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[Remote] Technical Sales Representative – Microscopy

🌍 Remote · United States 💼 Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ramona is revolutionizing drug discovery with next-generation imaging systems and AI-enabled software for high-speed, high-throughput workflows. The Technical Sales Representative – Microscopy will drive customer development and sales execution, lead technical demonstrations and evaluations, manage complex capital-equipment sales, and build customer relationships across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, and research organizations.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a strong understanding of customer research objectives, imaging workflows, and experimental challenges, and connect those needs to Ramona’s technology
  • Lead technically sophisticated product presentations, demonstrations, and application discussions
  • Partner with Field Application Scientists and technical teams on evaluations and proof-of-concept studies that demonstrate scientific value
  • Build credibility with scientists and research leaders while clearly communicating the technical and commercial value of Ramona’s platforms
  • Manage opportunities through technical evaluation, proposal, negotiation, procurement, and close
  • Develop and execute a territory plan to achieve revenue, pipeline, and customer acquisition goals
  • Proactively generate new opportunities through outbound prospecting, account research, networking, conferences, referrals, and targeted follow-up
  • Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified opportunities across pharmaceutical, biotech, CRO, academic, and research organizations
  • Maintain disciplined opportunity management, forecasting, and activity tracking in Salesforce
  • Develop long-term customer relationships that support repeat business, references, and account expansion
  • Work closely with Marketing, Field Applications, Software, Product, Engineering, and leadership to advance customer opportunities and support successful adoption
  • Provide structured feedback on customer requirements, competitive technologies, emerging applications, and market trends
  • Represent Ramona at conferences, workshops, customer meetings, and other industry events to strengthen market presence and identify new opportunities

Skills

  • * 5+ years of technical microscopy experience through scientific research, Field Applications Scientist experience, microscopy applications work, or an equivalent technical role
  • * 3+ years of experience in a commercial environment, including Sales, Field Applications, Business Development, or a similar customer-facing role
  • * Demonstrated understanding of modern optical microscopy techniques and biological imaging workflows
  • * Experience communicating complex scientific or technical concepts to researchers and other technical audiences
  • * Demonstrated willingness and ability to perform consistent outbound prospecting and independently generate new sales opportunities
  • * Strong written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
  • * Ability to independently manage multiple customer opportunities and priorities across a geographic territory
  • * Willingness and ability to travel up to 75%, including internationally
  • * Bachelor's degree in Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Neuroscience, or a related life-science discipline
  • * Master's degree or PhD in Biology or a related scientific discipline
  • * Experience commercializing emerging or novel biotechnology tools, particularly where significant customer education or market development was required
  • * Direct sales experience with scientific capital equipment, microscopy platforms, imaging systems, high-content screening systems, or other complex life-science instrumentation
  • * Experience managing long, technically complex sales cycles involving scientific evaluation and multiple organizational stakeholders
  • * Familiarity with Salesforce, sales forecasting, and procurement processes
  • * Experience navigating capital-equipment purchasing processes within pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, universities, or research institutions
  • * Experience working with large imaging datasets, computational imaging workflows, or cloud/on-premises scientific data infrastructure

Benefits

  • Remote candidates will also be considered, particularly those based in the Boston or San Francisco Bay Area markets.
  • Competitive compensation package, including salary, variable compensation, and equity.
  • Transform Life Sciences: Help bring breakthrough imaging technology to researchers working to accelerate biological discovery and drug development.
  • Commercialize New Technology: Play a direct role in introducing fundamentally new microscopy capabilities to the market.
  • Work with Leading Scientists: Collaborate with researchers across pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic organizations on challenging imaging applications.
  • Make a Visible Impact: Join at a stage where individual customer wins, market insights, and commercial execution can materially influence the company’s growth.
  • Grow with Ramona: Participate in our success through a competitive compensation package, including salary, variable compensation, and equity.

Company Overview

  • Ramona develops high-throughput microscopy tools to unlock previously impossible experiments within the modern biology lab. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.ramonaoptics.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Ramona has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2024, 1 in 2022, 4 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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