Pharmaceutical Microbiology Applications Specialist (Europe)

Role Executive Summary Our Automated Plate Assessment System (APAS) is developed by microbiologists, for microbiologists. We are setting a new global standard in pharmaceutical microbiology through scientific excellence, proprietary machine vision, artificial intelligence, and robotic automation of culture plate analysis.

Some of the largest pharmaceutical companies have adopted APAS to strengthen their environmental monitoring programs, improving traceability, data integrity, and the quality of critical microbiological results. We are seeking a candidate with direct, hands-on experience working as a microbiologist within a regulated pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) environment, ideally within a large pharmaceutical company. They bring knowledge of environmental monitoring, contamination control, and routine microbiology workflows, and understand the operational, quality, and compliance requirements specific to pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.

The Microbiology Applications Specialist is a field based scientific liaison who works closely with Clever Culture Systems commercial and scientific teams to support the promotion, evaluation, implementation, and validation of APAS technologies within pharmaceutical microbiology laboratories. This is a customer-facing role that requires hands-on pharmaceutical microbiology experience and the ability to translate that practical expertise into consultative guidance to help our customers.

A detailed understanding of laboratory workflows and practices is essential, including experience with implementing laboratory automation solutions. Familiarity with integration points across production, quality, and systems such as LIMS is also important. The successful candidate will use their pharmaceutical microbiology background to support customers through the full evaluation, validation, and implementation lifecycle of APAS technologies.

The candidate must be comfortable working with laboratory instrumentation and capable of performing routine troubleshooting, calibration, and minor maintenance at an advanced user level. The successful candidate will have the aptitude and confidence to address both instrument related and application related variables in a customer-facing environment.

Key Responsibilities Part of a global sales team responsible for product implementation and customer success Provide domain expertise and technical consulting in environmental monitoring and microbiology practices across pharmaceutical Microbiology, Quality Control and Quality Assurance functions Act as the microbiology point of contact throughout the sales cycle, supporting opportunity qualification, needs analysis, and solution positioning for APAS technologies Address complex scientific, operational, and regulatory objections during the sales process, acting as a trusted advisor to customer decision-makers Work with the scientific and regulatory teams to lead the development and delivery of validation support services to accelerate customer implementation (including working across global customer 2 networks as applicable) Deliver high-impact product demonstrations and training, support on-site evaluations of APAS to ensure customers recognise the value of APAS for their specific lab and across the customer network Attend industry conferences, scientific meetings, workshops, and trade shows to represent Clever Culture Systems and promote APAS technologies. Be capable and confident in presenting the APAS technology and science at industry events. Actively publish articles and scientific materials which support product positioning and provide points of reference for APAS excellence in a GMP environment

Important Applicant Attributes Self-motivated with a proactive, "whatever it takes" attitude (team and customer focused mentality) Ability to operate independently in customer environments and act as a trusted microbiology professional and APAS technology expert advisor Professional presence and credibility with scientific and operational decision-makers Present at scientific forums and contribute to regulatory or technical discussions relevant to pharma microbiology automation Experience or comfortable working as a remote employee (not office based) and part of a global team

Skills, Education, Experience Essential Bachelor of Science or equivalent Significant experience (7+ years) in a pharmaceutical microbiology laboratory environment (or equivalent industry experience), ideally in a large pharma organisation with regulated GMP/QC experience Industry experience with other automation technologies for pharma microbiology applications highly desired, coming from a baseline of scientific customer experience Familiar with pharmacopeial and regulatory requirements that facilitate translation of traditional methods with new technologies Experience with laboratory information management systems interfacing is desirable Comfortable with frequent travel within Europe and regular (4+ times per year) outside of Europe Ability to tailor messaging to different audiences, from scientists to executives Desirable PhD, MSc, and/or undergraduate major in microbiology Member of professional bodies (e.g. PDA, ISPE) with experience participating in interest groups and commenting efforts Previous experience in modern microbial methods and commercial translation

Other Information Location/Travel The position is based in Europe (specific country flexible), must be able to communicate in English Must have flexibility to work outside of standard working hours to support global customers and internal Company stakeholders and customer needs Travel frequently within Europe, with occasional travel globally, including Australia (Global headquarters). Needs to be available to travel ~60% of time.