Twist Bioscience · 1 day ago
Scientific Development Scientist, DNA Synthesis - AMER
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expTwist Bioscience is a company focused on synthesizing genes from scratch, providing innovative solutions in the field of DNA synthesis. They are seeking a Scientific Development Scientist to merge scientific expertise with customer-facing responsibilities, driving the company's DNA Synthesis offerings into the market while supporting the sales team and building key customer relationships.
B2BBiotechnologyChemicalHealth CareLife Science
Responsibilities
Training on Twist technology, products and services (SynBio) will be provided to enable Scientific Development to translate Twist capabilities
Provide expert understanding and strong technical competency in discussing Twist’s capabilities and product offerings with selected pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other related companies
Build and nurture relationships with stakeholders and customers to better understand their strategic direction and perspectives
Prospect and generate lists of potential customers, collaborators, and partners that will generate revenues from gene synthesis, variant libraries, and oligo pool sales as well as products in alpha testing phase
Provide application support for pre- and post sales activities for Twist’s product portfolio to help support the sales team to achieve quota
Local and regional travel (up to 50% time) to work in the field with Sales, attend meetings with key customers and participate in trade shows
Identify, nurture, and manage collaborations to network and collaborate on leads with the account management sales team
Support sales team in technical discussions, presentations, and meetings with selected pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other related companies
Generate and drive a continuous deal flow of library sales and antibody development solution contracts with collaborators and partners that will lead to high value commercial agreements, with an emphasis on agreements that cover antibody development services provided by Twist Biopharma
Primary lead to solicit and pitch Twist capabilities (presentations), competencies and offerings (with the support of Twist Pharma scientific resource) to strategically important potential new collaborators and partners in the biologics space
Develop strong working relationships with subject matter experts throughout Twist Biopharma and Twist, Inc; assign and coordinate tasks to more qualified co-workers involved in the pursuit of each opportunity
Network with customers and provide feedback to Marketing on customer requirements for new applications or products
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5 years of experience and success within antibody discovery and development within academic/bio-pharmaceutical /biotech/protein engineering segments
Experience developing and cultivating customers and opportunities in the Therapeutic or Biopharma industry organization
Advanced degree (PhD or MS) and/or at least 5 years of experience within antibody development, or related scientific profession required
In-depth knowledge and experience within the variant library and antibody engineering space
Advanced knowledge of, and practical experience in biotechnology product development
High attention to detail
High self-motivation and must have demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative team environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
Experience working in a global environment is preferred
Experience working in a corporate, global or regional sales and marketing role involving gene mutant library and/or antibody development products/services
Experience of customer support and use of CRM system a plus
Company
Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience is a biotechnology company that offers synthetic DNA solutions, gene synthesis, and variant libraries.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (18)
2024 (14)
2023 (22)
2022 (19)
2021 (4)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$553.11MKey Investors
Capital World InvestorsBiomatics Capital PartnersIllumina
2022-02-09Post Ipo Equity· $250M
2020-01-27Post Ipo Equity· $50M
2018-10-30IPO
Leadership Team
Emily Leproust
CEO
Siyuan Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2026-01-07
2025-12-30
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