Pre-Sales Scientific Solutions Consultant, Chemistry
Over the coming years, biotech will fundamentally rewrite the way we live. Gene editing and cell therapy are dramatically changing how we treat cancer and other major illnesses. Biofuels and biomaterials are transforming the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, and the makeup of everyday objects. Crop science and synthetic biology are producing sustainable and ethical food. Benchling’s mission is to accelerate the research that propels us towards this reality, and magnify its impact, through modern software.
Every day, scientists around the world use Benchling’s applications, platform, & analytics in their efforts to solve humanity’s most pressing problems. For these scientists, Benchling is the central technology they use to conduct their research. Our customers include pharmaceutical giants, leading biotechs, and the world’s most renowned research institutes.
ROLE OVERVIEW
Benchling Scientific Solution Consultants (SSC) are the primary solution leads with Benchling’s customers and prospects. Their solutions are deployed into complex enterprise IT environments as well as small early stage biotechs, covering both biologic and chemical entities. This is a highly visible role that partners with both external and internal teams to develop the optimal solutions that drive the most value for our customers. The SSC is a pre-sales role, and as such works closely with Benchling sales leadership, account executives, professional services, and product leaders to ensure the best solutions are presented. SSCs work with senior scientific and IT leaders from prospects and customers, to establish credibility and confidence from the first meeting, and to create solutions based on cutting-edge technologies.
The SSC must be comfortable with scientific R&D processes and concepts, have experience with SaaS solutions, and be adept at working with internal and external leaders and stakeholders. They must work as a trusted adviser to translate customer objectives into detailed solutions and effectively communicate and demonstrate those solutions to prospects and customers. This role is focused on launching and driving Benchling’s new capabilities in chemistry. The role requires experience in chemistry, with an ability and interest to apply chemistry to biologic research prospects and customers. Additionally, the SSC must be comfortable leading and driving new product launches into the marketplace by positioning emerging capabilities and roadmap.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
- Effectively partner with account executives, SSC peers, and leadership to create account and deal strategies that lead to selection, planning out customer engagements that lead to compelling solutions.
- Manage organized discoveries to uncover customer needs and requirements that relate to decision criteria and key business issues.
- Craft solutions based on Benchling capabilities, industry best practices and standard R&D functions, with data models and processes that map to the customer or prospects' science and that fit into their current technology landscape.
- Present and demonstrate the solution in a persuasive way based on key messages, decision criteria, and key business issues. Manage customer questions and objections and resolve concerns. Ensure that the solution is presented competitively, with awareness of alternatives including build in house.
- Engage with product management to provide insight into prospect and customer needs and industry trends. Influence the roadmap for market success. Ensure that the roadmap is clear to customers as required to influence buying decisions. Influence new capabilities, solutions, and demonstrations for new product launches in chemistry.
- Provide leadership by creating reusable solutions, content, and trainings for key areas. Work with the extended team to ensure that they are successful and learn from your expertise. Mentor and partner with other SSCs to build their success.
- Espouse Benchling's core leadership principles and cultural values.
ABOUT YOU
- Have a bachelor’s degree in a small molecule scientific discipline such as Chemistry, or a related field, with 6+ years of professional experience, or PhD/M.S. with 4+ years of professional experience. Advanced degrees in scientific disciplines desired but not required. Previous customer facing experience is also a plus.
- Demonstrated experience with relevant scientific/informatics software such as LIMS, ELN, or other. Understand integrations between systems; have high level knowledge of developer platforms, architecture, and security.
- Demonstrated capacity to effectively model scientific data, and craft solutions, based on product knowledge and industry best practices. Prior experience in implementing, supporting, and/or integrating scientific systems desired.
- Understand the lifecycle of chemical drug research and development. Experience with stoichiometric tables, chemical drawings, and chemical entity registration systems. Ability to speak to the intersection of chemistry and biology in modified biologics such as complex polymers, antibody drug conjugates, synthetic, RNA, peptides, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to perform needs analysis. Have prior experience working with stakeholders to understand scientific challenges, business needs, and critical requirements.
- Ability to communicate effectively with varied stakeholders, to ensure that all needs are met.
- Willingness to travel to customer sites 30-50%, when it is safe to do so.
Benchling welcomes everyone. We believe every member of our team enriches our diversity and inclusion by broadening our ways of problem-solving for future challenges. Even if you don't meet 100% of the qualifications for this job, we strongly encourage you to apply.
LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES
- Admit mistakes and shortcomings
- Deliver results
- Disagree and commit
- Obsess over customers
- Rely on work ethic
- Show empathy
- Recruit and develop the best
- Sweat the details
- Think and communicate clearly
- Unite around the mission
PERKS AND BENEFITS
- Work with a talented yet humble team
- Competitive compensation & equity package
- Quarterly mental health days
- Weekly virtual social events, and annual company retreats
- 401k, Medical, dental, and vision insurance (US Employees Only)
- Monthly health & wellness stipend (Currently US Employees Only)
- Yearly educational stipend (Currently US Employees Only)
- To support remote work conditions, Benchling provides each employee a one-time stipend of $1,000(USD) upon commencing employment, and additional discounted employee purchase plans for home-office equipment.
In following best practices and safety protocols, all Benchling employees are expected to work remotely until we are further advised that it is safe for employees to resume work in their respective office locations.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.