Sales Representative, life sciences instruments (West Coast)

Are you passionate about life sciences? Are you excited by the challenge of joining a commercial team in a dynamic scale-up and building new markets with revolutionary biotech products? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment where your work directly impacts the future of medical research and drug development? If so, Optics11 Life is the place for you! Who we are Optics11 Life is a life sciences scale-up headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We develop and manufacture the instruments researchers use to measure what cells feel, so they can make better-informed decisions in drug development. Over 300 instruments are in use worldwide, and our technology underpins more than 800 scientific publications. In the US, we sell through our own direct sales team. Purpose of this role As a Sales Representative, you identify and develop new business opportunities, connect with scientists and industry partners across diverse disciplines, and translate their challenges into solutions using our advanced measurement instruments. As both a commercial driver and a technology ambassador, you position Optics11 Life as the leading partner for innovative, high-impact research. You take over an established West Coast region. You report to our Sales Manager, based in the UK, and run your territory independently. In the US, you are part of a team including our other Sales Representative and our local Field Application Scientists. Key activities Build and run a pipeline of new oppor