Global FAS Manager (NGS)

Do you bring hands on experience in the NGS wet lab, coupled with experience managing technical teams? Have you worked closely with sales, FAS or commercial teams or external customers to achieve commercial objectives?

If this sounds like you and you are driven by purpose, Join the SOPHiA GENETICS FAS Team as a Field Application Scientist Manager, and enable us to make a positive impact on the outcomes for cancer and rare disease patients worldwide.

Ideally, you will be in proximity to our Rolle Corporate office on a hybrid work-schedule, enabling you to connect seamlessly with colleagues and still benefit from the flexibility of home working.

Our Mission

We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in healthcare and our cloud-native AI powered SOPHiA DDM Platform makes that vision a reality on a daily basis. You will have direct input to our mission to democratize data-driven medicine for the ultimate benefit of cancer and rare disease patients across the globe.

Your Mission

Reporting to the VP Customer Experience, as FAS Manager you will be responsible for leading a global team of Field Application Specialists (FAS) dedicated to Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies. You will ensure technical support for our clients, optimize wet lab processes, and resolve complex field-based issues.

The value you bring

• Manage and oversee a global team of FAS specializing in NGS, ensuring the achievement of technical and commercial objectives. 
• Provide advanced technical support to clients, including troubleshooting and optimizationimplementation of experimental protocols. 
• Collaborate closely with sales and Product Management teams to identify customer needs.  
• Actively participate in deployment, validation, and training phases at client sites to guarantee high satisfaction levels. 
• Analyze team performance, monitor KPIs, and implement continuous improvement plans. 

Requirements

We know that every background is different, but to be best set for success we see you bringing:

• Proven experience (at least 5 years) in a laboratory setting (wet lab) working with Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies. 
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in managing a technical team (FAS, technical support, or laboratory team). 
• Expertise in NGS experimental protocols (library preparation and targeted enrichment by capture, sequencing, data analysis). 
• Experience with liquid handler robotics (Hamilton, Beckman etc) is highly advantageous
• Previous exposure to a commercialised environment, with a track record of providing support to customers or enabling commercial objectives
• Managing a global field team will involve travel.

As a public organisation facing ongoing commercial growth, you will bring a success-orientated and solutions-focused mindset that embraces team collaborations, change, growth and inclusion.

As an international organisation, English is our primary business language and you will need to bring full fluency in English. As part of your recruitment journey, you should expect to meet English-only speakers, so for best chances of success, you should include your CV in English. Non-English CVs have a high likelihood of being rejected at application stage.

Benefits

You will be joining an organisation with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we pursue exponential growth.

• Business recognition and accolades include: 
• World's most innovative companies (Top 10)
• World's smartest companies (Top 50) 
• 100 Best Places to Work in Boston 
• Top 10 European Tech Startup
• Top 10 European biotechs startup to watch
• Top 25 East-Coast Biotech to watch

Our benefits package is comprehensive, but varies internationally in-line with local standards and laws. You can discuss a full breakdown with us, but as a brief overview:

• Switzerland
• Sickness and Accident coverage through Helsana
• Meal Vouchers at 90CHF PM with our partner cafeteria
• A fun and engaging work environment, with Rest & Entertainment space, full stocked free coffee machine and free fruit
• Free parking in an easy to access location
• A strong social committee whose purpose is to make SOPHiA GENETICs both enjoyable as well as rewarding
• As our global HQ, you’ll have direct interaction and exposure to senior leadership and our executive team locally

Our DNA

Like the strands of DNA itself, SOPHiA GENETICS and the team are deeply interconnected and reliant on each other to deliver. There are common threads across the team. Things that bind us together. Those things are Relentless Curious; Resilient & Nimble and Fearlessly Adventurous 

Our Virtues

At SOPHiA GENETICS we established our 7 Virtues to clarify how our principles show up each day through action.  We Decide; We Do; We Collaborate; We Innovate; We Empower; We Adapt and We Learn.

At the centre of our Virtues is our Mantra, We Care, which provides a constant reminder of the compassionate, benevolent, and hopeful nature of our mission and how it should be threaded through each of our Virtues and everything we do. Learn more about our DNA and Virtues on our Careers portal

The process 

We use the power of AI to help our partners make decisions. If you’re utilising AI in your search and application process, why not use some of these prompts:

‘What impact can I expect to have on the world by working at SOPHiA GENETICS?’

‘I have an interview with SOPHiA GENETICS. What should I know before I meet with them?’

‘I am a *job title* - What can SOPHiA GENETICS offer my career?’

 
Apply now with your CV and any supporting information. 

Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business. If you need additional support for accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance.

We appreciate the value external partners can bring, but we operate a direct-hiring model and we are not looking to utilise agency support at this time. All hiring is controlled by Talent Acquisition, potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.

Starting Date: ASAP 

Location: Rolle, CH

Contract: Permanent