External product specialist life sciences Vacatures in Amsterdam

Over de vacature

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

The Opportunity:

We are “Avantor”, a Fortune 500 company, leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the BioPharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. Our portfolio is used in virtually every stage of the most important research, development and production activities in the industries we serve.

We are currently looking for an External Product Specialist for our Life Science Product Portfolio to join our business on a full time basis. Your role territory will cover the North region of the Netherlands.

In your role, you will support our Account Managers by providing specialist product support for our Life Science portfolio of products at our BioPharma customers.

What you'll do on a typical day

Promote and sell our Life Science portfolio of products both directly to our customers and through our Account Managers.

Provide technical and product support to account managers.

Organise and attend regular visits with customers, fulfilling sales and margin targets.

Provide weekly reports to your Sales Manager and maintain customer data, showing visits attended, prospects, and other tasks.

Establish positive relationships with suppliers to ensure support for business growth via joint marketing activity and price support.

What you'll need to be successful at Avantor

Knowledge of Life Science Products is essential

Extensive sales experience or relevant occupational experience to ensure maximisation of sales opportunities and growth. Any major or key account management experience is desirable.

Excellent Dutch and English (verbal and written) communication skills as you will be communicating with various stakeholders both internally and externally

Strong IT skills, including proficiency with the Microsoft Office package and good report writing ability

What you'll do

• Develop and grow a portfolio of Life Sciences customers across the South Netherlands territory, with responsibility for both existing business and new customer acquisition.
• Identify, qualify and develop new commercial opportunities through active prospecting, customer visits, networking, scientific events and other relevant channels.
• Understand customers' scientific applications, workflows and challenges and recommend appropriate technical solutions from our Life Sciences portfolio.
• Promote our products and solutions through technical presentations, demonstrations, seminars, workshops and customer events.
• Build strong relationships with researchers, laboratory managers, procurement teams and other relevant customer stakeholders.
• Manage opportunities throughout the sales cycle, from initial qualification through quotation, negotiation and closing.
• Prepare commercial proposals, negotiate pricing and commercial conditions, and follow up on customer projects.
• Work closely with Account Managers to develop strategic customers and identify cross-selling and growth opportunities.
• Collaborate with our technical support, marketing, customer service and other internal teams to provide a strong customer experience.

What you'll need to be successful

• Education: A Master's degree or equivalent higher education in Life Sciences, such as Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology or a related scientific discipline. A combined scientific and commercial background would also be relevant. A PhD in a Life Sciences discipline is considered an advantage.
• Experience: Previous experience in B2B sales of scientific products, solutions or services is expected. Experience working with research laboratories or Life Sciences customers would be a strong advantage.
• Scientific knowledge: Good understanding of Life Sciences research environments, ideally including cell biology, molecular biology and/or protein analysis.
• Commercial mindset: Strong customer orientation with the ability to identify needs, develop opportunities and translate scientific challenges into relevant solutions.
• Communication: Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills, with the ability to engage both scientific and commercial stakeholders.
• Languages: Excellent Dutch and English, both written and spoken, as the role requires regular communication with customers as well as an international internal and supplier network.
• Organisation: Ability to work independently, organise your own territory and priorities, and maintain a strong level of field activity.
• Digital skills: Comfortable working with CRM systems and standard Microsoft Office applications.
• Mobility: Willingness and flexibility to travel regularly throughout the territory.

What we offer

This opportunity offers the chance to work within a dynamic environment with the possibility to develop your personal and professional skills.

We are offering a competitive salary, 7 month contract that will be extended after a successful performance review, company car, car allowance, along with a bonus scheme and other benefits.

We are currently looking for an External Product Specialist - Life Sciences to join our VWR Life Sciences team on a full-time basis, covering the South region of the Netherlands.

Are you passionate about Life Sciences, customer engagement and business development? In this field-based role, you will be responsible for developing and growing a portfolio of Life Sciences customers across your territory.

You will work with customers active in academic research, healthcare, biotechnology, biopharma and industrial Life Sciences, supporting their needs across areas such as cell biology, molecular biology and protein analysis.

Working closely with our Account Managers, suppliers, technical specialists, marketing and internal commercial teams, you will identify customer needs and translate them into relevant technical and commercial solutions from Avantor's broad Life Sciences portfolio.

What we offer

This role offers the opportunity to work in a broad and dynamic Life Sciences environment, combining scientific expertise, customer interaction and commercial responsibility.

You will have access to a wide portfolio of Life Sciences technologies and suppliers and will work within an international team, with opportunities to further develop both your scientific and commercial skills.

A competitive compensation package, company car, bonus scheme and additional benefits are provided in line with Avantor's local employment conditions.

Ready to take the next step in your career? We'd love to hear from you!

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Over de vacature

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Serving a population of 500 million citizens, we promote and protect public and animal health in EU Member States, as well as the countries of the European Economic Area, by ensuring that all medicines available on the EU market are safe, effective and of high quality.

Within the Agency, Product Leads work on human medicines, providing scientific, regulatory and procedural input on the safety and efficacy of medicinal products for human use and supporting the work of the EMA's scientific committees.

The office supports the development, evaluation and surveillance of human medicines throughout their lifecycle, from pre-submission and initial marketing authorisation to post-authorisation, and provides therapeutic area support to the EU network of experts, the European Commission and other relevant stakeholders.

Its activities include the scientific coordination of working parties, the development of scientific guidelines, regulatory science projects and interactions with learned societies and international regulatory authorities. It works as part of the European Medicines Regulatory Network.

The Agency is looking to recruit a number of Senior Scientific Specialists (Product Lead), who will provide scientific, regulatory and procedural input relating to the safety and efficacy aspects of human medicines and lead the product teams for an assigned portfolio of products.

The role helps ensure that the scientific opinions of the EMA committees are of high regulatory and scientific standards and are adopted in accordance with the legal timelines. It may include scientific coordination of clinical working parties and contribution to scientific guidelines.

In this job you will:

Portfolio management

• Manage an assigned product portfolio, coordinating scientific, regulatory and procedural activities for timely, high-quality evaluation procedures across the lifecycle, from pre-submission and initial marketing authorisation to post-authorisation, with emphasis on clinical aspects and benefit/risk evaluation.
• Lead and coordinate Product Team activities, facilitating alignment between contributors, supporting prioritisation and enabling effective scientific and regulatory decision-making.
• Identify, monitor, resolve and/or escalate scientific, procedural and operational risks, issues and dependencies affecting assigned products and procedures.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with rapporteurs, committee members, experts, applicants and other stakeholders to support delivery of regulatory outcomes.
• Provide regulatory, procedural and scientific support on the safety and efficacy of human medicines to the scientific committees, including referrals and related procedures.
• Provide therapeutic area support to other Agency procedures, the EU network of experts, the European Commission and other stakeholders on the development, evaluation and surveillance of human medicines.
• Be responsible for outcome and opinion documents for pre- and post-authorisation procedures, ensuring high-quality EPARs and product information for the assigned portfolio.

Working parties, guidelines and guidance management

• Provide scientific coordination to Working Parties, Working Groups, Advisory/Expert Groups and related activities.
• Lead the development of scientific, regulatory and/or procedural guidance documents and provide training as required.

Other activities

• Assess and finalise PRIME eligibility reports.
• Lead or contribute to regulatory science projects and topics within the office and across the Agency.
• Present in internal and external fora and prepare or contribute to scientific publications relevant to the therapeutic areas of the office.
• Contribute to activities with learned societies and other external stakeholders, and to interactions with regulatory authorities and partner organisations outside the EU.

The generic duties and responsibilities of the role are further outlined in the full role description of the Senior Scientific Specialist.

Eligibility criteria - general conditions

• Full rights as a citizen of a European Union Member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
• Thorough knowledge of English (at least level C1) and a satisfactory knowledge of another official language of the European Union (at least level B2).
• Fulfilled any obligations imposed by applicable laws concerning military service.

Eligibility criteria - qualifications

• A university degree in medicine or life sciences (e.g. biology, chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacy) of minimum four years, obtained by the closing date of this vacancy notice, and at least 9 years of professional experience after obtaining the degree; or
• A university degree in medicine or life sciences of three years, obtained by the closing date of this vacancy notice, and at least 10 years of professional experience after obtaining the degree.

You will be required to provide proof of citizenship and qualifications in the application form and at the interview stage. Failing to present these documents may result in disqualification from the selection procedure.

Experience you need to have

• At least 9 years of professional experience in the pharmaceutical industry in non-CMC focused regulatory affairs, including at least 5 years as EU or Global Regulatory Lead (EURL/GRL), or equivalent, leading and defining EU and/or global submission strategies. This experience must be recent, with no gap of more than 2 years between the closing date and your most recent EURL/GRL role.
• Proven experience in leading cross-functional scientific and regulatory project teams, influencing outcomes in complex multi-stakeholder environments without direct authority.
• Proven experience in defining regulatory strategy and providing strategic regulatory guidance throughout product development and lifecycle management.
• Proven experience in translating clinical safety and efficacy aspects of human medicines into regulatory submission strategies and in influencing strategic project decisions through scientific and regulatory expertise.
• Proven experience in leading the preparation for regulatory authority meetings and scientific advice procedures, and in providing strategic regulatory leadership for complex global submissions.
• Excellent stakeholder management abilities and the ability to lead without direct authority.

Skills and knowledge you need to have

• Thorough knowledge of the EU regulatory landscape and in particular the centralised procedure.
• Excellent understanding of clinical development and of the generation, interpretation and integration of clinical evidence to support regulatory decision-making.

Nice to have

• Master's or post-doctoral degree in medicine or life sciences; master's degree in regulatory science and/or regulatory affairs; professional qualifications from an accredited regulatory affairs association (e.g. RAPS or TOPRA).

• Experience in dealing with multiple regulatory agencies, such as EMA, FDA, Health Canada, TGA, PMDA and NMPA.

• Experience with both development-stage and marketed products.

• Awareness of quality/CMC aspects for the development and marketing authorisation maintenance of human medicines.

• Understanding of benefit-risk assessment principles and effective decision-making under uncertainty.

• Meaningful work contributing to protecting the health of every individual and animal in Europe within multinational, multidisciplinary team

• Development opportunities (e.g. internal mobility, mentoring, peer coaching, career reflection programme, etc.)

• Work-life balance (flexible working arrangements, teleworking, generous annual leave plus official holidays)

Benefits

• In principle, initial 5 year renewable contract with competitive monthly national tax-free salary and household & children's allowances (where applicable).
• Privileges including expatriation (for expatriate staff) and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave.
• Relocation assistance.
• Excellent health insurance scheme and social benefits.
• Retirement Pension Plan.

Monthly net salary of 9.577,39 Euro, including local weighting, plus benefits, based on a full-time contract of 40 hours per week.

The local weighting adjusts salaries to the cost of living in the Netherlands compared to Brussels. The current weighting for the EMA's location in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is 113.2. Please consult the Eurostat and Commission websites for more information on weightings, and the salary and benefit calculators on the EMA careers website.

The aim of this selection procedure is to create a reserve list of qualified and suitable candidates; contracts of a shorter duration may be offered. Placement on the reserve list and/or Talent Pool does not guarantee an employment offer.

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Over de vacature

Sartorius: Advancing Biosciences Innovation

In the 21st century—the bio-century—global medical knowledge advances at an unprecedented pace. Yet many serious diseases—cancer, rheumatism, Alzheimer's—remain difficult to cure or only partially treatable.

Sartorius is changing that.

We're dedicated to translating scientific breakthroughs into better patient outcomes, faster. Through advanced technologies, comprehensive platforms, and strategic partnerships, we're unified around one mission:

Better health for more people.

By combining cutting-edge solutions with deep expertise in biosciences, Sartorius drives healthcare progress and transforms outcomes for patients worldwide.

Join our Technical Sales ATS Central Europe team as a Technical Sales Specialist Advanced Therapy Solutions (F/M) and play a key role in advancing breakthrough therapies that contribute to better health for more people. By driving impactful technical engagements, this position directly supports our mission to advance breakthrough therapies for patients worldwide.

Based in Benelux, this field-based role focuses primarily on the Benelux region. The team consists of four professionals and we are looking forward to shaping the future with you.

This field-based position requires travel of more than 50% within the dedicated region.

Grow With Us – Your Responsibilities

• Hunt and qualify complex new opportunities across assigned markets by identifying whitespace, unmet needs, and high-value prospects not covered yet

• Lead advanced technical evaluations, trials, and workflow assessments to shape customer requirements and accelerate technical validation

• Drive technical deal shaping and competitive positioning by quantifying customer impact, influencing solution configuration, and resolving advanced technical objections to increase our win rate

• Co-lead commercial offer development with Central Sales by providing data-driven technical inputs that materially influence deal structure and closure

• Engage in market and portfolio development by identifying emerging use cases, competitive shifts, and workflow trends that inform product positioning and enable sales acceleration

• Ensure seamless pre- to post-adoption transition by stabilizing early usage, resolving technical blockers, and enabling handover to Central Sales for long-term account development

• Provide technical input to Central Sales, Business Unit stakeholders (e.g. PM, other BU Tech Sales roles) and Legal on the technical sections of contract terms and conditions to ensure technical feasibility, clear scope definition, reduced delivery risk, and alignment with customer workflows, without assuming commercial ownership.

• Master's degree in Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering, or related discipline

• Significant experience in technical sales, applications consulting, or pre-sales within a scientific or technical environment

• Proven hunter and influencer with strong technical depth across broader product portfolios

• Demonstrated ability to shape customer workflows, create value-based narratives, and win competitive deals

• Strong communication, consultative selling, and cross-functional collaboration skills

• Proficiency in CRM systems and structured sales processes, with strong documentation discipline

• Willingness to travel >50% across Benelux as this role is heavily focused on external customers

• Fluent English required; French or Dutch are strong assets.

As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the MDAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of Benefits:

• Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks,internal seminar offerings, coaching for managers
• Making An Impact Right From The Start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact
• Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, team spirit and international collaboration;communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and business women network.

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