Principal Application Specialist FMT APAC

The Principal Technical Sales Specialist is a field-based, top‑tier technical sales hunter who wins high‑value, strategically critical opportunities through consultative workflow design, regulatory and process influence, and innovation‑driven differentiation, significantly shaping market direction and advancing portfolio penetration in close collaboration with Central Sales.   

Main   r esponsibilities  & Tasks: Identify ,   pursue   and win   high ‑ value, complex strategic opportunities across key markets and accounts by uncovering unmet needs, latent demand, and innovation ‑ driven use cases  

Design end ‑ to ‑ end workflows and advanced technical concepts that directly influence customer decision pathways, operational processes, and regulatory considerations  

Lead competitive differentiation and high ‑ stakes deal shaping by synthesizing deep technical, application, and market insights to construct compelling value ‑ creation narratives   that maximize our win rate  

Guide commercial strategy with Central Sales by defining technical and functional requirements that   determine   solution configuration, pricing logic, and deal construct for   strategic   opportunities  

Shape the market and the   portfolio by   identifying   trends, innovation points, and customer ‑ driven signals that influence product strategy, roadmap decisions, and market positioning  

Drive early adoption and lighthouse success by embedding solutions into critical workflows, resolving escalated technical barriers, and enabling a seamless handover to Central Sales for scaling  

Provide technical input to Central Sales, B usiness   U nit   stakeholders ( e.g.   PM, other BU Tech Sales roles) and Legal on the technical sections of contract terms and conditions to ensure technical feasibility, clear scope definition, reduced delivery risk, and alignment with customer workflows, without assuming commercial ownership

Qualifications &   s kills:

Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering, or related field ;   PhD   is a major plus  

7+ years of senior technical sales, workflow consulting, or scientific solution selling  

Proven hunter   who   d emonstrate s   success winning high ‑ value, complex, and competitive opportunities   with   exceptional   technical depth across   the entire   Business Unit   product portfolio  

Outstanding   e xpertise   in workflow design, regulatory and process considerations, and advanced application optimization  

Exceptional communication ,   consultative selling, and cross ‑ functional collaboration skills   across executive, technical, and operational stakeholders  

Proficiency   in CRM systems and structured sales processes, with strong documentation discipline  

Willing to travel >50% as this role is heavily focused on external customers

About Sartorius 

Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real-world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide. 

We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.

Join our global team and become part of the solution. We are looking forward to receiving your application.  www.sartorius.com/careers