Scientific Imaging Consultant

Hours: 32-40 Location: Office-based in Hilversum Salary: competitive and available upon serious interest. Education & background: Msc or PhD in microscopy or molecular biology with affinity for communication.

short: Build and maintain intimate customer relationships through consultative selling of our flagship Huygens software to life science researchers. In this position, the successful candidate will become a specialist in the deconvolution, restoration and analysis of fluorescence microscopy images. You will become an expert in communicating the benefits of our flagship Huygens software to new or existing customer, therewith selling the software.

Our customers are highly skilled researchers active in life science research in academia and industry distributed globally. You will help them address their research questions by consulting which tools are best suitable to their research question. On a daily basis, the successful candidate 1) understands the practical position of the customer 2) understands the research question they are posing 3) applies his or her knowledge of microscopy and image analysis to consult which Huygens tools they need to solve their research question 4) communicates this effectively to the customer 5) thereby generates revenue for SVI.

Due to the high-tech and dynamic nature of SVIs products and services, you will be challenged and inspired on a daily basis. You get the opportunity to work in our highly motivated, competent and experienced interdisciplinary team consisting of senior scientists and business innovators. As a small family-owned tech company, we try to make the best fit with your individual qualities to best support the mission of the company. While our companies social language is Dutch, we communicate to our customers in English. Therefore, proficiency in English is required and proficiency of Dutch is encouraged. Command of further languages is certainly useful.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical training and support to customers and prospects via web conferencing, email and phone.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers to maintain long-term customer intimacy and revenue flow.
• Develop new business, quote and drive leads using consultative selling
• Follow up on inbound leads from multiple channels: email, telephone, website, online articles, events and social media
• Gain and maintain comprehensive knowledge of the SVI Huygens Imaging Software.
• Occasional attendance of international conferences.

Candidates that do not fit the description, but nevertheless feel strongly motivated for this position are encouraged to highlight their motivation in their cover letter.