illumina
Informatics Sales Specialist, Japan
At a Glance
- Location
- Japan - Tokyo, Japan
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Posted
- 2026-07-30
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Clinical
- Medical
- Regulatory
- SaaS
Requirements
Experience in a direct sales or similar customer facing role.
Experience with Sequencing data analysis and interpretation (Variant Calling, filtering, annotation, interpretation and reporting).
Recognized technical expertise in clinical informatics, bioinformatics or an associated area.
Knowledge of clinical applications of sequencing, and related data formats, file types, data footprints, and typical analysis methods.
Experience with common software toolkits, applications, pipelines and algorithms for Next Generation Sequencing analysis, including emerging enterprise platforms.
Commercial acumen with a demonstrated commitment to customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities
Informatics Sales Specialist – Japan
, you are a key part of the Commercial team, driving the adoption of our cutting-edge informatics solutions across Japan.
The role involves pro-actively identifying leads, selling to prospective customers, and growing the adoption and usage of data analysis pipelines, applications and products primarily for use in clinical research or testing, research and academia.
You are passionate about genomics, multiomics, and informatics, and you thrive by leveraging your strategic, commercial mindset to drive opportunities to close and drive sales growth.
With a strong background in bioinformatics, you bring hands-on experience with NGS data formats (FASTQ, BAM, VCF), variant calling, annotation, and reporting.
You understand bioinformatics workflows and tools, and are familiar with cloud infrastructure and data security (e.g., AWS, Azure).