Technical Support Scientist

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

About the role

The Technical Support Scientist role involves providing application assistance, training, and troubleshooting support for RNAscope product lines through various channels. They serve as the main point of contact for customers, offering technical guidance and scientific advice for research purposes. The position requires maintaining high standards of customer service by promptly addressing and resolving technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide application assistance, product training and troubleshooting for ACD product lines via online chat, phone, email and on-site visits.
• Act as primary contact for customers regarding technical issues, as well as provide scientific consultation for research use only.
• Ensure excellence in customer service and guaranteed response times by actively monitoring support emails, phone calls, and ensuring all issues are resolved in a timely and comprehensive manner.
• Log, track, and identify frequently occurring, high impact support issues and communicate through appropriate channels for resolution using the Salesforce CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database.
• Act as liaison with Sales, Marketing and R&D groups to provide feedback on product performance.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the technical support team's knowledge database.

Requirements

• PhD with 0+ years, MS with 3+ years or BS with 5+ years of laboratory experience focused on molecular biology, biochemistry, or similar discipline. PhD or MS preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years laboratory experience with experimental design, cell and molecular techniques.
• Preference for experience in pathology, histology and tissue analysis, including preparation of tissues and reagents for IHC, ISH, and Imaging.
• Must be adept at diagnosing, troubleshooting, and solving technical problems with a variety of biological assays.
• Technical customer support or application support experience a plus.
• Highly self-directed, conscientious, articulate, and possesses excellent presentation and teaching skills.
• Committed to total customer satisfaction with outstanding interpersonal skills and professionalism.
• A team player.
• Ability to travel ~10%.
• Occasional lab work ~5%.
• Ability to sit for long periods while using a computer.

Benefits

• Competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
• Financial future investments through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• Career development opportunities through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
• Employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• Accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.

Pay

Pay Range $63,500.00 - $104,450.00

This position requires work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.