CareerPlan

Scientific Account Executive

LausanneFull-time2026-10-31 → 2026-11-09

Core

Hybrid sales and customer success role serving protein engineering teams, biotech startups, and pharma R&D by managing the full lifecycle from technical sales to account growth.

Role type

Senior Scientific Account Executive (Technical Sales & Customer Success)

Builds

AI-driven wet lab experimentation platform (automated lab infrastructure)

Domain

Biotechnology / Protein Engineering / AI-driven Science

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

protein engineering, biochemistry, biophysics, binding kinetics (KD, kon, koff), expression systems, assay design (BLI, SPR, cell-free), technical sales, account management, commercial acumen

Preferred skills

CRO experience, biotech vendor experience, conference speaking

Technologies

BLI, SPR, cell-free expression, automated lab instruments

Responsibilities

Own the full customer lifecycle including prospecting, technical sales, deal closing, onboarding, and account management; Serve as technical point of contact to understand protein engineering goals and recommend experiments; Explain assay capabilities and data meaning; Collaborate with biology teams to troubleshoot experiments; Build pipeline across AI protein design, biotech, and pharma segments; Develop tailored proposals and quotes; Represent company at industry events; Feed customer insights to product and biology teams