of time to customer sites and events
• In-depth knowledge of market trends, competitive landscape, and industry developments
• Self-directed with ability to work independently
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and technical troubleshooting abilities
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with scientific advances

Nice To Haves

• Preferred Fields of Study: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Bioengineering or related scientific field
• Professional certifications relevant to specific product areas (e.g., Medical Laboratory Technology) may be required for certain positions

Responsibilities

• Provide sophisticated technical guidance while promoting our innovative product portfolio to academic, pharmaceutical, biotech, and industrial customers.
• Deliver effective value propositions.
• Conduct product demonstrations.
• Provide comprehensive application support.
• Help customers advance their research and manufacturing capabilities.
• Develop and maintain strategic customer, sales rep, and supplier relationships.
• Work effectively in a matrix organization.
• Support team objectives.
• Perform technical troubleshooting.

Benefits

• Resources needed to achieve individual career goals
• Opportunity to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion.
• Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
• We are here to support them.
• Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
• Individuals with disabilities will be provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
• Equal Opportunity Employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level