Field Application Scientist

Spear Bio, founded in 2021, is a well-funded and rapidly growing start-up headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. Our proprietary technology, Successive Proximity Extension Amplification Reaction (SPEAR), is a novel wash-free immunoassay platform, offering unprecedented sensitivity. We are dedicated to revolutionizing early disease diagnosis and monitoring by providing scalable, ultrasensitive solutions that deliver unparalleled accuracy in measuring low-abundant biomarkers, enabling clinicians and researchers to improve patient outcomes and advance global health.

Field Application Scientist/Senior Field Application Scientist

Spear Bio is building out our very first Field Application Team, and looking for a dynamic, client-facing individual with hands-on experience in immunoassay development, to perform in-depth, technical assay troubleshooting for customers and enhance product performance. The FAS/Sr. FAS will be the primary liaison for strategic and high-value customer accounts and work with the Head of Application Support to influence strategy, planning, and cross-functional collaborations. The FAS/Sr. FAS will become a subject matter expert on Spear Bio's ultrasensitive immunoassay platform, technology, and applications. This role is located in Woburn, MA and will be based onsite when not traveling.

Responsibilities

• Manages pre- and post-sales technical interactions onsite at customer; delivers product demos and trainings
• Technical account management for key customers.
• Supports and trains application scientists within partner organizations, ensuring high quality development and delivery of technical presentations and trainings to distributor accounts.
• Works cross-functionally to create technical documentation and marketing collateral, generate data and author IFUs, product data sheets, application notes, and conference presentations.
• Provides deep scientific product expertise to troubleshoot customer assay challenges. Triages issues, performs experiments and investigations, and identifies solutions.
• Works with the Head of Applications Support to implement efficient systems for tracking customer success, and collects feedback for continuous improvement of products and technical support.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of competitors and key product applications. Works with Product Management to provide voice-of-customer feedback on product improvements and strategies that will drive adoption of Spear Bio products.
  
  

Qualifications: 

• PhD/MS in Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, or Bioengineering with 5+ years of direct industry experience as R&D Scientist or Applications Scientist developing and delivering immunoassays and qPCR services or products to customers
• Strong bench experience developing, validating, and optimizing immunoassay or qPCR applications, technologies, methods, and strategies
• Liquid handling and automated assay experience preferred
• Experience developing novel techniques, software, and/or instrumentation for specific biomarker applications to enable research & development or clinical programs
• In-depth knowledge of neurology or immunology with a strong network in drug development, academic, and contract research world preferred
  
  

General Qualifications

• Ability to maintain sustained attention to detail and commitment to customer success
• Demonstrated application and development of innovative troubleshooting and problem-solving methods
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to put customers at ease, listen attentively to acquire feedback, and tailor complex scientific communication to specific audiences.
• Experience teaching and mentoring others with the ability to convey scientific information in a clear and concise manner through written documents and in-person presentations
• Strong ability to influence others, work collaboratively and in teams, balance competing priorities, and adapt quickly to changes
• Ability to travel up to 40-50%  (primarily East Coast, including overnights), with occasional international travel. A lot of travel is local to Greater Boston, but requires flexibility for overall travel throughout East Coast.
• This role will be working onsite from our Woburn, MA lab when not traveling.
  
  

We offer competitive compensation, meaningful stock ownership, comprehensive benefits, and a great work environment. This is an opportunity to enter an innovative, high-growth startup at an early stage. We are focused on identifying candidates who have demonstrated leadership and excellence throughout their careers and are excited by the prospect of building an industry-leading company.

Spear Bio Inc. provides equal opportunity in employment to all persons. No person shall be denied equal access because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or physical/mental disability.

Spear Bio does not accept blind resume submissions from external recruiting agencies. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted without prior written agreement will be deemed the property of Spear Bio, and no placement fees will be paid.