Description
Bring more to life.
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s (https://danaher.com/our-businesses) 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.
At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.
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The Field Application Specialist (FAS) – Cell Culture will support Cytiva customers across India’s fast‑growing biopharma, biotech, vaccine, and CDMO ecosystem. This role provides expert technical guidance on cell culture media, supplements, sera, and upstream bioprocess workflow solutions. You will work closely with R&D, process development, and manufacturing teams at customer sites to enable technology adoption, process optimization, and successful scale‑up.
This position reports to the Upstream and Cell Culture Sales Specialist Leader and is part of the Bioprocess Commercial organization located in India working remotely to cover across India and Bangladesh regions. At Cytiva, our vision is, to advance future therapeutics from discovery to delivery.
What you will do:
+ Customer Technical Support: Provide on‑site and remote support for Cytiva’s cell culture portfolio, including HyClone media, serum, supplements, and upstream bioreactor workflows. Troubleshoot customer challenges related to cell growth, productivity, media performance, contamination, and process scale‑up. Assist with experimental design and deliver recommendations to achieve consistent and scalable cell culture outcomes. Conduct customer training sessions, hands-on demos, and application workshops
+ Pre‑Sales Support & Solution Enablement: Partner closely with the India commercial team to support technology evaluations, product trials, and solution recommendations. Identify and articulate customer needs, mapping them to Cytiva portfolio offerings. Provide technical presentations to R&D, PD, QC, and manufacturing teams across Indian biopharma hubs.
+ Workflow Optimization & Technical Leadership: Support customers on workflows related to: CHO and HEK cell line culture, Media selection, optimization, and adaptation, Seed train development, Single-use bioreactor adoption, Scale‑up strategies from bench to pilot or GMP level, Document findings, generate technical reports, and share insights with commercial and product management teams.
+ Market & Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Act as a technical liaison for India-based customer feedback, industry trends, and competitive insights. Assist product management and global application teams with regional technical inputs. Participate in conferences, seminars, training programs, and government/academic collaborations across India.
Who you are:
+ Master’s degree in Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Bioprocess Engineering, Life Sciences, or related fields.
+ Minimum 7+ years of hands-on mammalian cell culture experience (CHO experience strongly preferred).
+ Strong understanding of upstream bioprocessing, media optimization, and scaling principles relevant to India’s biopharma landscape.
+ Ability to conduct technical discussions with scientists and engineers in R&D, PD, manufacturing, and QC.
+ Strong communication and presentation skills in English; regional languages are a plus
Travel Requirements:
+ Ability to travel – list specifics 60-70% travel, overnight, within territory or locations
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
+ Prior exposure to field applications, technical support, or customer-facing scientific roles.
+ Familiarity with Cytiva’s upstream products (HyClone, Xcellerex, WAVE, Single-use systems, etc.).
+ Understanding of India-specific regulatory and GMP expectations.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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