Wednesday, August 10, 2011

[KITlist] Bioinformatics Product Marketing Specialist (SF Peninsula, CA)

Please direct your responses to: careers@completegenomics.com

Description
The Bioinformatics Product Marketing Specialist will be responsible for the creation of technical product marketing materials based on analysis of human genome sequence data that directly support sales and growth of the Complete Genomics business. The candidate must be able to take complex technical information and summarize it in the form of whitepapers, powerpoint presentations, and other technical materials for customers, sales, partners and prospects.

Responsibilities
Technical marketing expert – Provide technical marketing support to the field in the form of slides, whitepapers and technical documents. Give scientific presentations in various forums including industry conferences. Write copy (or assist in developing content) for customer-facing marketing collateral including web pages, product and solutions datasheets, product brochures, press releases, blog posts, etc.
Sales enablement – Communicate the technical details of the products to the sales team and develop sales tools that support the selling process of Complete Genomics' products.
Product launch – Work with the relevant Product Managers to plan and execute the launch of new products and releases. Help manage the cross-functional implementation of the launch plan.
Sales training – Conduct a comprehensive training program for the sales team to ensure that they have thorough knowledge of the product and can effectively overcome objections.
Additional Requirements:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret scientific and technical journals or other related materials.
Ability to effectively present information internally to sales and technical teams and externally to the scientific community.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate and discuss technical information on genetics, genomic studies, sequence analysis/bioinformatics and sequencing applications.
Strong time-management skills to handle multiple tasks and deadlines.
Aggressive, hard-working, eager to learn, and able to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
Must be willing to travel up to 25%of the time.
Qualifications
Masters or PhD in genetics, bioinformatics or related scientific/technical discipline and 2+ years of experience in a marketing, development, research or similar role.
Hands-on research and/or commercial experience with microarrays, DNA sequencing, genotyping or similar genomic products is highly desirable.

Please send your resume to careers@completegenomics.com


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